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Public Accounts Committee Amendment Act 1983
No. 111 of 1983
An Act to amend the Public Accounts Committee Act 1951
[Assented to 8 December 1983]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Accounts Committee Amendment Act 1983. (2) The Public Accounts Committee Act 19511 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Joint Committee of Public Accounts 3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "ten" and substituting "15"; (b) by omitting from sub-section (2) "Three" and substituting "Five"; and (c) by omitting from sub-section (2) "seven" and substituting "10".
Quorum and voting 4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) "4" and substituting "6".
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NOTE 1. No. 60, 1951, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 79, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 70, 1976; No. 36, 1978; No. 187, 1979; and No. 80, 1982.
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