Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ACT 1981 No. 20, 1981 - SECT 9

9. After section 18 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:
Inquiries by Committee



"18A. (1) Subject to this section, where a public work is referred to the
Committee for consideration and report, the Committee may direct that the
inquiry by the Committee into the work shall take place in public or in
private.



"(2) Where the Committee directs that an inquiry by the Committee into a
public work take place in private, the Committee may give directions as to the
persons who may be present at the inquiry.



"(3) Where a public work by way of the provision of services on land for the
purpose of developing the land for use as urban land is referred to the
Committee, the Committee may decide to consider and report on the work without
holding any inquiry into the work. Consideration of overseas public works



"18B. Where a public work that is to be carried out outside Australia and the
external Territories is referred to the Committee -

   (a)  the Committee shall consider the work on the basis of plans, models
        and statements placed before it and of the evidence (if any) taken by
        it;

   (b)  the Committee is not entitled to require or request the attendance
        before it of any person who is outside Australia; and

   (c)  the Committee may receive statements, in writing, relevant to its
        consideration of the work, from any person who is in or outside
        Australia, and may take evidence from any person who is in
        Australia.".