The Upper House will debate the Children Act -- which aims to set up a special register of people convicted of offences against children.

The Act also introduces tough penalties -- a fine of up to $3,000 or six months in jail -- for adults who abuse or abandon a child.

Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse -- by professionals and members of the public -- is also proposed.

Also included on the agenda for the last-but-one meeting of the Parliamentary session is a lease proposal between the Bermuda Land Development Company and a US-based firm which wants to build an $8 million back-to-nature tourist attraction at the old Canadian base at Daniel's Head.

The development -- Destination Villages -- follows an eco-tourist formula pioneered by the firm in the US Virgin Islands.

Developers Campers Villages want to build 125 lightweight canvas-covered cottages and offer a range of health and fitness-orientated activities.

And an Act designed to tighten up the regulations governing firms offering investment services will also be debated.

The Investment Business Act forbids the carrying out of investment business on the Island without a licence -- or an exemption from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

But some public bodies will be exempted from the regulations, as are some businesses which do not solicit clients or have clients in specific categories.

These categories are restricted to local people, but the Minister of Finance will have the power to add to the categories.

The BMA will also get powers to suspend or cancel a licence and order independent probes into investment businesses.

Anyone operating an unlicenced business could be taken to Supreme Court, which will be able to issue injunctions against offenders. The courts will also be able to issue orders to offending firms to hand over proceeds and profits from prohibited transactions.

A bid to ease the sale of homes by the Bermuda Housing Corporation will also be discussed.

The Condominium Amendment Act will change the law to allow BHC to include garden areas with the sale of Government-owned condominiums.

The House of Assembly heard last week that the land will be sold off to buyers of the properties for the peppercorn sum of $1.

Health and Family Services Minister Wayne Furbert said the Act was drawn up to give a sense of pride of ownership to tenants-turned-owners.