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ANIMAL WELFARE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994
MR STEFANIAK (11.06): Madam Speaker, I present the Animal Welfare (Amendment) Bill 1994.
Title read by Clerk.
MR STEFANIAK: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Madam Speaker, the current Act had its genesis back in October 1990 in a policy statement by Mr Duby which was duly taken away and acted upon by government officials.
Mr Lamont: Madam Speaker, I raise a point of order. I refer you to order of the day No. 15, which is the Animal Welfare Act (Amendment) Bill 1993 introduced by Mr Stevenson. I seek your ruling, Madam Speaker, on whether the Assembly is able to accept a Bill proposing to amend the Animal Welfare Bill in the terms announced by Mr Stefaniak while Mr Stevenson's Bill is still on the table.
Mr Humphries: It is not the same Bill.
MADAM SPEAKER: It probably is the same Bill, but under standing order 136 it is a matter of whether a question which is the same in substance has been resolved in the negative or affirmative in the current year.
Mr Humphries: It is not the same Bill.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! The question is not whether it is or is not the same Bill. Under the standing order which applies, the question is whether we have or have not made a decision about the issue before us. Because the issue has not been resolved, Mr Stefaniak is in order. Please continue, Mr Stefaniak.
Mr Lamont: I seek clarification, Madam Speaker. Do I take it that - - -
Mr Humphries: Is this a point of order or not?
Mr Lamont: Yes, it is. It is a point of clarification within the point of order. Should Mr Stevenson's Bill be debated first if Mr Stefaniak's Bill is accepted, or would they end up being cognate Bills?
Mr Humphries: There is no rule about that.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Humphries, I will determine that question when it comes up. You will desist from interjecting. The question, in fact, will be decided by the Administration and Procedures Committee, at which point you will be allowed to give your opinion.
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