PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ACT 2003
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Purposes
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Application of standing orders and practices of the Council and the Assembly
PART 2--ESTABLISHMENT, TERMS AND FUNCTIONSOF JOINT INVESTIGATORY COMMITTEES
Division 1--Joint House Committees
- 5 Establishment of Joint House Committees
- 6 Term of Joint House Committees
- 7 Integrity and Oversight Committee
- 7A Disclosure of information by the Integrity and Oversight Committee
- 9A Electoral Matters Committee
- 14 Public Accounts and Estimates Committee
- 15 Pandemic Declaration Accountability and Oversight Committee
- 17 Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
Division 2--Specific Purpose Committees
- 18 Specific Purpose Committees
- 19 Term of Specific Purpose Committees
- 20 Functions of Specific Purpose Committees
PART 3--CONSTITUTION AND PROCEDURE OF JOINT INVESTIGATORY COMMITTEES
Division 1--Constitution
- 21 Membership of Joint Investigatory Committees
- 21A Membership of Pandemic Declaration Accountability and Oversight Committee
- 22 Election of chairperson and deputy chairperson
Division 2--Procedure
- 23 Quorum
- 24 Voting by members
- 25 Sittings
- 26 Presence of members of Parliament and the public
- 27 Public hearings
- 28 Evidence
- 29 Evidence may be considered by other Joint Investigatory Committees
- 30 Engagement of research staff
Division 3--Sub-committees
- 31 Appointment and procedures
- 32 Evidence and reporting
PART 4--REFERRALS, REPORTS AND RESPONSES
- 33 Referrals to Joint Investigatory Committees
- 34 Interim reports, discussion papers, minority reports and draft Bills
- 35 Reports before Parliament
- 36 Government responses
- 37 Submissions and reports of investigations to be published
- 37A Evidence given in private under section 28(3)
PART 5--THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Division 1--House Committee
- 38 Establishment of the House Committee
- 39 Term of the House Committee
- 40 Functions of the House Committee
- 41 Membership of the House Committee
- 42 Procedure of the House Committee
- 45 Discussions on functioning of Joint Investigatory Committees
- 46 Expenditure of Joint Investigatory Committees
- 50 Application of parliamentary privilege
- 51 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction
- 52 Regulations
PART 10--FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT (OFFICE OF THE VICTORIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER) ACT 2017
- 69 Functions relating to the Freedom of Information Commissioner
PART 11--INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES, OVERSIGHT AND INDEPENDENCE) ACT 2019