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Consultation

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The Provisonal Regional Council has been consulted and has expressed its agreement to the proposed timetable.

Financial and staffing implications

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The Bill has negligible financial and staffing

implications.

Legislative Timetable.

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Subject to Members' approval of the introduction of this Bill into the Legislative Council, it is proposed that the legislative timetable should be -

Publication in the Gazette

First Reading and commencement

of Second Reading debate

Resumption of Second Reading debate

Conclusion of Second Reading debate,

committee stage and Third Reading

13 December 1985

8 January 1986

22 January 1986

to be notified

Public reaction

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It is considered that the more informed will see the Bill for what it is; a measure simply to enable the Regional Council following its inauguration to return a member of its own choosing to the Legislative Council. However, against the background of the registration exercises which have taken place in 1985, it is possible that some in the community may be a little confused by this further

further exercise to register specifically the members of the Regional Council.

Publicity

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A press release will be issued

issued when the Bill is Gazetted. It will explain the purpose of the Bill and emphasise that this is a one-off exercise to meet the one-off situation arising from the establishment of the Regional Council on 1 April 1986.

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