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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2011

                           2010-2011




  THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2011




       SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




      Amendment to be moved on behalf of the Government




                 (Circulated by the authority of the
     Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and
         Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Jenny Macklin MP)
 INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2011

                         Government amendment


OUTLINE

This amendment is to withdraw from the Bill the measure allowing the Minister
to delegate the power to appoint a person to act as the Executive Director of
Township Leasing or the Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous
Services (Schedule 2).

As introduced, this measure would have amended both the Aboriginal Land
Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and the Coordinator-General for Remote
Indigenous Services Act 2009 to allow the Minister to delegate to the
Secretary or a Deputy Secretary of the Department the power to make these
acting appointments.

During Parliamentary consideration of this Schedule, members of Parliament
raised issues that require further discussion on operational details.

The Government will therefore withdraw Schedule 2, to enable other elements
of the Bill to proceed.

Financial impact statement

There is no financial impact from this amendment.
 INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2011

                      Government amendment


NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1 omits Schedule 2, which contains the acting appointments
measure.