Parliamentary Committees and Criminal Justice Amendment Bill 2001 (Qld)

Queensland

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

AMENDMENT BILL 2001

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMENDMENT

BILL 2001 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title... eee eee ene 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ACT 1995

2 Act amended in pt 2......... 0.00. e ccc 4 3 Amendment of s 4A (Membership of statutory committees) ............ 4 4 Amendment of s 4B (Quorum and voting at meetings of statutory committees) 5

PART 3—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1989 5 Act amended in pt 3.. 0.00... 0.00 e cece eee eee eee 5 6 Amendment of s 116 (Membership of parliamentary committee) ........ 5 7 Amendment of s 117 (Quorum and voting at meetings of parliamentary

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A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 1995 and the Criminal Justice Act 1989

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Parliamentary Committees and Criminal Justice Amendment Bill 2001

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

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This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Committees and Criminal Justice Amendment Act 2001.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ACT 1995

2 Act amended in pt 2

This part amends the Parliamentary Committees Act 1995.

3. Amendment of s 4A (Membership of statutory committees) (1) Section 4A(1)— omit, insert—

'(J A statutory committee must consist of 7 members nominated as follows—

(a) 4 members nominated by the member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the Leader of the House;

(b) 3 members nominated by the member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the Leader of the Opposition. '.

(2) Section 4A(2), 'member mentioned in subsection (1)(a)'— omit, insert—

'member who is recognised in the Legislative Assembly as the Leader of the House'.

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