14 bills for study

Press, 16 November 1981, Page 13

14 bills for study

Parliamentary reporter

Fourteen bills will be open for submissions during the Parliamentary recess. They are:— the Chiropractors Bill, which gives greater recognition to chiropractic treatment, and for which submissions close on January 29, with the Health and Welfare Select Committee; the Childrens and Young Persons Amendment Bill, which increases co-operation between police and social welfare

workers in the protection of children, February 12, Health and Welfare Committee; the Clean Air Amendment Bill, which tightens controls on pollution, February 12, Health and Welfare Committee; the Community Noise Control Bill (a Government bill) and an Opposition bill, the Neighbourhood Noise Control Bill, each of which seek greater powers to curb excessive noise, February 12, Health and Welfare Committee; the Domestic Violence Bill, which seeks to mitigate the effects of domestic violence, February 4, Statutes Revision Committee; the Education Amendment bill, No 3, which sets up district education councils to monitor educational needs in a district, January 29, Labour and Education Committees; the Health Amendment Bill, which permits unisex toilets in small establishments, January 29, Health and Welfare Committee; the Imperial Laws Application Amendment bill, which removes irrelevant historical law from the statue books, January 28, Statutes Revision Committee; the Law Practitioners Bill, which authorises setting up of legal advice bureaux to meet legal needs in specific localities, February 4, Statutes Revision Committee; the Law Reform Bill, which makes minor “ti?. dying-up” adjustment to coqtract and commercial law, and property, equity and criminal law, February 4, Statutes Revision Committee; the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Bill, which eases

and streamlines election procedure, February 1, Local Bills Committees; the Official Information Bill, which makes official information more freely available, January 29, before a special committee of the House; and the Wild Animal Control Amendment Bill, which tightens controls on helicopter game recovery in State forests, January 29, Lands and Agriculture Committee.

The Accident Compensation Amendment which reduces some compensations for injury will be with the Accident Compensation Corporation for study and redrafting until June, the Adult Adoption' Information Bill, which gives increased access to birth certificates by adult adopted persons and natural parents, is being redrafted by the Statutes Revision Committee, and more submissions will be called. The Education Amendment Bill, No 2, on the registration and discipline of teachers and conditions of borrowing and spending by educational institutions, will also be studied by a working party over the recess.

The Sale of Liquor Amendment Bill, clauses 2 to 16, which deal with the working of a newly'created distributor’s licence,-will be studied; by a working party, and the Transport Amendment Bill; which tightens controls on drinking-driving laws and re-, tains the 150 km limit on roach haulage, awaits passage next year.