Membership of Committee
12B Membership of Committee
Subject to subsection (1a), the Committee is to consist of six members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House of
Assembly.
On and from the first sitting day of the House of Assembly following the next general election of members of the House of Assembly after the commencement of this subsection the Committee is to consist of five members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House of
Assembly.
A Minister of the Crown is not eligible for appointment to the
Committee.
The Committee must from time to time appoint one of its members to be the Presiding Member of the Committee but if the members are at any time unable to come to a decision on who is to be the Presiding Member, or on who is to preside at a meeting of the Committee in the absence of the Presiding
Member, the matter is referred by force of this subsection to the House of
Assembly and that House will determine the matter.
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