Membership of Committee
14 Membership of Committee
The Committee is to consist of—
until the commencement of the first session of the
53rd Parliament—8 members;
thereafter—6 members.
Half of the members of the Committee must be members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House of Assembly and half must be members of the
Legislative Council appointed by the Legislative
Council.
A Minister of the Crown is not eligible for appointment to the
Committee.
The Committee must from time to time appoint 1 of its Legislative
Council 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
Legislative Council and that House will determine the matter.
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