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Administration also supports the other minor amendments proposed,

that to say, raising the quorum for a meeting of the forporation from

five to six increasing the period of notice for entry of a building

from 24 to 48 hours; adding a new clause 18(3) to provide additionally

for the posting of a notice on a conspicuous part of a premises;

making provision for a fine of $10,000 for second or subsequent

of

offences on obstructing a person authorided to enter or inspect the building; and finally, the amendment to the wording of flause 5(1).

Sir, this has been quite a long and difficult legislative

exercise, and I would like to acknowledge the contribution made by

members of the provisional Board of the Corporation and also members of this Council. The proof with a pudding

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but I believe that when the forporation is established, which

hopefully will be very early next year, it will have a sound and

equitable framework for operation.