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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 4 Hansard (30 March) . . Page.. 1085 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):
The Bill provides for equipment that does not require mandatory registration to be tested against minimum safety standards but does not require it to registered. Other means of demonstrating compliance are included. In introducing this requirement the ACT Government will be consistent with policy prevailing in other jurisdictions.
Finally, the Bill consolidates and modernises the inspection and enforcement powers contained in the Act. In doing so, it extends many of the powers that apply to electrical equipment that must be tested and registered to the equipment that is now to be required to meet minimum safety standards and it introduces provisions relevant to the investigation of serious electrical accidents.
The enforcement and inspectorate powers parallel those in the Utilities Bill and the Water and Sewerage Bill Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 which I will be tabling today. It is the Government's intention that where appropriate, these provisions will be uniform across associated legislation.
The two Bills I am tabling today represent the beginning of the work on the regulation of customer premises equipment and related activities. Work is continuing on similar legislation for gas installations and appliances which I will bring forward shortly.
Mr Speaker, I commend this Bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell ) adjourned.
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (10.52): Mr Speaker, I present the Water and Sewerage Bill 2000, together with its explanatory memorandum.
Title read by Clerk.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
I ask for leave to have the presentation speech incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The speech read as follows:
Mr Speaker, I present the Water and Sewerage Bill Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000, together with its explanatory memorandum.
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