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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Constitution and Parliamentary Committees
(Amendment) Act 1997
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. New section 6E inserted 2
6E. Offices are not agencies under Freedom of Information
Act 1982 2
4. Amendment of section 63 2
5. New Part IVA inserted 3
PART IVA--COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS OF
INQUIRY 3
88B. Commission of Inquiry 3
88C. Board of Inquiry 3
6. Allowances for members of Parliamentary Committees 3
7. Supreme Court--limitation of jurisdiction 4
NOTES 5
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
A BILL
to amend the Constitution Act 1975, the Parliamentary Committees
Act 1968 and the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act
1968 and for other purposes.
Constitution and Parliamentary
Committees (Amendment) Act 1997
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make certain
amendments to the Constitution Act 1975 and the
Parliamentary Committees Act 1968.
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2. Commencement
(1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act comes into
operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
5 (2) Section 3 is deemed to have come into operation
on 20 December 1994.
3. New section 6E inserted
No. 8750. After section 6D of the Constitution Act 1975
Reprinted to
insert--
No. 36/1995
and
10 "6E. Offices are not agencies under Freedom of
subsequently
Information Act 1982
amended by
Nos 7/1996,
24/1996, Despite anything to the contrary in the
35/1996,
Freedom of Information Act 1982, the
43/1996 and
60/1996. Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor or the
15 Administrator is not an agency within the
meaning of that Act.".
4. Amendment of section 63
(1) In section 63 of the Constitution Act 1975, omit
"originate or".
20 (2) The enactment or validity of an Act enacted or
purporting to have been enacted before the
commencement of this section shall not be called
in question in any proceeding in any court or
tribunal on the ground that the Bill for the Act was
25 a Bill for appropriating any part of the
Consolidated Fund or of any duty, rate, tax, rent,
return or impost and was originated by the
Legislative Assembly before the purpose of the
appropriation had been recommended by a
30 message of the Governor to the Legislative
Assembly.
(3) Anything done or omitted to be done under the
authority or purported authority of an Act to
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which sub-section (2) applies shall not be called in
question on the ground referred to in that sub-
section.
5. New Part IVA inserted
5 After Part IV of the Constitution Act 1975
insert--
"PART IVA--COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS OF
INQUIRY
88B. Commission of Inquiry
10 The Governor in Council may issue a
commission to a person or persons to make
an inquiry into such matters as are specified
by the Governor in Council.
88C. Board of Inquiry
15 The Governor in Council may appoint a
board for the purpose of inquiring into such
matters as are specified by the Governor in
Council.".
6. Allowances for members of Parliamentary
20 Committees
No. 7727.
(1) In section 51A of the Parliamentary Committees
Reprinted to
Act 1968, for sub-section (1A) substitute-- No. 65/1992
and
"(1A) Each member of a Committee referred to in subsequently
sub-section (6) (including the chairman of amended by
Nos 20/1994,
25 the Committee) is, subject to this section, 75/1994,
entitled to receive an expense allowance or a 9/1996 and
35/1996.
travelling allowance at such rate and in such
circumstances and subject to such conditions
as are prescribed--
30 (a) in respect of each attendance in the
discharge of duties as a member of the
Committee at a meeting of the
Committee--
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(i) at which a quorum is present; or
(ii) in the case of a sub-committee of
a Joint Investigatory Committee,
to take evidence pursuant to
5 section 4L(6);
(b) in respect of undertaking such other
duties as a member of the Committee as
are approved by the President or the
Speaker as duties to which allowances
10 apply.".
(2) In section 51A of the Parliamentary Committees
Act 1968--
(a) in sub-section (2)--
(i) for "sub-section (1A)" substitute "sub-
15 section (1A)(a)";
(ii) for "he" substitute "the member";
(b) in sub-section (3), for "he" (where twice
occurring) substitute "the member".
7. Supreme Court--limitation of jurisdiction
20 It is the intention of section 4 to alter or vary
section 85 of the Constitution Act 1975.
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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