Membership of Committee
15K Membership of Committee
The Committee is to consist of—
until the commencement of the first session of the
53rd Parliament—9 members;
thereafter—7 members.
The membership of the Committee must be determined as follows:
until the commencement of the first session of the
53rd Parliament—6 members of the Committee must be members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House of Assembly and 3 must be members of the Legislative Council appointed by the Legislative
Council;
thereafter—4 members of the Committee must be members of the
House of Assembly appointed by the House of Assembly and 3 must be members of the Legislative Council appointed by the Legislative Council.
A Minister of the Crown is eligible to be a member of the
Committee, and section 21(2)(e) does not apply in relation to the members of the Committee.
The Committee must from time to time appoint 1 of its House of
Assembly 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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