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South Australia
Parliamentary Committees (Electoral Laws and Practices
Committee) Amendment Bill 2014
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Parliamentary
Committees Act 1991 to provide for the establishment of the
Electoral Laws and Practices Committee; and to make a related amendment to the
Parliamentary
Remuneration Act 1990.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
2Commencement
3Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Parliamentary
Committees Act 1991
4Insertion of Part
5F
Part 5F—Electoral Laws and Practices
Committee
Division 1—Establishment and membership
of Committee
15PEstablishment
of Committee
15QMembership of Committee
Division 2—Functions of
Committee
15RFunctions of
Committee
Schedule 1—Related amendment to
Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1990
1Amendment of
Schedule—Additional salary
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Committees (Electoral Laws
and Practices Committee) Amendment Act 2014.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Parliamentary Committees
Act 1991
After Part 5E insert:
Part 5F—Electoral Laws and Practices
Committee
Division 1—Establishment and membership of
Committee
15P—Establishment of Committee
The Electoral Laws and Practices Committee is established as a
committee of the Parliament.
15Q—Membership of Committee
(1) The Committee is to consist of 8 members of whom—
(a) 4 must be members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House
of Assembly, of whom—
(i) at least 1 must be appointed from the group led by the Leader of
the Opposition; and
(ii) at least 1 must be appointed from the group led by the Leader of
the Government; and
(iii) at least 1 must be a member who does not belong to the group
led by the Leader of the Opposition or the group led by the Leader of the
Government (unless there is no such member or no such member consents to
appointment to the Committee); and
(b) 4 must be members of the Legislative Council appointed by the
Legislative Council, of whom—
(i) at least 1 must be appointed from the group led by the Leader of
the Opposition; and
(ii) at least 1 must be appointed from the group led by the Leader of
the Government; and
(iii) at least 1 must be a member who does not belong to the group
led by the Leader of the Opposition or the group led by the Leader of the
Government (unless there is no such member or no such member consents to
appointment to the Committee).
(2) A Minister of the Crown is eligible to be a member of the Committee,
and section 21(2)(e) does not apply in relation to the members of the
Committee.
(3) The Committee must from time to time appoint 1 of its House of
Assembly members to be the Presiding Member of the Committee but if the members
are at any time unable to come to a decision on who is to be the Presiding
Member, or on who is to preside at a meeting of the Committee in the absence of
the Presiding Member, the matter is referred by force of this subsection to the
House of Assembly and that House will determine the matter.
Division 2—Functions of
Committee
15R—Functions of Committee
The functions of the Committee are—
(a) to inquire into, consider and report on—
(i) the conduct of parliamentary elections and referendums in South
Australia; and
(ii) the administration and operation of, and practices associated with,
the Electoral
Act 1985 and any other law relating to electoral matters;
and
(iii) any other matter referred to the Committee by the Minister
responsible for the administration of the Electoral
Act 1985; and
(b) to perform other functions assigned to the Committee under this or any
other Act or by resolution of either House of Parliament.
Schedule 1—Related
amendment to Parliamentary Remuneration
Act 1990
1—Amendment
of Schedule—Additional salary
Schedule, table—after the entry relating to Other members of the
Economic and Finance Committee insert: