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BUSINESS FRANCHISE (LIQUOR) (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS)
BILL 1993
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.33): Madam Speaker, I present the Business Franchise (Liquor) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MS FOLLETT: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
This Bill amends the Taxation (Administration) Act 1987 and the Liquor Act 1975. The Taxation (Administration) Act provides a consolidated system for the administration of laws dealing with the collection of licence fees and taxes, while the Liquor Act provides for the licensing and regulation of liquor traders. Amendment of the Taxation (Administration) Act is required to make the Business Franchise (Liquor) Bill a tax law, to facilitate the administration of the liquor franchise scheme as contained in the Business Franchise (Liquor) Bill 1993. The Liquor Act requires amendment in order to make the licensing and regulation function of that Act complementary to the Business Franchise (Liquor) Act. I now present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr De Domenico) adjourned.
MAGISTRATES COURT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992
[COGNATE BILL:
MAINTENANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992]
Debate resumed from 16 December 1992, on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Is it the wish of the Assembly to debate this order of the day concurrently with the Maintenance (Amendment) Bill 1992? There being no objection, that course will be followed. I remind members that in debating order of the day No. 1 they may also address their remarks to order of the day No. 2.
MR HUMPHRIES (3.35): The Liberal Party will support these two Bills. The difficulty that we have had in dealing with these Bills in the last few weeks is that it is rather difficult to tell, particularly from a lay point of view, exactly what the changes are that are being made, particularly in the case of the Magistrates Court (Amendment) Bill.
I must say that in this regard the explanatory memorandum which was presented at the time the Bill was tabled in December is a good document as far as an overview is concerned. It provides a fairly good summary of what the Bill is about. But it is hopeless on detail. It is very difficult to work out just what individual clauses it is supposed to amend and what the consequences of those
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