AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Canberra Retail Market Trust Ordinance 1971

Explanatory Memorandum

No. 29 of 1971

	Following upon the Report of the Joint Committee on the Australian Capital Territory, it is proposed to introduce a new Ordinance to provide for the establishment of a Canberra Retail Market Trust and for the management and control by the Trust of a retail fruit and vegetable market in the A.C.T.

Composition of the Trust

	The Trust will comprise three persons, to be appointed by the Minister, one of whom will be an elected member of, and nominated by, the Advisory Council, and another of whom will be an officer of the Department of the Interior.  The third trustee will be a person who is not an officer or employee of the Public Service or of a public authority and who is not engaged, directly or indirectly, in the wholesale or retail sale of goods of the kind sold in the market.

Functions of Trust

	The essential functions of the Trust will be –

	-	to manage the Canberra Retail Market; and

	-	to control the activities of persons licensed or permitted to sell goods within the Market.

	To enable the Trust to perform these functions, it will have the following powers –

	-	to employ persons;

	-	to set the days and hours of business of the Market;

	-	to determine the conditions governing the issue of licences or permits; and

	-	to grant licences and permits.

	The Minister will be empowered to give general policy directions to the Trust.

Licenses and Permits

	A licence-holder will be permitted to sell goods, of the kind authorised by his licence, only from the stall occupied by him.  A permit-holder will be authorised to provide specified services or sell specified goods (for example, refreshments) to licensees or members of the public.

        R. J. H.
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(Minister’s Initials)