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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2008 Week 10 Hansard (Wednesday, 27 August 2008) . . Page.. 3869 ..
Schedules of amendments
Schedule 1
Protection of Public Participation Bill 2008
Amendments moved by the Attorney-General
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Title
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A Bill for
An Act about protection for participation in public debate and matters of public interest
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Clause 5
Page 3, line 1—
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• Purpose of Act
The purpose of this Act is to protect public participation, and discourage certain civil proceedings that a reasonable person would consider interfere with engagement in public participation.
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Clause 6
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• Meaning of improper purpose
For this Act, a proceeding is started or maintained against a person (the defendant) for an improper purpose if a reasonable person would consider that the main purpose for starting or maintaining the proceeding is—
• to discourage the defendant (or anyone else) from engaging in public participation; or
• to divert the defendant’s resources away from engagement in public participation to the proceeding; or
• to punish or disadvantage the defendant for engaging in public participation.
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Clause 7
Page 4, line 13—
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• Meaning of public participation
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