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MADAM SPEAKER, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO MAKE

AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL TO THE AMENDMENTS FOUND IN THE

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1994 AND

THE INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994.

THE A.A.T. AMENDMENT BILL PROVIDES FOR A CODE OF PRACTICE TO SET

MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE GIVING OF NOTICES OF DECISIONS AND

RIGHTS OF REVIEW.

A LARGE NUMBER OF ENACTMENTS CURRENTLY MAKE PROVISION FOR

THE NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS AND RIGHTS OF REVIEW. THESE

PROVISIONS WILL BECOME REDUNDANT ON COMMENCEMENT OF THE

CODE. THE AMENDMENTS IN THIS BILL WILL REPEAL THOSE PROVISIONS

AND PROVIDE THAT NOTICES MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE:

I HAVE ALREADY ADVISED THAT THE INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT BILL

PROVIDES FOR THE INSERTION OF A DEFINITION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE

APPEALS TRIBUNAL INTO THE INTERPRETATION ACT.

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