Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) After receiving
and considering a copy of a draft policy, together with a report thereon,
submitted under section 28 or 32(1)(b), the Minister —
(a)
shall, if the Minister considers it expedient in the public interest to do so;
or
(b) may,
if the Authority so requests,
by notice published in
the Gazette appoint a committee of inquiry consisting of —
(c)
Authority members; or
(d)
Authority members and persons other than Authority members; or
(e)
persons other than Authority members,
to hold a public
inquiry into and report to the Minister on the draft policy in accordance with
terms of reference determined by the Minister.
(2) A committee of
inquiry shall hold a public inquiry into the draft policy in respect of which
it is appointed and the Royal Commissions Act 1968 applies to and in relation
to that public inquiry as if references in that Act to —
(a) a
Commission were references to; and
(b) the
Chairman were references to the member presiding over; and
(c) a
Commissioner were references to a member of,
the committee of
inquiry.
(3) A committee of
inquiry shall, after holding a public inquiry into the draft policy in respect
of which it was appointed, report on that draft policy to the Minister.
(4) The member
presiding over and other members of a committee of inquiry shall each of them
be paid such remuneration and travelling and other allowances as the Minister
on the recommendation of the Public Sector Commissioner determines in the
member’s case.
[Section 29 amended: No. 14 of 1998 s. 37; No. 39
of 2010 s. 89; No. 40 of 2020 s. 111(1).]