2003

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CANBERRA TOURISM AND EVENTS CORPORATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Circulated by authority of the Minister for Economic Development, Business and Tourism
Mr Ted Quinlan MLA

CANBERRA TOURISM AND EVENTS CORPORATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

Outline

The Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation Amendment Bill 2003 amends the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation Act 1997 to:

•	change the name of the Corporation from Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation to Australian Capital Tourism Corporation; and
•	increase the size of the Board from the current seven members to nine.

Clause notes

Clause 1 – Name of Act – states the title of the Act, which is the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation Amendment Act 2003.

Clause 2 – Commencement – states when the Act commences.  All amendments are to commence on the day after notification.

Clause 3 – Act amended – provides that this Act amends the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation Act 1997.

Clause 4 – Title - substitutes the Title ‘An Act to establish the Australian Capital Tourism Corporation, and for related purposes’ for the current ‘An Act to establish the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation, and for related purposes’.

Clause 5 – Name of Act – substitutes the Name ‘ This Act is the Australian Capital Tourism Corporation Act 1997’ for the existing ‘This Act is the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation Act 1997’.

Clause 6 – Definitions for Act – Section 3, definition of corporation – substitutes the Definition ‘corporation means the Australian Capital Tourism Corporation’ for the existing ‘corporation means Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation’.

Clause 7 – Establishment – Section 4 (1) – substitutes ‘the Australian Capital Tourism Corporation is established’ for the existing ‘the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation is established’.

Clause 8 – Constitution – Section 8 (1) – provides for an increase in the size of the Corporation’s Board from the existing seven to nine members, and provides that the additional two members be appointed by the Minister as is the case with existing members.  This is to be achieved by substituting ‘the corporation consists of 9 members, as follows: (a) a chairperson and 6 other people appointed by the Minister…’ for the existing ‘the corporation consists of 7 members, as follows: (a) a chairperson and 4 other persons…’.