Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 8

8. (1) There is hereby established an Inter-Governmental Committee consisting
of-

   (a)  a member to represent the Commonwealth, being the Commonwealth
        Minister; and

   (b)  in the case of each participating State-a member to represent that
        State, being a Minister of the Crown of that State nominated by the
        Premier of that State.

(2) The Commonwealth Minister may appoint a person as his delegate to attend a
meeting of the Committee at which the Commonwealth Minister is not present.

(3) A member of the Committee for the time being representing a State may
appoint a person as his delegate to attend a meeting of the Committee at which
that member is not present.

(4) Where a person attends a meeting of the Committee as the delegate of the
member representing the Commonwealth or as the delegate of a member
representing a State, the delegate shall be deemed to be the member
representing the Commonwealth or that State, as the case may be.

(5) Meetings of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as are
from time to time agreed upon by the members of the Committee.

(6) At a meeting of the Committee-

   (a)  a quorum is constituted by-

        (i)    if every State is a participating State-5 members of the
               Committee; or

        (ii)   in any other case-not less than one-half of the members of the
               Committee;

   (b)  the member representing the Commonwealth shall preside;

   (c)  each member of the Committee (including the member presiding) has a
        deliberative vote but the member of the Committee presiding does not
        have a casting vote; and

   (d)  subject to this Act, questions arising shall be decided by a majority
        of the votes of the members of the Committee present.

(7) A resolution-

   (a)  which, without being considered at a meeting of the Committee, is
        referred to all members of the Committee; and

   (b)  of which a majority of those members or, if a majority including a
        particular member or particular members is required for the resolution
        to have effect, a majority including that member or those members
        indicate by telephone, teleprinter message or other mode of
        communication to the member of the Committee representing the
        Commonwealth that they are in favour, shall be as valid and effectual
        as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Committee duly convened
        and held.

(8) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Committee may
determine its procedure and for that purpose may make rules of procedure,
including rules relating to the convening of meetings and the conduct of
business at meetings, and may from time to time alter rules so made.

(9) The Chairman and the other members of the Authority may, with the consent
of the members of the Committee present at a meeting of the Committee, attend
that meeting and participate in the discussion of matters arising at the
meeting.