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Following the new regulations, there are now 52 categories of people before whom a statutory declaration can be made. The Bill will allow the witnessing of paternity acknowledgments by this wider group of people. This gives the father of a newly born child greater access to suitable witnesses. They will no longer be unnecessarily restricted in the availability of witnesses. I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Carnell) adjourned.
EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1993
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.54): Mr Deputy Speaker, I present the Evidence (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR CONNOLLY: Mr Deputy Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
This Bill is essentially a machinery measure to modernise and otherwise tidy up the Evidence Act of 1971, which became a Territory enactment on 1 July 1992. The Act has an important role in facilitating the conduct of court and quasi-judicial proceedings in the Territory. This Bill will amend the Evidence Act 1971 to take account of its change of status from a Commonwealth ordinance to a Territory enactment. It will make the Act gender neutral and will remove redundant provisions and otherwise bring the language of the Act into line with current legislative drafting practice. The Bill will simplify the Territory's statute law by repealing the Evidence (Laws and Instruments) Act 1989 and incorporating its provisions into the Evidence Act 1971. This will make the law more accessible in that all relevant provisions will be in the one piece of legislation. I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.
PUBLICATIONS CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.55): Mr Deputy Speaker, I present the Publications Control (Amendment) Bill 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR CONNOLLY: Mr Deputy Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The ACT Government has expressed its support for the Prime Minister's initiative to introduce a new MA classification for films and videos. To put this support into effect, we need to amend the Publications Control Act 1989 to recognise this new classification in relation to videos. Mr Deputy Speaker, "MA" means
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