Senator MURRAY(10.58 a.m.) —by leave—I move:

(3)   Schedule 3, item 8, page 7 (after line 20), after "requirements", insert "in paragraphs 170VO (1)(a) and (c)".

(4)   Schedule 3, item 8, page 7 (line 21), omit "the filing", substitute "those filing".

I referred to these two amendments in my remarks during the second reading debate. The Democrats were originally inclined to oppose the government's proposed amendment to correct technical defects in this area. However, it was pointed out to us that the capacity of the Employment Advocate to ignore technical defects is limited already by the additional approval requirements in section 170VPA.

The only filing requirement mentioned in section 170VO not covered in section 170VPA is the requirement to declare that the information statement required by the Employment Advocate has been given to employees. The amendment we are moving, therefore, excludes this one requirement in paragraph 170VO(1)(b) from the ability to ignore technical defects. It means that all substantial requirements in section 170VO on filing must be complied with and the scope for correcting technical defects is narrowed extremely. It now makes the power equivalent to that of the Industrial Relations Commission, which can correct technical defects in subsection 111(1Q).