Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 42(1) substituted by No. 20/2005 s. 41(2).
(1) The House Committee may elect either the President or the Speaker to be chairperson.
S. 42(1A) inserted by No. 20/2005 s. 41(2).
(1A) The deputy chairperson of the House Committee is the President or the Speaker, if he or she is not chairperson.
(2) In the absence or illness of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson has all the powers, and may perform all the duties, of the chairperson.
(3) The quorum of the House Committee is 7 members.
(4) A quorum of the House Committee must not consist exclusively of members of the Council or the Assembly.
(5) A question arising at a meeting of the House committee must be determined by a majority of votes of members present and voting on that question.
(6) Each member of the House Committee has a deliberative vote.
Pt. 5 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 43, 44) repealed by No. 20/2005 s. 40(3).
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Part 6 — General