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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 3 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 656 ..


The Assembly voted-

	Ayes 6  			Noes 6

 Mrs Burke  	Mr Stefaniak  	Mr Berry  	Mr Wood
 Mr Cornwell     		Mr Hargreaves
 Mr Hird     			Mr Rugendyke
 Mr Kaine    			Mr Stanhope
 Mr Smyth    			Ms Tucker

Question so resolved in the negative, in accordance with standing order 162.

MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (8.53): I seek leave to move an amendment.

Leave granted.

MR STANHOPE: I move the amendment circulated to Mr Stefaniak's amendment No 1 to Mr Rugendyke's proposed amendment No 4 [see schedule 4 part 2 at page 728].

The issue has been reasonably well canvassed. For the record, I am seeking to delete subsection (7) from proposed new section 107AA. The subsection, as currently expressed, reads:

A tenant may not accept an offer under this section subject to the amount of rent being worked out.

It is the view of the Labor Party, a view which I believe is supported by other members, that that is a provision which unnecessarily restricts the role of the tenant in relation to the notion of a preferential right in relation to renewal of a lease, that it significantly undermines the intention that underlines this whole preferential scheme. On that basis, I am moving for its deletion.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Attorney-General) (8.55): We thought that our amendment would make the situation better. As it has not succeeded, the government will be pressing what it had originally in relation to subsection (7) and I apply the same arguments.

Question put:

That Mr Stanhope's amendment to Mr Stefaniak's amendment No 1 to Mr Rugendyke's proposed amendment No 4 be agreed to.


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