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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2085 ..
MS TUCKER (continuing):
I will therefore be supporting this bill in principle, but I will be putting forward two sets of amendments. One of these relates to extending the notification period for comments on developments. The government did not include this in the bill, but it is an issue the government should have addressed when it made its changes to the provisions relating to the number of days allowed for objections. The other is a small technical amendment dealing with notifications in relation to environmental impact assessments. I will talk about these amendments further in the detail stage.
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (9.49), in reply: We thank the Assembly for their support for this bill. In the main, it introduces sensible streamlining procedures. It is important that when we debate the land act we debate it on the principles and not the red tape. I thank both Mr Corbell and Ms Tucker for their acknowledgment that anything that streamlines in a reasonable way is acceptable. There are some very worthwhile aspects of this bill, particularly those to do with the L&Ds and the ability to take action again. Unfortunately, the latter was amended out of the act previously. We thank members for their support. The government will not be supporting Ms Tucker's amendments, but we will discuss them when we get to the detail stage.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
MS TUCKER (9.51): I ask for leave to move amendments Nos 1, 2 and 3 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MS TUCKER: I move:
No. 1. Clause 5, page 2, line 13, paragraph (a), omit "15", substitute "20".
No. 2. Clause 6, page 3, line 12, paragraph (a), omit "15", substitute "20".
No. 3. Clause 14, page 5, line 29, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
"5 Objections-general
Section 237 is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:
'(1) A person who may be affected by the approval of an application may object to the grant of the approval-
(a) within the period 20 business days commencing on the date of publication of notice of the application in a daily newspaper under paragraph 229 (1) (b); or
(b) if paragraph 229 (1) (b) does not apply in relation to the application by virtue of regulations made under paragraph 282 (da)-within the period prescribed by the regulations.
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