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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Parliamentary Committees Amendment Bill 2013
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Amendment of section 5--Establishment of Joint House
Committees 2
4 Repeal of section 7--Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee 2
5 Section 8 substituted--Economic Development, Infrastructure
and Outer Suburban/Interface Services Committee 2
8 Economic Development, Infrastructure and Outer
Suburban/Interface Services Committee 2
6 Section 12 substituted--Law Reform, Drugs and Crime
Prevention Committee 3
12 Law Reform, Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee 3
7 Repeal of section 13--Outer Suburban/Interface Services and
Development Committee 4
8 Part 8 substituted--Parliamentary Committees Amendment
Act 2013 4
PART 8--PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
AMENDMENT ACT 2013 4
65 Definitions 4
66 Savings and transitional provisions 5
9 Repeal of amending Act 6
ENDNOTES 7
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Assembly
Parliamentary Committees Amendment
Bill 2013
A Bill for an Act to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003
and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the
Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 to merge
4 existing Joint House Committees into 2 new
5 Joint House Committees.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on 1 August 2013.
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3 Amendment of section 5--Establishment of Joint
House Committees
See: In section 5 of the Parliamentary Committees
Act No.
110/2003. Act 2003--
Reprint No. 1
5 as at (a) paragraphs (a) and (g) are repealed;
26 July 2006
and (b) for paragraph (b) substitute--
amending
Act Nos "(b) the Economic Development,
43/2006,
4/2007, 7/2011, Infrastructure and Outer
8/2011, Suburban/Interface Services
66/2011,
10 70/2011, Committee;";
6/2012,
13/2012, (c) for paragraph (f) substitute--
82/2012 and
85/2012. "(f) the Law Reform, Drugs and Crime
LawToday:
www. Prevention Committee;".
legislation.
vic.gov.au
4 Repeal of section 7--Drugs and Crime Prevention
15 Committee
Section 7 of the Parliamentary Committees Act
2003 is repealed.
5 Section 8 substituted--Economic Development,
Infrastructure and Outer Suburban/Interface
20 Services Committee
For section 8 of the Parliamentary Committees
Act 2003 substitute--
"8 Economic Development, Infrastructure
and Outer Suburban/Interface Services
25 Committee
(1) The functions of the Economic
Development, Infrastructure and Outer
Suburban/Interface Services Committee are,
if so required or permitted under this Act, to
30 inquire into, consider and report to the
Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing
concerned with--
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(a) economic development, industrial
affairs or infrastructure;
(b) the provision of services to new urban
regions;
5 (c) the development or expansion of new
urban regions.
(2) In subsection (1), urban regions means any
part of Victoria developed for urban
purposes that is not within regional Victoria
10 as defined in section 16(2).".
6 Section 12 substituted--Law Reform, Drugs and
Crime Prevention Committee
For section 12 of the Parliamentary Committees
Act 2003 substitute--
15 "12 Law Reform, Drugs and Crime
Prevention Committee
(1) The functions of the Law Reform, Drugs and
Crime Prevention Committee are, if so
required or permitted under this Act, to
20 inquire into, consider and report to the
Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing
concerned with--
(a) legal, constitutional or parliamentary
reform;
25 (b) the administration of justice;
(c) law reform;
(d) the use of drugs, including the
manufacture, supply or distribution of
drugs;
30 (e) the level or causes of crime or violent
behaviour.
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(2) It is not a function of the Law Reform, Drugs
and Crime Prevention Committee to inquire
into, consider and report to the Parliament on
any proposal, matter or thing concerned
5 with--
(a) the joint standing orders of the
Parliament;
(b) the standing orders or rules of practice
of the Council or the Assembly.".
10 7 Repeal of section 13--Outer Suburban/Interface
Services and Development Committee
Section 13 of the Parliamentary Committees
Act 2003 is repealed.
8 Part 8 substituted--Parliamentary Committees
15 Amendment Act 2013
For Part 8 of the Parliamentary Committees Act
2003 substitute--
"PART 8--PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
AMENDMENT ACT 2013
20 65 Definitions
In this Part--
Amendment Act means the Parliamentary
Committees Amendment Act 2013;
commencement date means 1 August 2013;
25 former committee means a committee
established under this Act as in force
immediately before the commencement
date specified in column 1 of the Table;
successor committee, in relation to a former
30 committee, means the committee
specified in column 2 of the Table
opposite the former committee.
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Table
Column 1 Column 2
Former committee Successor committee
Drugs and Crime Law Reform, Drugs and
Prevention Committee Crime Prevention
Committee
Economic Development Economic Development,
and Infrastructure Infrastructure and Outer
Committee Suburban/Interface
Services Committee
Law Reform Committee Law Reform, Drugs and
Crime Prevention
Committee
Outer Suburban/Interface Economic Development,
Services and Infrastructure and Outer
Development Committee Suburban/Interface
Services Committee
66 Savings and transitional provisions
(1) Despite the amendment of this Act by the
Amendment Act--
5 (a) a successor committee is deemed to be
the same body as the former committee;
(b) except as expressly provided in this
section, all persons, things and
circumstances appointed or created by
10 or under this Act or existing or
continuing under this Act immediately
before the commencement date
continue under and subject to this Act
to have the same status, operation and
15 effect as they respectively would have
had if this Act had not been amended
by the Amendment Act.
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(2) On the commencement date--
(a) a member of a former committee ceases
to be a member of the former
committee and does not become a
5 member of the successor committee
unless he or she has been appointed to
be a member of the successor
committee;
(b) a sub-committee of a former committee
10 ceases to exist.
(3) Despite subsection (1)--
(a) a resolution by a former Committee to
use an audio or audio visual link under
section 25(5); or
15 (b) an invitation to a member of the
Council or the Assembly or to a
member of the public under section
26(1) to be present at a meeting of a
former Committee; or
20 (c) a requirement under section 28(1) by a
former Committee to attend or produce
a document or thing; or
(d) the empowerment of a specified
member or members of a former
25 Committee under section 28(5)--
ceases to have any effect on the
commencement date.".
9 Repeal of amending Act
This Act is repealed on 1 August 2014.
30 Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of
the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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