Queensland Consolidated Acts

CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 26B

26B Requirement for proposed legislation to be considered by committees

(1) The Legislative Assembly must ensure each Bill for an Act that is proposed for enactment is referred to a portfolio committee, or another committee of the Legislative Assembly, for examination by the committee.

(2) The period of the referral must be at least 6 weeks from the date of the referral.

(3) This section does not prevent the Legislative Assembly, by ordinary majority, doing any of the following under the standing rules and orders of the Legislative Assembly—

(a) declaring a Bill to be an urgent Bill;

(b) referring an urgent Bill to a committee for less than 6 weeks;

(c) for a Bill declared to be an urgent Bill after it is referred to a committee—discharging the Bill from the committee less than 6 weeks after the referral;

(d) deciding not to refer an urgent Bill to a committee before the Bill is passed by the Legislative Assembly.