Subordinate Legislation Committee Act 1969 (Tas)

Subordinate Legislation Committee Act 1969

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Parliamentary standing committee on subordinate legislation and to regulate its functions [Royal Assent 23 December 1969]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Subordinate Legislation Committee Act 1969 .

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Committee means the committee established by this Act; regulation means a regulation, rule, or by-law that is made under an Act and is required by law to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, but does not include rules of court made by the judges, or by a majority of them, under the authority of an Act.

3. Constitution of Committee (1) There shall be a joint committee of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, to be known as the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation. (2) The Committee shall be appointed at the commencement of the first session of each Parliament according to the practice regulating the appointment of members to serve on select committees of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly respectively. (3) The Committee shall consist of six members, of whom three shall be members of the Legislative Council and three shall be members of the House of Assembly. (4) A person shall not be appointed, or continue, as a member of the Committee if he is or becomes – (a) a Minister of the Crown; (b) the President of the Legislative Council; (c) the Speaker of the House of Assembly. (d) . . . . . . . . (5) Subject to this Act, the members of the Committee – (a) hold office as a joint committee for the duration of the House of Assembly for the time being; (b) cease to hold office when that House expires by dissolution or effluxion of time; and (c) may exercise the powers and functions conferred, and shall perform the duties imposed, on the Committee by this Act.