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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

ADOPTING

"THIS MOTION WILL REAFFIRM THIS COUNCIL'S RESOLVE IN THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO REDUCE SPECULATION IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, HE SAID.

THE MOTION WAS MOVED UNDER STAMP DUTY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER WITH AMENDMENT MADE TO ITS SECTION 291(1).

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INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992

COMMITTEE STAGE AMENDMENTS TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT DEPRIVE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HAVING ADEQUATE TIME

INTRODUCED SCRUTINISE SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION WAS COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE SECOND READING OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, EXPLAINED THAT THE EXISTING ORDINANCE GAVE

LEGISLATION THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 28 DAYS TO AMEND SUBSIDIARY LAID ON THE TABLE.

WHERE A SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ENDS BEFORE THAT 28- DAY PERIOD, THE PERIOD IS EXTENDED SO THAT IT EXPIRES ON THE DAY AFTER THE SECOND SITTING OF THE FOLLOWING SESSION.

HE SAID: "IT IS POSSIBLE, HOWEVER, THAT THE FORMAL END SESSION WILL OCCUR MORE THAN 28 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL SITTING.

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"IN THAT CASE, THE SPECIAL PROVISION FOR EXTENDING LIMIT WOULD NOT COME INTO EFFECT AND THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE DENIED OPPORTUNITY OF AMENDING SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION TABLED DURING THE SITTING.

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POINTING OUT ANOTHER PROBLEM, MR MATHEWS SAID WHILE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS PERMITTED TO EXTEND THE NORMAL PERIOD OF DAYS FOR THE SCRUTINY OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION BY UP TO 21 DAYS, EXTENSION, HOWEVER, MIGHT NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE THE NEXT SITTING TO BE REACHED WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHRISTMAS RECESS INTERVENED.

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THE THIRD PROBLEM, MR MATHEWS SAID, AROUSE IN THE "SITTING" AS THERE WERE SPECIAL SITTINGS IN THE COUNCIL WHERE ORDINARY BUSINESS WAS NOT DISCUSSED AND QUESTIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION COULD NOT BE RAISED.

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NEW CLAUSE TO THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992 CLAUSES

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THESE PROBLEMS, THE EXTENSION ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID: "FIRSTLY, THERE WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC OF THE 28-DAY PERIOD WHENEVER SUCH TIME LIMIT WOULD EXPIRE AFTER LAST SITTING OF A SESSION.

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LONGER DATE OF THE FORMAL END OF THE SESSION WILL NO

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