Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 21(1) amended by No. 4/2007 s. 6, substituted by No. 7/2011 s. 3, amended by No. 27/2024 s. 139(1).
(1) Subject to section 21B, a Joint Investigatory Committee must consist of not less than 5 members and not more than 10 members of whom—
(a) at least 1 must be a member of the Legislative Assembly; and
(b) at least 1 must be a member of the Legislative Council.
S. 21(1A) inserted by No. 27/2024 s. 139(2).
(1A) Not more than half the members of the Integrity and Oversight Committee may be members of a political party forming the Government.
S. 21(2) amended by No. 53/2021 s. 19D.
(2) Subject to section 21A, as soon as practicable after the commencement of each Parliament, the members of a Joint Investigatory Committee must be appointed according to the practice of Parliament relating to the appointment of members to joint select committees.
(3) A member of the Council or Assembly ceases to be a member of a Joint Investigatory Committee if—
(a) the member's seat becomes vacant; or
(b) the member resigns by writing delivered to the President and Speaker.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the appointed members of a Joint Investigatory Committee, it must be filled upon motion in the usual manner provided that any requirements of this Act relating to representation on the Committee of members of the Council and of the Assembly are observed in the filling of the vacancy.
S. 21A inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 19E.