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      <name>Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Bill</name>
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        <heading>Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Bill</heading>
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        <text id="202511110d20dc01731447fdb0000985">The House of Assembly agreed to the bill with the amendment indicated by the following schedule, to which amendment the House of Assembly desires the concurrence of the Legislative Council:</text>
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          <inserted>No. 1. Page 4, after line 1, insert:</inserted>
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            <inserted>6—Amendment of section 57—Fidelity Fund </inserted>
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            <inserted>Section 57—after subsection (6) insert: </inserted>
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            <inserted>(7)&amp;#x9;The Attorney-General may delegate to a person (including a person 5 for the time being performing particular duties or holding or acting in a particular position) a function or power under this section. </inserted>
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            <inserted>(8)&amp;#x9;A delegation under subsection (7)—</inserted>
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            <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;must be by instrument in writing; and </inserted>
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            <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;may be absolute or conditional; and 10 </inserted>
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            <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;does not derogate from the power of the delegator to act in a matter; and </inserted>
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            <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;is revocable at will. </inserted>
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            <inserted>(9)&amp;#x9;A function or power delegated under subsection (7) may, if the instrument of delegation so provides, be further delegated in 15 accordance with that instrument.</inserted>
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        <text id="202511110d20dc01731447fdb0000996">Consideration in committee.</text>
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          <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
          <house>Legislative Council</house>
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              <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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              <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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              <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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              <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="720932a85f7a4579b58ad0e04a1e5893">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  I move:</text>
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            <inserted>That the House of Assembly's amendment be agreed to.</inserted>
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          <text id="202511110d20dc01731447fdb0000999">Motion carried.</text>
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