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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Act 2003
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Principal Act 2
4. Meaning of "Joint House Committee" in Principal Act 2
5. Increase in number of Joint House Committees 3
6. Decrease in membership of Public Accounts and Estimates
Committee 3
7. Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee--transitional
provisions 3
8. New sections 4EDA to 4EDC inserted 4
4EDA. Rural and Regional Services and Development
Committee 4
4EDB. Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development
Committee 4
4EDC. Education and Training Committee 5
9. Statute law revision 5
10. Amendment of Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation
Act 1968 5
ENDNOTES 7
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 26 February 2003
As amended by Assembly 20 March 2003
A BILL
to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 1968 and the
Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968 and for other
purposes.
Parliamentary Committees
(Amendment) Act 2003
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
(1) The main purpose of this Act is to amend the
Parliamentary Committees Act 1968 so as to--
(a) establish 3 new Joint House Committees;
5 and
(b) decrease the membership of the Public
Accounts and Estimates Committee; and
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(c) insert provisions of a transitional nature in
relation to the Scrutiny of Acts and
Regulations Committee.
(2) This Act also amends the Parliamentary Salaries
5 and Superannuation Act 1968 so as to clarify
the entitlement of members of Parliament to
allowances under that Act in respect of the period
between 30 November 2002 and 1 February 2003.
2. Commencement
10 This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
See:
In this Act, the Parliamentary Committees Act Act No.
1968 is called the Principal Act. 7727.
Reprint No. 6
as at
8 November
2001 and
amending
Act Nos
55/1999,
2/2001 and
11/2002.
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15 4. Meaning of "Joint House Committee" in Principal
Act
In the definition of "Joint House Committee" in
section 3(1) of the Principal Act, for "and Family
and Community Development Committee"
20 substitute ", Family and Community
Development Committee, Rural and Regional
Services and Development Committee, Outer
Suburban/Interface Services and Development
Committee and Education and Training
25 Committee".
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5. Increase in number of Joint House Committees
In section 4 of the Principal Act--
(a) for "6" substitute "9";
(b) in paragraph (g), for "Committee."
5 substitute "Committee;";
(c) after paragraph (g) insert--
"(h) Rural and Regional Services and
Development Committee;
(i) Outer Suburban/Interface Services and
10 Development Committee;
(j) Education and Training Committee.".
6. Decrease in membership of Public Accounts and
Estimates Committee
(1) In section 4B(1) of the Principal Act, omit "or, in
15 the case of the Public Accounts and Estimates
Committee, 10".
(2) Section 4B(3)(aa) of the Principal Act is
repealed.
7. Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee--
20 transitional provisions
(1) After section 4D(b) of the Principal Act insert--
"(ba) to consider any Act passed at any time after
25 February 2003 and on or before 1 April
2003 and to report to the Parliament with
25 respect to that Act on any matter referred to
in paragraph (a) or (b); and".
(2) After section 55(1) of the Principal Act insert--
"(1A) This section also applies to any statutory rule
that is laid before a House of the Parliament
30 on or after 25 February 2003 and before the
first appointment of members of the Scrutiny
of Acts and Regulations Committee after the
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commencement of section 7 of the
Parliamentary Committees and
Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Acts (Amendment) Act
5 2003.".
(3) In section 55(2) of the Principal Act, after "sub-
section (1)" insert "or (1A)".
8. New sections 4EDA to 4EDC inserted
After section 4ED of the Principal Act insert--
10 '4EDA. Rural and Regional Services and
Development Committee
(1) The functions of the Rural and Regional
Services and Development Committee are to
inquire into, consider and report to the
15 Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing
concerned with the provision of services to,
or the development of, regional Victoria if
the Committee is required or permitted so to
do by or under this Act.
20 (2) In sub-section (1) "regional Victoria" has
the same meaning as in the Regional
Infrastructure Development Fund Act
1999.
4EDB. Outer Suburban/Interface Services and
25 Development Committee
(1) The functions of the Outer
Suburban/Interface Services and
Development Committee are to inquire into,
consider and report to the Parliament on any
30 proposal, matter or thing concerned with the
provision of services to, or the development
or expansion of, new urban regions if the
Committee is required or permitted so to do
by or under this Act.
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(2) In sub-section (1) "urban regions" means
any part of Victoria developed for urban
purposes that is not within regional Victoria
as defined in section 4EDA(2).
5 4EDC. Education and Training Committee
The functions of the Education and Training
Committee are to inquire into, consider and
report to the Parliament on any proposal,
matter or thing concerned with education or
10 training if the Committee is required or
permitted so to do by or under this Act.'.
9. Statute law revision
In section 53 of the Principal Act, for "The
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1958" (where
15 twice occurring) substitute "the Constitution Act
1975".
See: 10. Amendment of Parliamentary Salaries and
Act No. 7723.
Superannuation Act 1968
Reprint No. 7
as at
(1) After section 8(2) of the Parliamentary Salaries
31 May 2000
and
20 and Superannuation Act 1968 insert--
amending
Act Nos
'(3) The Parliamentary Allowances Regulations
29/2000,
1992 must be taken to have had effect from
74/2000,
27/2001 and
the beginning of 30 November 2002 until
72/2001.
their revocation as if for the Schedules to
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Allowances Regulations 2003.
(4) The Parliamentary Allowances Regulations
2003 must be taken to have effect, and to
30 have always had effect, as if Schedule 2 to
those Regulations contained the following
paragraph--
"(c) The following Electoral Province as
notified in the Government Gazette of
35 24 April 1991 as required under the
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Electoral Boundaries Commission
Act 1982--
South Eastern".'.
(2) After section 9(2) of the Parliamentary Salaries
5 and Superannuation Act 1968 insert--
'(3) Sub-section (2) must be taken to have effect,
and to have always had effect, in relation to
moneys payable under this Part in respect of
the period between the beginning of
10 30 November 2002 and the end of
31 January 2003 as if for the reference to
three months there were substituted a
reference to six months.'.
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Endnotes
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ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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