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Parliamentary Committees Amendment
Bill 2019
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Clause Notes
Clause 1 provides that the purposes of the Bill are--
to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 to
abolish certain Joint House Committees; and
to amend the Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Act 1968 in relation to additional
salaries and expense allowances to which certain
members of the Parliament are entitled; and
to make a statute law revision amendment to a provision
of the Integrity and Accountability Legislation
Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures, Oversight
and Independence) Act 2019 that amends the
Parliamentary Committees Act 2003.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the Bill.
The Bill (other than clause 7) will come into operation on the
day after the day on which the Bill receives the Royal Assent.
Clause 7 of the Bill will come into operation on a day to
be proclaimed with a default commencement date of
1 January 2020.
Clause 3 repeals section 5(b), (d), (e) and (g) of the Parliamentary
Committees Act 2003, which establishes the following Joint
House Committees--
the Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee;
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the Environment, Natural Resources and Regional
Development Committee;
the Family and Community Development Committee;
the Law Reform, Road and Community Safety
Committee.
Clause 4 repeals sections 8, 10, 11 and 13 of the Parliamentary
Committees Act 2003. These sections are no longer necessary
as they set out the functions of Joint House Committees which
are abolished by the Bill.
Clause 5 repeals Parts 8 and 9 of the Parliamentary Committees
Act 2003. These Parts are no longer necessary. They provide
transitional provisions relating to previous legislative
amendments to the Act. The provisions are spent.
Clause 6 amends the Table in section 6 of the Parliamentary Salaries
and Superannuation Act 1968 by inserting or substituting
various items in the Table to provide, subject to that section,
that--
the Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier is entitled to
receive an additional salary and an expense allowance;
the additional salary to which the Government Whip in
the Assembly is entitled is increased;
the Deputy Government Whip in the Assembly is
entitled to receive an additional salary;
the additional salary and expense allowance of
Parliamentary Secretaries, other than the Parliamentary
Secretary to the Premier, remains the same;
the additional salary to which the Chairperson of the
Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee is entitled
is increased; and
the chairperson of a standing committee appointed
under standing orders of the Assembly or Council is
entitled to receive an additional salary.
Clause 7 is a statute law revision amendment. It substitutes an incorrect
cross reference in section 91(1)(b) of the Integrity and
Accountability Legislation Amendment (Public Interest
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Disclosures, Oversight and Independence) Act 2019, which
will consequentially amend the Parliamentary Committees
Act 2003.
Clause 8 provides that this Act is repealed on 1 July 2021.
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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