Validation of quorum and voting at particular meetings of parliamentary committee
458 Validation of quorum and voting at particular meetings of parliamentary committee
Subsection (2) applies if, in a meeting of the parliamentary committee held during the validation period, the committee reached quorum only by counting 1 or more members of the committee who were not present in person.
The parliamentary committee is declared to be, and always to have been, as validly quorate as it would have been if the 1 or more members were present in person.
Subsection (4) applies if, in a meeting of the parliamentary committee held during the validation period, the committee decided a question by counting a vote of 1 or more members of the committee who were not present in person.
The question is declared to be, and always to have been, as validly decided as it would have been if the 1 or more members were present in person.
In this section—parliamentary committee includes the Criminal Justice Committee of the Legislative Assembly established under the repealed Criminal Justice Act 1989, section 115.validation period means the period—
starting on 23 April 1998; and
ending on the commencement.
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