INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ACT 1988 - SECT 68 Procedure

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ACT 1988 - SECT 68

68 Procedure

(1) The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Joint Committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings shall, subject to this Act, be as determined by the Committee.

(2) The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly shall call the first meeting of the Joint Committee in each Parliament in such manner as the Clerk thinks fit.

(3) At a meeting of the Joint Committee, 6 members constitute a quorum, but the Committee shall meet as a joint committee at all times.

(4) The Chair or, in the absence of the Chair, the Deputy Chair or, in the absence of both the Chair and the Deputy Chair, a member of the Joint Committee elected to chair the meeting by the members present shall preside at a meeting of the Joint Committee.

(5) The Deputy Chair or other member presiding at a meeting of the Joint Committee shall, in relation to the meeting, have all the functions of the Chair.

(6) The Chair, Deputy Chair or other member presiding at a meeting of the Joint Committee shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.

(7) A question arising at a meeting of the Joint Committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

(8) The Joint Committee may sit and transact business despite any prorogation of the Houses of Parliament or any adjournment of either House of Parliament.

(9) The Joint Committee may sit and transact business on a sitting day of a House of Parliament during the time of sitting.