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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 12 Hansard (25 November) . . Page.. 3769 ..
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (5.40): The Government will oppose the amendment, for the reasons previously given. It sounds like another unnecessary empire. We want the funds spent on the ground achieving real outcomes in the bush.
Amendment (Mr Corbell's ) to Ms Tucker's amendment negatived.
Proposed new clause negatived.
Clause 10 agreed to.
Clause 11 agreed to.
Proposed new clauses 11A and 11B
MS TUCKER (5.41): I move:
That the following new clauses be inserted in the Bill:
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Proposed new clauses 11A and 11B
11A Inspections etc
Section 266 is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:"(2) For finding out whether there has been a failure to manage land held under a land management agreement in accordance with the agreement, an inspector may enter the place-
(a) with the consent of the occupier of the place; or
(b) in accordance with a warrant issued under section 273A; or
(c) with such assistance and by such force as is reasonable, where the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that the circumstances are of such seriousness and urgency as to require the immediate exercise of those powers without the authority of a warrant issued under section 273A;
and, subject to section 268, may exercise any power referred to in section 269 if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a controlled activity is, or is intended to be, conducted in or on that place.".
11B Insertion
After section 273 insert the following section:"273A Search warrants
"(1) If an inspector suspects on reasonable grounds that a person is managing land other than in accordance with a land management agreement that applies to the land, the inspector may-(a) lay before a magistrate an information on oath setting out those grounds; and
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