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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 4 Hansard (22 April) . . Page.. 1133 ..


MS CARNELL (continuing):

(3) the Committee report by 22 June 1999 in respect of the Appropriation Bill 1999-2000 and by 23 November 1999 in respect of the Annual and Financial Reports for the 1998-99 financial year;

(4) if the Assembly is not sitting when the Committee has completed either of its inquiries, the Committee may send the relevant report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker who is authorised to give directions for its printing, publication and circulation;

(5) the Committee is authorised to release copies of its reports, prior to the Speaker or Deputy Speaker authorising their printing, publication and circulation and pursuant to embargo conditions and to persons to be determined by the Committee;

(6) the foregoing provisions of this resolution have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.

Mr Speaker, this motion is very much in line with the approach that this Assembly took last year with regard to the Select Committee on Estimates. The Government has not proposed any changes, although I understand that Mr Kaine will be moving some amendments to this motion.

MR KAINE (11.01): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move together the amendments circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MR KAINE: Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you, members. I move:

(1) Paragraph (1), omit ", and the Annual and Financial Reports for the financial year 1998-99".

(2) Paragraph (3), omit "and by 23 November 1999 in respect of the Annual and Financial Reports for the 1998-99 financial year".

(3) Paragraph (4), line 1, after the word "completed", omit "either of its inquiries", substitute "its inquiry".

(4) Paragraph 5 -

Line 1, omit "reports", substitute "report".

Line 2, omit "their", substitute "its".


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