Associations Incorporation Amendment Act 1996
Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land and Sanctuary Amendment Act 1996
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1996
Rights of the Terminally Ill Amendment Act 1996
Stock Routes and Travelling Stock Amendment Act 1996
Summary Offences Amendment Act 1996
Trustee (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996

Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Amendment Act 1996
Mining Amendment Act 1996

Criminal Code Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996
Criminal Code Amendment Act (No. 3) 1996
Criminal Code Amendment Act (No. 4) 1996

Fire and Emergency Act 1996
Fire and Emergency (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996
Status of Children Amendment Act 1996

Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996

Mr Stone: To present the Police Administration Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 164).
Mr Hatton: To present the Statute Law Revision Bill 1996 (Serial 156).
Mr Hatton: To present the Bail Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 157).
Mr Hatton: To present the Criminal Code Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 161).
Mr Hatton: To present the Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 162).
Mr Hatton: To present the Northern Territory Employment and Training Authority Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 163).
Mr Reed: To present the Mine Management Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 160).
Mr Manzie: To present the Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 158).
Mr Manzie: To present the Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 159).
Mr Manzie: To present the Prisons (Correctional Services) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 165).

Health and Community Services Information Strategy - The Business Case, dated February 1995 (revised March 1995) (Paper 2401).

Question - That the motion be agreed to - put.

The Assembly divided (the Speaker, Hon. T.R. McCarthy, in the Chair) -

And so it was resolved in the affirmative.

Further questions were asked of Ministers.
Paper tabled: The Chief Minister (Mr Stone) laid on the Table the following Paper -

Letter, Hon Shane Stone, MLA, Chief Minister to Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister, dated 14 May 1996 (Paper 2402).

Papers tabled: Mr Coulter laid on the Table the following Papers -

Draft - A Strategy for Conservation through the Sustainable Use of Wildlife in the Northern Territory of Australia, Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory (Paper 2403);
Draft - A Trial Management Program for the Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii, in the Northern Territory of Australia, Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory dated December 1995 (Paper 2404); and
Draft - A Trial Management Program for Cycads in the Northern Territory of Australia, Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, dated December 1995 (Paper 2405).

Mr Coulter moved - That the Assembly take note of the Statement.
Debate ensued.

Suspension of sitting: The sitting was suspended between 12 noon and 2.00 p.m.

Debate resumed.

Paper, On Development, by Ingmar Egede, Inuit Circumpollar Conference, Greenland, dated 18 January 1994 (Paper 2407).

Question - put and passed.

Paper tabled: Mr Burke laid on the Table the following Paper -

Pamphlet, Beneficial Uses for Darwin Harbour Water Quality Management, Power and Water Authority (Paper 2409).

Mr Burke moved - That the Assembly take note of the Statement.
Debate ensued.
Question - put and passed.

“this Assembly expresses its concern at the failure of the Chief Minister to support the recommendation of the Select Committee on Constitutional Development to hold a Constitutional Convention.”

The proposed discussion having received the necessary support -
The Speaker called on Mrs Hickey to address the Assembly.
Discussion ensued.

Question - put and negatived.
Discussion continued.
Discussion concluded.

Debate ensued.
Question - put and passed.
Bill read a second time.
Leave granted for a motion for the third reading of the Bill to be moved forthwith.

Question - put and passed.

Debate ensued.
Question - put and passed.
Bills read a second time.

Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 137)

Clauses 1 to 3, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

"3A. REPEAL AND SUBSTITUTION

"Section 8 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following substituted:

'Subject to this Act, the Registrar -

(a) shall register, and from time to time renew the registration of, a motor vehicle in respect of which the requirements of Part VIA and Schedule 4 are complied with; and

(b) may register, and from time to time renew the registration of, a motor vehicle on such conditions as the Registrar thinks fit.'.

"3B. GRANTING OF LICENCES
"Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (6) the following:

'(7) The Registrar may, before granting a licence to drive a motor vehicle to a person -
(a) test; or
(b) arrange for an approved person to test,
whether the person is capable of driving a motor vehicle of the particular class in relation to which the licence is sought.'.".

Clause 4 read.
On the motion of Mr Palmer the following amendment was agreed to -
Add at the end of proposed subsection (1A) the following:

"(1B) Prior to a test being conducted for the purposes of section 10(7), payment shall be made of the prescribed fee.

"(1C) Where a test is conducted by a person who is not an officer or employee of the Public Service of Australia or an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, the person may charge the prescribed fee for conducting the test.".

Clause 4, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 5 agreed to.
Clause 6 read.
On the motion of Mr Palmer the following amendment was agreed to -

Clause 6, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 7 read.

Omit from proposed subsection (3)(b) "or the issue of a permit under section 107A or 107B" and insert in its stead "under section 107A or the issue of a permit under section 107B".

Omit subclause (2).

Clause 7, as amended, agreed to.

"7A. EXEMPTION OF VEHICLES

"Section 59 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting 'Part VA or the Standards' and substituting 'Part VA, the Standards or Schedule 4'; and
(b) by adding at the end the following:

'(2) The Registrar may, by notice in the Gazette, exempt a class of vehicles from Part VA, the Standards or Schedule 4 on such conditions as the Registrar thinks fit and specifies in the notice, including the condition that the exemption only applies to vehicles in relation to which an application in the approved form, accompanied by the prescribed fee, has been made by the vehicle's owner and accepted by the Registrar.
"7B. PROOF OF EXEMPTION DEFENCE IN CERTAIN CASES

"Section 60 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting 'Part VA or the Standards' (first occurring) and substituting 'Part VA, the Standards or Schedule 4'; and
(b) by omitting 'alleged offence, exempted from the operation of Part VA or the Standards, as the case may be' and substituting 'alleged offence, exempted from the operation of Part VA, the Standards or Schedule 4, as the case may be'.".

Clauses 8 to 14, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 15 read.
On the motion of Mr Palmer the following amendment was agreed to -

Clause 15, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 16 read.

Omit from proposed section 107(3)(a) "or permit was in force in relation to the vehicle under section 107A or 107B" and insert in its stead "under section 107A or permit under section 107B was in force in relation to the vehicle".

Omit from proposed section 107(3)(b) "or permit was in force under section 107A or 107B" and insert in its stead "under section 107A or permit under section 107B was in force".

Clause 16, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 17 to 23, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 24 read.
On the motion of Mr Palmer the following amendment was agreed to -

"(B) where the refund relates to money paid for the amendment of the registration of the vehicle under section 107A - an amount, for each day in the unexpired part of the reconfiguration period, calculated by dividing the money paid for the amendment by the number of days in the reconfiguration period;

(C) where the refund relates to money paid for the issue of a permit under section 107B - an amount for each day in the unexpired part of the reconfiguration period, calculated by dividing the money paid for the permit by the number of days in the reconfiguration period, but no such refund is payable in respect of any day within the first 7 days of the reconfiguration period; and/or

(D) where the refund relates to money paid for the issue of an exemption under section 59 - 1/12 of the fee payable for 12 months exemption for each complete calendar month in the unexpired period of the exemption;".

On the motion of Mr Palmer the following further amendment was agreed to -

On the motion of Mr Palmer the following further amendment was agreed to -

Omit from paragraph (c) proposed subparagraph (vi).

Clause 24, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 25 agreed to.
On the motion of Mr Palmer the following new clause was inserted in the Bill -
"25A. TEMPORARY LICENCES
"Section 137 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) 'prescribed in this Act other than the purpose for which it is registered or licensed,' and substituting 'in relation to which a greater compensation contribution would be required under section 47 than that paid as compensation contribution at the time the vehicle was registered,'.".

Clauses 26 and 27, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Schedule read.
On the motion of Mr Palmer the following amendment was agreed to -

Omit the Schedule and insert in its stead the following:

________________________________________________________________

Provision Amendment
_____________________________________________________________

omit substitute
_________________________________________

Section 14(5) "Penalty: $10."

Section 20(1) "Penalty: $40."
and (4)

Sections 35(1)(f)(iii) "under the Motor "as a motor vehicle
and 37(1)(b)(iii) Vehicle Dealers dealer under the
Act"Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act"

Section 35(5) "33" "33, 33A"

Section 98(1) "Penalty: $100."

Section 102AA(1) "Commercial "Commercial Passenger"
Passengers"

Section 138(1)(ae) "$1,000" "$2,000 in respect
of an individual or
$10,000 in respect of a corporation"

Schedule 4 Item 13
________________________________________________________________".

Schedule, as amended agreed to.
Title agreed to.
Bill to be reported with amendments.

Traffic Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 138)

Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.
Bill to be reported with amendments.

List of Attendees, Eight Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Hong Kong, 13 - 18 May 1996 (Paper 2412);
Letter to Delegates, 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, from Sir Colin Shepherd, MP, Chairman of the Executive Committee, dated 17 May 1996 (Paper 2413);
Proceedings of the Closing Ceremony and Dinner, 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Hong Kong, 17 May 1996 (Paper 2414);
“Access to Information by the Legislative Council”, Speech, Hon Eric LI Ka-cheung, JP, Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Hong Kong Legislative Council (Paper 2415);
“Access to Information by the Legislature”, Paper, Mr Wilson Tuckey, MP, House of Representatives (Paper 2416);
Speech by the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, Governor, at the opening of the 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Hong Kong (Paper 2417);
Speech, “Relationship Between the Legislature and Executive”, Hon James Tien (Paper 2418);
House of Commons, Public Information Office, Factsheet No. 6, “The Post-1979 Departmental Select Committee Structure” revised November 1995 (Paper 2419);
House of Commons, Public Information Office, Factsheet No. 43, “Standing Committees” revised February 1995 (Paper 2420);
Speech “Support Services to Members of Parliament”, Mr S. N. Mishra, Secretary-General, Lok Sabha and Honorary Secretary, India CPA Branch (Paper 2421);
Support Services to Members of Parliament, paper by Mr S. N. Mishra, Secretary-General, Lok Sabha and Honorary Secretary, India CPA Branch (Paper 2422);
The Citizenship Dilemma of Hong Kong’s Ethnic Minorities, Briefing Paper by Office of Christine Loh, Legislative Councillor, dated April 1996 (Paper 2423);
Note on the Preparatory Committee (PC), Briefing Paper by Office of Margaret Ng, Legislative Councillor, dated April 1996 (Paper 2424);
Note on the Provisional LegCo (PL), Briefing Paper by Office of Margaret Ng, Legislative Councillor, dated April 1996 (Paper 2425);
The Legislative Council Order, paper, Wednesday 15 May 1996 (Paper 2426);
8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Hong Kong, Daily Diary, Thursday 16 May 1996 (Paper 2427);
Parliamentary Procedures for the Control of Public Expenditure, paper by Hon Ben Okorro, MP, Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea (Paper 2428);
Legislative Procedures in Malaysia, paper by Dr Afiffuddin Omar, Regional Representative, South East Asian Region (Paper 2429);
The Powers and Privileges of the Legislature, Paper by Hon Albert Busomtwi-Sam, MP, Ghana Branch (Paper 2430);
Parliamentary Procedures in the Control of Public Expenditure, Speech by Dr Hon Yeung Sum, Hong Kong (Paper 2431);
Paper on the sequence of events arising out of a matter of privilege during the Ninth Session of the Eighth Lok Sabha by Subhash C. Kashyap, dated August 1988 (Paper 2432);
Parliament and the Media, paper by Cliff Bale, Executive Committee Member, Hong Kong Journalist’s Association (Paper 2433);
Committee System, draft speech by Dr Hon Leong Che-hung, OBE, JP, Chairman of the Legislative Council House Committee (Paper 2434);
Parliamentary Procedure for the Scrutiny of Legislation, paper by Mr Anil Moonesinghe, MP, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Sri Lanka (Paper 2435);
Speech, “Role of the Legislature in Policy Formulation”, Hon Ronald Arculli, Hong Kong (Paper 2436);
Role of the Legislature in Policy Formulation, paper by Honourable Datuk Wong Soon Koh (Paper 2437);
Parliament and the Media, paper by Hon Kenneth Allen, MLC, Monserrat (Paper 2438);
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, speech by Mr Daniel R. Fung, QC, JP, Solicitor-General (Paper 2439);
Speech by the Chief Secretary, the Hon Mrs Anson Chan, CBE, JP at the 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Hong Kong (Paper 2440);
Seminar Handbook, 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Hong Kong, 13 to 18 May 1996 (Paper 2441);
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, book (Paper 2442); and
Ah Kit threat to euthanasia, article, Katherine Times, dated 15 May 1996 (Paper 2443).

Debate continued.
Paper tabled: The Chief Minister (Mr Stone) laid on the Table the following Paper -

Certificate in Public Sector Management Course, list of names of successful graduates (Paper 2444).

Question - put and passed.
And the Assembly adjourned at 7.34 p.m. until tomorrow at 10.00 a.m.

Financial Statements:
ANZ Executors & Trustees Company Limited and its controlled entities, A. C. N. 006 132 332, for the year ended 30 September 1995 (Paper 2410)
Austrust Limited and its controlled entity, A. C. N. 007 869 794, for the year ended 30 June 1995 (Paper 2411).