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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 4985 ..

Rescission of Resolution and Reconsideration of Clauses

Motion (by Mr Stefaniak) agreed to:

That:

(1) the resolution of the Assembly of 2 December 1997, relating to the agreement of the Financial Management (Amendment) Bill 1997, as amended, be rescinded;

(2) clauses 5 and 8 be reconsidered in the detail stage, pursuant to standing order 187; and

(3) reconsideration of clauses 5 and 8 in the detail stage commence forthwith.

Detail Stage

Clauses 5 and 8

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition) (5.34): Mr Speaker, I move:

Page 3, line 6, clause 5, paragraph (b), proposed subparagraphs (1)(d)(i), (ii) and (iii), omit the proposed subparagraphs, substitute the following subparagraphs:

"(i) the General Government Sector; and

(ii) the Public Trading Enterprise Sector.".

The amendment seeks to reinsert the words "the General Government Sector" and "the Public Trading Enterprise Sector" proposed in the first place by Mr Whitecross. It seeks to include those words in clause 5 in place of subparagraphs (d)(i), (ii) and (iii). It will include "the General Government Sector" in subparagraph (d)(i) and "the Public Trading Enterprise Sector" in subparagraph (d)(ii). This is a bipartisan agreement. In fact, it is a tripartisan agreement.

Mr Moore: Quinpartisan probably.

MR BERRY: Quinpartisan or whatever - it is a mouthful - the five of us. The amendment seeks to widen the coverage of the legislation in respect of financial management statements.

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