Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I move amendment No. 30:

In page 15, subsection (7), line 28, to delete "order of the Minister" and substitute "rules of court".

Both amendments are designed to preserve the integrity of the rules of the court system. Dates for lodging pleadings and proceedings are normally specified in rules of court, which are made by a rules committee. The Minister may have referred to this already. The Bill, as currently drafted, would bypass the system and allow the Minister, by order, without reference to the rules committee, to override rules of court. That is why we tabled the amendment.