Page 960 - Week 03 - Thursday, 10 March 2005

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Mr Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) There is a fleet of six (6) speed camera vans within the Traffic Camera Office which are used ‘on road’ on a rotational basis. There are no more than four (4) vans in operation at any one time.

(2) The number of invalid or incorrectly issued infringements for

(a) 2002/03 was 23 (b) 2003/04 was 520 (c) 2004/05 is 5 to date

(3) The reasons for invalid or incorrectly issued infringements include incorrect recording of registration number and incorrect description of vehicle. Also, during 2003-2004, the introduction of Y plated registration in NSW caused significant problems with the automated data collation between Rego.act and the national registration database. This issue has since been resolved.

(4) (a) In 2002-2003, 224 infringements were referred to the Magistrates Court. Of these 99 were paid before the matter was heard.

(b) In 2003-2004, 162 infringements were referred to the Magistrates Court. Of these 68 were paid before the matter was heard.

(c) In 2004-2005 to date, 116 infringements have been referred to the Magistrates Court. Of these 68 were paid before the matter was heard.

(5) The Department of Urban Services does not have a record of this information.

Prisons and prisoners—expenditure
(Question No 169)

Mr Stefaniak asked the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 16 February 2005:

How much does the Government currently intend to spend on the ACT Prison project for the periods (a) 2004-2005, (b) 2005-2006 and (c) 2006-2007.

Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

The 2004-05 budget included $110M for the Prison Project which is scheduled to be expended over the next three years.

Housing—fixed term tenancies
(Question No 175)

Mrs Burke asked the Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services, upon notice, on 17 February 2005:

Does ACT Housing have a policy on fixed term tenancies for applicants who are homeless but ineligible for public housing; if so, (a) what are the principles of the policy, (b) how is it being implemented and (c) how many cases is ACT Housing currently addressing.

Mr Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:


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