Ged Kearney (Cooper, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Sturt for their very constructive and helpful comments. This bill amends the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Act 2016 to clarify that the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Regulation may prescribe matters that will be the subject of multiple separate charges which may be incurred by a licence holder during a particular charging period and to enable a simpler method for working out the amount of charge prescribed. The amendments in the bill are intended to provide sufficient flexibility for the regulations to appropriately prescribe charges supporting the effective recovery of the costs associated with administering the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967. I thank members for their contributions to the debate on the bill.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

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