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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO PROBE GRIEVANCES PROPOSED

AUTHORITY

SIR

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF MALADMINISTRATION, THE GOVERNOR, DAVID WILSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

THE AUTHORITY WILL BE CALLED THE COMMESSTONER ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS. SIR DAVID SAID DETAILED PROPOSALS NOW BEING DRAWN UP FOR SETTING IT UP.

COMPLAINTS

HE SAID THE COMMISSIONER SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT AND SHOULD HAVE POWERS ΤΟ INVESTIGATE MALADMINISTRATION ON THE PART OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND POWERS TO CALL FOR GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.

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THAT HE ALLEGING STATUTORY

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HOWEVER, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THERE EXCLUSIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S JURISDICTION, "FOR EXAMPLE IN FIELDS OF DEFENCE AND OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS, WELL AS MATTERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE."

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HE ADDED THAT DETAILS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S TERMS APPOINTMENT, HIS JURISDICTION, ACCESS TO HIM BY COMPLAINANTS AND HIS INVESTIGATORY POWERS WOULD BE PUBLISHED AS A WHITE BILL FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BEFORE ITS INTRODUCTION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

"THIS WILLI. PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DETAILS, WHICH WERE ONLY OUTLINED IN THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ISSUED IN 1986," HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO STUDYING EXISTING PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH STATUTORY APPEALS TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL TO IMPROVE YET FURTHER THE SYSTEM FOR THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

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STREAMLINE AND RATIONALISE THESE BE HANDLED MORE THOROUGHLY AND STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN TO BRING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

"THE AIM 19 TO TRY TO PROCEDURES, SO THAT APPEALS CAN SWIFTLY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT NECESSARY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS BEFORE DURING THE COMING SESSION.

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