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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988

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APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED

THE APPROPRIATION BILL COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

1988 WAS PASSED IN

THE LEGISLATIVE

BILLS OTHER TWO PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 AND THE EMPLOYMENT 1988 WERE ALSO PASSED AT THE MEETING,

-

THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

( ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) BILL

FIVE BILLS WERE READ A SECOND

TIME AND DEBATE ON

THEM WAS

ADJOURNED.

BILL

TRAFFIC

AND LICENSING

INLAND

OF REVENUE 1988 AND THE

THESE WERE THE BANKING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, THE ROAD

LICENCES

AND REGULATIONS

REGISTRATION (DRIVING

THE 1988, VEHICLES REGULATIONS) (AMENDMENT) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, THE STAMP DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988.

TWO

BY

THE CHIEF WIDOWS AND

MOVED MOTIONS, THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED SECRETARY UNDER THE PENSIONS (INCREASE) ORDINANCE AND THE ORPHANS PENSION (INCREASE) ORDINANCE.

BUDGET-RELATED BILLS GIVEN SECOND READING

SECOND

PROPOSALS IN THE LEGISLATIVE

FOUR BILLS SEEKING TO GIVE LEGISLATIVE EFFECT TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WERE GIVEN A COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

READING BY

BANKING THEY WERE THE (DRIVING LICENCES REGULATIONS

VEHICLES REGULATIONS)

(AMENDMENT)

BILL

ROAD 1988, (AMENDMENT}

TRAFFIC AND REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF

BILL 1988,

REVENUE

INLAND

(AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, AND STAMP DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988.

UNDER THE BANKING (AMENDMENT) BILL

BY PAYABLE

AN 1988,

AND BANKS

BIGHT PER CENT DEPOSIT-TAKING

INCREASE WAS PROPOSED ON FEES COMPANIES, WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.

TO

INCREASE SOUGHT TRAFFIC THE BILL ON ROAD CERTAIN DRIVING AND VEHICLE LICENCES BY SIX PER CENT, MARCH 2 THIS YEAR.

THE

FOR EFFECTIVE FROM

FEES

THE TWO BILLS WERE ESTIMATED TO YIELD

IN RESPECTIVELY $11 MILLION AND $62 MILLION

ADDITIONAL REVENUES OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL

YEAR.

/THE INLAND