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Queensland
PARLIAMENTARY
COMMITTEES
LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1996
Queensland
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
ACT 1995
2 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new ss 4A and 4B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4A Membership of statutory committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4B Quorum and voting at meetings of statutory committees . . . . . . . . . 5
4 Amendment of s 6 (Application of Act to committees established
by Assembly etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 Amendment of s 20 (Areas of responsibility of Public Works
Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Replacement of s 25 (Powers to call for persons etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
25 Power to call for persons etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Replacement of s 37 (Legal, Constitutional and Administrative
Review Committee to take over unfinished issues from Parliamentary
Criminal Justice Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
37 Criminal Justice Committee to take over certain
unfinished issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1989
8 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Insertion of new ss 115117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
115 Establishment of parliamentary committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
116 Membership of parliamentary committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
117 Quorum and voting at meetings of parliamentary committee . . . . . 7
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992
11 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 7 (Establishment of Electoral Commission of
Queensland etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 23 (Terms and conditions of appointment etc.) . . . . . . . . 9
1996
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 1995, and for
other purposes
s1 4 s3
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Committees Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1996. 5
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY 6
COMMITTEES ACT 1995 7
amended in pt 2 8
Act
Clause 2. This part amends the Parliamentary Committees Act 1995. 9
of new ss 4A and 4B 10
Insertion
Clause 3. After section 4-- 11
insert-- 12
of statutory committees 13
`Membership
`4A.(1) A statutory committee must consist of an equal number of 14
members nominated by-- 15
(a) the member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the 16
Leader of the House; and 17
(b) the member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the 18
Leader of the Opposition. 19
`(2) The chairperson of a statutory committee must be the member 20
nominated as chairperson by the member mentioned in subsection (1)(a). 21
s4 5 s6
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
and voting at meetings of statutory committees 1
`Quorum
`4B. At a meeting of a statutory committee-- 2
(a) a quorum consists of half the number of members appointed to 3
the committee plus 1; and 4
(b) a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the members 5
of the committee present and voting; and 6
(c) each member of the committee has a vote on each question to be 7
decided and, if the votes are equal, the chairperson of the 8
committee has a casting vote. 9
10
Example of paragraph (a)--
11
If 6 members are appointed to a statutory committee, the quorum is 4 (half the
12
number of members (3) plus 1).'.
of s 6 (Application of Act to committees established by 13
Amendment
Assembly etc.) 14
Clause 4. Section 6(3)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(3) This Act does not apply to the Criminal Justice Committee.'. 17
of s 20 (Areas of responsibility of Public Works 18
Amendment
Committee) 19
Clause 5. Section 20(1)(b)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(b) any major GOC work if the committee decides to consider the 22
work.'. 23
of s 25 (Powers to call for persons etc.) 24
Replacement
Clause 6. Section 25-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
s7 6 s8
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
to call for persons etc. 1
`Power
`25. A statutory committee is, by this section, authorised to call for 2
persons, documents and other things.'. 3
of s 37 (Legal, Constitutional and Administrative 4
Replacement
Review Committee to take over unfinished issues from Parliamentary 5
Criminal Justice Committee) 6
Clause 7. Section 37-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
Justice Committee to take over certain unfinished issues 9
`Criminal
`37.(1) This section applies if the Legal, Constitutional and 10
Administrative Review Committee has not tabled a report about an issue 11
that it started considering and-- 12
(a) the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee had previously 13
started to consider, but not tabled a report, about the issue; or 14
(b) the issue is otherwise within the functions of the Criminal Justice 15
Committee. 16
`(2) The Criminal Justice Committee may deal with the issue as if it had 17
exclusively dealt with the issue from the beginning.'. 18
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 19
P
ACT 1989 20
amended in pt 3 21
Act
Clause 8. This part amends the Criminal Justice Act 1989. 22
s9 7 s 10
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
of s 3 (Definitions) 1
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 3, definition "parliamentary committee"-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
` "parliamentary committee" means the Criminal Justice Committee of 4
the Legislative Assembly.'. 5
of new ss 115117 6
Insertion
Clause 10. Part 4, before section 118-- 7
insert-- 8
of parliamentary committee 9
`Establishment
`115. A committee of the Legislative Assembly called the Criminal 10
Justice Committee is established. 11
of parliamentary committee 12
`Membership
`116.(1) The parliamentary committee must consist of an equal number 13
of members nominated by-- 14
(a) the member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the 15
Leader of the House; and 16
(b) the member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the 17
Leader of the Opposition. 18
`(2) The chairperson of the parliamentary committee must be the 19
member nominated as chairperson by the member mentioned in 20
subsection (1)(a). 21
and voting at meetings of parliamentary committee 22
`Quorum
`117. At a meeting of the parliamentary committee-- 23
(a) a quorum consists of half the number of members appointed to 24
the committee plus 1; and 25
(b) a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the members 26
of the committee present and voting; and 27
s 11 8 s 12
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
(c) each member of the committee has a vote on each question to be 1
decided and, if the votes are equal, the chairperson of the 2
committee has a casting vote. 3
4
Example of paragraph (a)--
5
If 6 members are appointed to the parliamentary committee, the quorum is 4 (half
6
the number of members (3) plus 1).'.
ART 4--AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992 7
P
amended in pt 4 8
Act
Clause 11. This part amends the Electoral Act 1992. 9
of s 7 (Establishment of Electoral Commission of 10
Amendment
Queensland etc.) 11
Clause 12. Section 7(7)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(7) A person may be appointed as the chairperson or nonjudicial 14
appointee only if the Minister has consulted-- 15
(a) with each member of the Legislative Assembly recognised as the 16
leader of a political party represented in the Assembly about the 17
proposed appointment; and 18
(b) with the parliamentary committee about-- 19
(i) the process of selection for appointment; and 20
(ii) the appointment of the person as the chairperson or 21
nonjudicial appointee.'. 22
s 13 9 s 13
Parliamentary Committees Legislation
Amendment
of s 23 (Terms and conditions of appointment etc.) 1
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 23(2)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(2) A person may be appointed as a senior electoral officer only if-- 4
(a) press advertisements have been placed nationally calling for 5
applications from suitably qualified persons to be considered for 6
appointment; and 7
(b) the Minister has consulted-- 8
(i) with each member of the Legislative Assembly recognised 9
as the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly 10
about the proposed appointment; and 11
(ii) with the parliamentary committee about-- 12
(A) the process of selection for appointment; and 13
(B) the appointment of the person as the senior electoral 14
officer.'. 15
16
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