MELVESDAY,
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"ISCELLANEOUS LICENCES (AMENDMENT) BILL
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO ABOLISH THE LICENSING OF MONEY CHANGERS WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE MISCELLANEOUS LICENCES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR. DAVID JEAFFRESON SAID THE LICENSING OF MONEY CHANGERS WAS CONSIDERED AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABANDONED DURING AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THE POWER OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AS THE LICENSING AUTHORITY IN THE EARLY 1970'S WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT IT PROVIDED THE MEANS FOR ENSURING THE COLLECTION OF STAMP DUTY ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DUTIES CONCERNED HAVE NOW BEEN AFOLISHED BY THE STAMP (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) ORDINANCE 1978 AND AS A RESULT IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO ABOLISH THE LICENSING OF MONEY CHANGERS ALTOGETHER.
MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED WOULD RESULT IN A SMALL LOSS OF ABOUT $230,000 A YEAR IN THE REVENUE.
FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL
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THE FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL, WHICH AIMS TO BRING THE FIRE SERVICES DISCIPLINARY PROVISIONS INTRODUCED IN 1975 INTO LINE WITH THOSE WHICH APPLY TO OTHER DISCIPLINED SERVICES, WAS
INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SAID THAT UNDER THE PROPOSED BILL A MEMBER OF THE FIRE SERVICES MAY BE INTERDICTED, ON FULL PAY, IF AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING UNDERTAKEN INTO CONDUCT WHICH MAY AMOUNT TO THE COMMISSION OF A DISCIPLINARY OFFENCE.
+IN THE CASES OF SUBORDINATE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF OTHER RANKS WHO ARE INTERDICTED ON LESS THAN FULL PAY, IF PUNISHMENT. LESS THAN DISMISSAL IS IMPOSED, THEN THE WHOLE OR PART OF ANY REMUNERATION WITHHELD SHALL BE PAID. IF NO PUNISHMENT IS IMPOSED. THEN REMUNERATION WITHHELD MUST BE PAID IN FULL, HE ADDED.
MR. DAVIES ADDED THAT AN INTERDICTED OFFICER MAY NOT LEAVE THE TERRITORY WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES.
HE SAID A CLAUSE UNDER THE PROPOSED BILL ALSO PROVIDES FOR INTERDICTION OF SUBORDINATE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF OTHER RANKS ON FULL PAY IN CASES WHERE AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING UNDERTAKEN INTO CONDUCT WHICH MAY AMOUNT TO THE COMMISSION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.
+PROVISION IS ALSO MADE FOR THE IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF PAY OF AN OFFICER WHO IS FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, IS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT DISMISSAL, HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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