Page 3570 - Week 09 - Thursday, 23 August 2018
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ACAT. This was originally an amendment proposed by me, and I am glad the government has taken it up.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 108, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 109 to 142, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
New clause 142A.
MS FITZHARRIS (Yerrabi—Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Minister for Transport and City Services and Minister for Higher Education, Training and Research) (4.13): I move amendment No 4 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 3582]. The amendment inserts a new clause 142A.
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (4.14): This amendment arises from a suggestion made by me. It is a different way of approaching it, but it is a little more elegant than the proposal I put forward. We will support this amendment, which requires the minister to declare an entity to be a professional body for the purposes of consultation on board appointments and making regulations.
I encourage the minister to make the declaration as soon as possible after the bill becomes law. I encourage the minister to consider the Australian Veterinary Association in that process. There may be other organisations as well, such as the Independent Vets of Australia.
Amendment agreed to.
New clause 142A agreed to.
Clauses 143 to 145, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 146.
MS FITZHARRIS (Yerrabi—Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Minister for Transport and City Services and Minister for Higher Education, Training and Research) (4.15), by leave: I move amendments Nos 5 and 6 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 3583].
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (4.15): We will support amendment No 5, which requires the minister to consult with a declared professional body before making a regulation. If this bill comes into law before the regulations currently being drafted are ready to be notified, the minister will need to consult. My suggestion made in the debate on the last amendment of an earlier declaration will be especially useful in this process. Consulting with professional bodies will be helpful when it comes to technical veterinary matters, such as restricted acts of veterinary science.
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