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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2094 ..


Clause 22.

MS TUCKER (10.19): I move:

Page 7, line 10, subclause (3), omit "A licence", substitute "A scientific licence".

This amendment ensures that only scientific licences can exempt licensees from the application of declarations under part 2 of the act, consisting of fishing closures, declarations of noxious fish, fish of prohibitive size or weight, fish quantity and fishing gear. A case can be made that such exemptions may be applicable in issuing a scientific licence. Such a case, however, cannot be made in regard to commercial fishing.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 22, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 23 to 25, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 26.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (10.20): I move:

Page 8, line 17, paragraph (1) (a), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

"(a) the conservator becomes aware of circumstances that, if the conservator had been aware of them at the time of the application for the licence, would have resulted in the application being refused; or".

I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum to government amendments to the bill. This amendment is to give effect to the intention that the conservator have the power to cancel a licence.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 26, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 27 agreed to.

Clause 28.

MS TUCKER (10.21): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 3 and 4 circulated in my name together.

Leave granted.

MS TUCKER: I move:


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