Page 4242 - Week 13 - Thursday, 27 November 2014

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MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Capital Metro) (5.18): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 4274]. I will shortly table a supplementary explanatory statement to the amendments

Madam Speaker, this amendment amends the commencement date to allow for parts of the Nature Conservation Act 2014 that arise from the passage of the Planning and Development (Bilateral Amendment) Act 2014 to be commenced consistent with that bill’s commencement provisions rather than provisions outlined in the Nature Conservation Bill 2014. The new arrangements allow for changes made to the Nature Conservation Act as a result of the bilateral amendment act to commence separately to the other provisions of the Nature Conservation Bill.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 3 to 5, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 6.

MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (5.20): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 4282]. This clause expands the objects of the act to ensure that members of the public not only have access to information in appropriate forms and opportunities to participate in policy development and nature conservation planning but also have opportunities to participate in conservation work. This picks up the fact that we have around 35 park care groups in the territory. These are people who work hard on their patch of local bush and I think it is important that we legislate for this opportunity as we give people access to research information.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 6, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 7 to 25, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 26.

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (5.21): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 4 at page 4284]. This amendment adds a time frame for reporting against the biodiversity research and monitoring program. It ensures that a report prepared by the conservator is made publicly accessible within three months so that it provides certainty to stakeholders.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 26, as amended, agreed to.


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