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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2024-08-28T10:30:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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  <dateModified time="2025-03-27T14:36:59+10:30" />
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    <name>Bills</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal) Bill</name>
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        <bill id="r5326" referenceid="3e95c364be9a46d7bb58a59c34b3538c">
          <name>Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal) Bill</name>
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        <heading>Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal) Bill</heading>
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      <subproceeding>
        <name>Second Reading</name>
        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001571">
          <heading>Second Reading</heading>
        </text>
        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001572">Adjourned debate on second reading.</text>
        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001573">(Continued from 27 August 2024.)</text>
        <talker role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416" kind="speech">
          <name>The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS</name>
          <house>House of Assembly</house>
          <electorate id="">Cheltenham</electorate>
          <portfolios>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Local Government</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans' Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
          </portfolios>
          <startTime time="2024-08-28T19:25:21+09:30" />
          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001574">
            <timeStamp time="2024-08-28T19:25:21+09:30" />
            <by role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416">The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Veterans Affairs) (19:25):</by>  I am very happy to continue from my previous remarks and, in doing so, seek to thank members again for their contributions. There being one government amendment, I will seek to move into committee, which I understand is a way to progress this amendment.</text>
          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001575">Bill read a second time.</text>
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      <subproceeding>
        <name>Committee Stage</name>
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          <heading>Committee Stage</heading>
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        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001577">In committee.</text>
        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001578">Clauses 1 to 51 passed.</text>
        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001579">New clause 51A.</text>
        <talker role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416">
          <name>The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS</name>
          <house>House of Assembly</house>
          <electorate id="">Cheltenham</electorate>
          <portfolios>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Local Government</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans' Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
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          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001580">
            <by role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416">The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS:</by>  I move:</text>
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            <inserted>Amendment No 1 [TradeInvest–1]—</inserted>
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          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001582">
            <inserted>Page 13, after line 39—Insert:</inserted>
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          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001583">
            <inserted>51A—Amendment of section 83A—Transfer of proceedings</inserted>
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              <inserted>(1)&amp;#x9;Section 83A—after subsection (3) insert:</inserted>
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              <inserted>(3a)&amp;#x9;The Magistrates Court or a Magistrate may transfer civil proceedings in the Magistrates Court that lie within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to the Tribunal.</inserted>
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              <inserted>(2)&amp;#x9;Section 83A(5)—delete 'or (3)' and substitute ', (3) or (3a)'</inserted>
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          <text continued="true" id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001587">Just for the committee's benefit, this is an administrative amendment which seeks to insert the Magistrates Court alongside the Supreme Court and District Court as courts that are able to transfer appropriate employment matters to the South Australian Employment Tribunal.</text>
          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001588">New clause inserted.</text>
          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001589">Remaining clauses (52 to 57) and title passed.</text>
          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001590">Bill reported with amendment.</text>
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        <name>Third Reading</name>
        <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001591">
          <heading>Third Reading</heading>
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        <talker role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416" kind="speech">
          <name>The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS</name>
          <house>House of Assembly</house>
          <electorate id="">Cheltenham</electorate>
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            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
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            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
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            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Local Government</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans' Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
            <portfolio id="">
              <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
            </portfolio>
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          <startTime time="2024-08-28T19:29:34+09:30" />
          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001592">
            <timeStamp time="2024-08-28T19:29:34+09:30" />
            <by role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416">The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Veterans Affairs) (19:29):</by>  I move:</text>
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            <inserted>That this bill be now read a third time.</inserted>
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          <text id="202408282f132848d22e4e20b0001594">Bill read a third time and passed.</text>
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