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As there were a number of comments that to redraft the rules of existing incorporated associations and have them adopted would take longer than the six months allowed in the draft, that period has now been extended to 15 months. This will allow existing associations and clubs to get their rules into order over that longer timeframe. A number of comments indicated that provisions in the exposure draft for compulsory transfer of an association to a company limited by guarantee under the Commonwealth corporations law were unnecessarily draconian. Those provisions have therefore not been included in this Bill.
In response to a number of comments from professionals working in this area, the audit and accounting provisions were slightly modified and brought more into line with similar requirements for companies. That allows persons familiar with the national companies law to easily prepare books and accounts for associations. The Bill avoids, however, some of the formality in appointment and remuneration of auditors and liquidators which is a characteristic of company law.
The public response to the exposure draft of this legislation made me aware that the provisions of this Bill must be sufficient to protect the interests of members, particularly of the very large clubs, while remaining practical for the operation of much smaller organisations. In my view, this Bill achieves that objective by striking a balance between the interest of members and the larger and smaller clubs. I now present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Collaery) adjourned.
FILM CLASSIFICATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.46): Mr Speaker, I present the Film Classification (Amendment) Bill 1991. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The purpose of this Bill is to allow some cultural films with a limited audience to be shown in the ACT without having been classified by the Commonwealth. The films in question are cultural and film society films with a small audience, usually screened by such non-profit groups as the Goethe Institute. The times, dates and locations of screening are approved by the Commonwealth Office of Film and Literature Classification, and the audience numbers are prescribed.
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