Page 5725 - Week 13 - Thursday, 18 November 2010
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will take some little time to establish courses, to develop an understanding and establish need. I am sure members will give, most particularly, the department and the police some understanding in relation to the lead times involved in establishing the drug-testing regime in the first place.
I understand, for instance, that we do not at this stage have the capacity within the ACT to conduct the follow-on confirmatory drug test that will be required as part of the regime. At this stage we are looking to outsource that responsibility to New South Wales laboratories. So there are some complexities that we need to deal with. We need to develop some understanding and some systems of our own. I am encouraged that members have indicated they understand that and that they will be aware that some of these things will take some little time to implement and develop.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 111, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 112 to 121, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 122.
MR HANSON (Molonglo) (4.53): Before I speak to the amendment I will just respond to the Chief Minister’s comments about the complexity in establishing the courses and some of the other regimes, including random drug testing. I do acknowledge that. We will be patient. I would expect some reasonable briefings in terms of how that is actually rolling out. I do understand that it is important that we do get it right and we will be certainly sympathetic to the fact that it will take some time.
I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 5754].
It is a logical extension to the provision to make drug awareness courses mandatory, and this amendment ensures that the Road Transport Authority does not issue a restricted licence without the completion of a drug awareness course.
MS BRESNAN (Brindabella) (4.54): The Greens will be supporting this amendment as it reflects the inclusion in the note of drug awareness courses.
MR STANHOPE (Ginninderra—Chief Minister, Minister for Transport, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Land and Property Services, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Minister for the Arts and Heritage) (4.54): I foreshadow now that the government understands that these are all consequential amendments and the government will accept all of Mr Hanson’s consequential amendments to the amendment which we have just passed.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 122, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 123.
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