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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2021-11-18" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
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  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Bills</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Coorong Environmental Trust Bill</name>
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        <bill id="s4466">
          <name>Coorong Environmental Trust Bill</name>
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      <page num="8740" />
      <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000923">
        <heading>Coorong Environmental Trust Bill</heading>
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        <name>Final Stages</name>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000924">
          <heading>Final Stages</heading>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000925">The Legislative Council disagreed to amendments Nos 1 and 3 made by the House of Assembly for the reason indicated in the following schedule and disagreed to amendment No. 2 but made an alternative amendment in lieu thereof:</text>
        <bookmark>SCHEDULE OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND DISAGREED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL</bookmark>
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            <subheading>SCHEDULE OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND DISAGREED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL</subheading>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000927">
          <inserted>No. 1. Clause 2, page 3, line 2—Insert ‘Within’ after the word ‘operation’</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000928">
          <inserted>No. 2. Clause 4, part 2, page 3, line 32—Insert after the word ‘established’ the words ‘to raise and administer philanthropic funds to support the ecological wellbeing of the Coorong.’</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000929">
          <inserted>And after line 36—Insert:</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000930">
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            <inserted>The Minister will approve an initial set of rules relating to the membership, management and operations of the Trust.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000931">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>Thereafter, the Trust will maintain the rules of the Trust.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000932">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>The Trust must publish any variations it makes to the rules of the Trust in its Annual Report. </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000933">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>The Crown does not incur any liability for the Trusts / all costs associated with the Trust are to be met by the Trust. </inserted>
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        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000934">
          <inserted>No. 3. Clause 10, part 3, page 6, lines 6 and 7—To delete 10(1) and insert in lieu thereof:</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000935">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(1)&amp;#x9;the Minister will appoint an initial board of management of the Trust to carry out the day to day operations of the Trust and to manage its general affairs. Thereafter, 2 voting members will be appointed by the Minister.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <page num="8476" />
        <bookmark>SCHEDULE OF THE REASON FOR DISAGREEING WITH THE FOREGOING AMENDMENTS</bookmark>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000936">
          <inserted>
            <subheading>SCHEDULE OF THE REASON FOR DISAGREEING WITH THE FOREGOING AMENDMENTS</subheading>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000937">
          <inserted>Because the Amendments were not drafted by Parliamentary Counsel and are nonsensical and the alternate Amendments do what the Minister intended to do.</inserted>
        </text>
        <bookmark>SCHEDULE OF THE ALTERNATE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN LIEU OF AMENDMENT NO. 2 OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY</bookmark>
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          <inserted>
            <subheading>SCHEDULE OF THE ALTERNATE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN LIEU OF AMENDMENT NO. 2 OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY</subheading>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000939">
          <inserted>No. 1. New clause, page 6, after line 3—Insert:</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>9A—Trust rules</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000941">
          <item sublevel="3">
            <inserted>(1)&amp;#x9;The Trust must prepare, adopt and maintain a set of rules relating to the membership, management and operations of the Trust.</inserted>
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        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000942">
          <item sublevel="3">
            <inserted>(2)&amp;#x9;The Trust must ensure that a copy of the Trust rules (as in force from time to time) be published on a website determined by the Trust.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000943">
          <inserted>No. 2. Clause 10, page 6, lines 6 to 8—Delete subclauses (1) and (2) and substitute:</inserted>
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            <inserted>(1)&amp;#x9;A board of management of the Trust will carry out the day to day operations of the Trust and manage its general affairs. </inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000945">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(2)&amp;#x9;The board will consist of 7 persons (who will be called <term>directors</term>) of whom—</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="3">
            <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;5 will be members of the Trust holding office in accordance with this Act; and</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000947">
          <item sublevel="3">
            <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;2 will be persons appointed by the Minister for a term and on conditions determined by the Minister.</inserted>
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            <inserted>(2a)&amp;#x9;The Trust may initially appoint 5 members of the Trust as directors, who will hold office until directors are elected under section 11.</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000949">
          <inserted>No. 3. Clause 10, page 6, line 9—Delete ‘The Trust must seek to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that’ and substitute:</inserted>
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            <inserted>Appointments and elections of directors to the board must be conducted so as to ensure that</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000951">
          <inserted>No. 4. Clause 11, page 6, line 30—After ‘a director’ insert ‘(other than a director appointed by the Minister)’</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000952">
          <inserted>No. 5. Clause 11, page 7, line 1—Delete ‘subsections (4) and (5)’ and substitute ‘this section’</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000953">
          <inserted>No. 6. Clause 11, page 7, line 12—Delete ‘by resolution of the Trust’ and substitute ‘under section 12’</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000954">
          <inserted>No. 7. Clause 12, page 7, line 19—After ‘remove a director’ insert:</inserted>
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            <inserted>(other than a director appointed by the Minister)</inserted>
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        </text>
        <page num="8741" />
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000956">
          <inserted>No. 8. Clause 12, page 7, after line 23—Insert: </inserted>
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          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(2)&amp;#x9;The Minister may remove a director appointed by the Minister from office—</inserted>
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        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000958">
          <item sublevel="3">
            <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;for breach of, or non-compliance with, a condition of appointment; or</inserted>
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            <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;for misconduct; or</inserted>
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        </text>
        <text id="20211118dd090ec8f65a4d32b0000960">
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            <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;for failure or incapacity to carry out official duties satisfactorily.</inserted>
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