Private Parking Areas (Shopping Centre Parking Areas) Amendment Bill

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

No. 1. Clause 3, page 2, lines 18 to 20 [Clause 3(2)]—Delete subclause (2)

No. 2. Clause 4, page 3, lines 23 to 25 [Clause 4, inserted section 13(1)]—

Delete 'chief executive officer of the council for the area in which the regulated shopping centre parking area is situated' and substitute 'Minister'

No. 3. Clause 4, page 3, lines 28 to 33 [Clause 4, inserted section 13(2) and (3)]—

Delete inserted subsections (2) and (3) and substitute:

(2) An approval under subsection (1) may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit.

(3) The Minister may add a condition to, or vary or revoke a condition of, an approval under subsection (1) by notice in writing to the owner of the regulated shopping centre parking area to which the approval relates.

Consideration in committee.

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: I move:

That the Legislative Council's amendments be agreed to.

Mr TELFER: I note that Private Parking Areas (Shopping Centre Parking Areas) Amendment Bill 2022 is back in this place. The debate that was had a number of weeks ago on this bill is a good one to reflect on, because on this side of the house we were very forthright in trying to make sure that this was actually workable legislation. I do note there has been work done within the Legislative Council—and the amendments have since flowed back to us—and although there are only slight changes to the bill that was debated and discussed in this place, I do note that there have been some changes that had their original thought based in ours here in opposition.

In the negotiations to get that piece of legislation through the upper house, obviously these amendments have come into the Legislative Council and are now back to us to consider. The most significant one I note is the one to put the power back into the hands of the minister and to remove it from the chief executive officer, an amendment which was suggested on this side of the house and not accepted at the time but it has been discussed in the Legislative Council. Obviously, we have only just been provided with these amendments, and we are going to be looking at the opportunities for that, but I do think it is a step in the right direction for a piece of legislation that is flawed in its original iteration.

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: I will make some final remarks. It is true, as the honourable member points out, that we made some small adjustments which were promoted to us firstly by the Local Government Association—and I should acknowledge Mr Clinton Jury. The Local Government Association did have some issues with the construct of the bill. I did not always agree with some of those issues, but I was persuaded further by my friend in the other place Mr Robert Simms, who made some fairly passionate advocacy on behalf of local councils, and of course the member opposite also made similar views known to this chamber. We have listened to the parliament, to the LGA and to the people of South Australia, and I am happy to commend the amendments and the bill to the house.

Motion carried.