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CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 26B
Requirement for proposed legislation to be considered by committees
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.
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