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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (26 August) . . Page.. 2561 ..


MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

New clause -

Page 17, line 34, after clause 2 insert the following new clause in Schedule 1 to the Bill:

"2A. Appointment of chairperson

(1) The Minister shall appoint an ordinary member as chairperson of the Commission.

(2) The Minister may appoint another ordinary member to act as chairperson when the chairperson is for any reason unable or unavailable to act in that capacity.".

Amendments -

Schedule 1 -

Page 18, line 33, paragraph 6 (2) (a), omit "a member", substitute "the member".

Page 19, line 3, paragraph 6 (2) (b), omit "a member", substitute "the member".

Schedule 2 -

Clause 3, page 20, line 6, omit "Chief Executive", substitute "chairperson".

Clause 4, page 20, line 8, omit "Chief Executive", substitute "chairperson".

Page 20 -

Line 10, paragraph 5 (a), omit "Chief Executive and 1 other member", substitute "chairperson and 2 other members".

Line 13, paragraph 5 (c), omit "Chief Executive", substitute "chairperson".

Title, omit "gaming " and "Gaming ", substitute "gambling " and "Gambling " respectively.

For the information of members, I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum which explains the basis for those amendments and for the Bill generally.


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