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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 6 Hansard (25 May) . . Page.. 1887 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

(Administration) Act. I had forgotten, but we had this very same debate last year when the act was passed. The scrutiny of bills committee recommended against it at the time. I assume the same adviser was making the same comments. The Assembly considered the matter in detail and decided that it would retain self-incrimination provisions in taxation legislation.

To be consistent, I suggest members ought to leave the provisions in this legislation as well. In fact, the sums of money here, on average, are much larger than the ones administered by the Taxation (Administration) Act. Most people do not pay taxation at the level of $7,000, so this is actually a much larger sum. Therefore, the argument for having self-incrimination provisions here is rather greater than it was in the Taxation (Administration) Act.

The Assembly voted-

Ayes, 6  	Noes, 11

Mr Berry  	Ms Carnell
Mr Corbell  	Mr Cornwell
Mr Hargreaves  	Mr Hird
Mr Quinlan  	Mr Humphries
Mr Stanhope  	Mr Kaine
Mr Wood  	Mr Moore
 		Mr Osborne
 		Mr Rugendyke
 		Mr Smyth
 		Mr Stefaniak
 		Ms Tucker

Amendments negatived.

Clause 43 agreed to.

Remainder of bill, by leave, taken as a whole.

MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (10.05): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move my amendments together.

Leave granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

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