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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 3451 ..

MR BERRY (10.35): Minister, are you going to agree to put the word "ignorance" in the legislation?

Mr Smyth: Yes.

MR BERRY: Have you had any legal advice on this? Ignorance of the law is okay?

MR SPEAKER: It hasn't stopped anybody in this chamber.

MR BERRY: We had some preliminary advice which said that the courts can deal with this. If somebody cannot read and they have not been given adequate advice, that is fair enough. But I am curious to see the word "ignorance" put forward. I understand why Ms Tucker is doing it-there are people out there who might not understand the law. I suppose that if the government thinks it is a good idea, who am I to complain?

Ms Tucker's amendment agreed to.

Mr Smyth's amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 12, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 13 agreed to.

Clause 14.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (10.36): Mr Speaker, I move amendment 20 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 3475].

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 14, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 15 to 22, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 23.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (10.38): I move amendment 21 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 3475].

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 23, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 24.

MR BERRY (10.39): I move amendment No 5 on the yellow sheet circulated in my name [see schedule 3, yellow sheet, at page 3540].

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