Parliamentary Committees and Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Acts (Amendment) Act 2003 (Vic)

Parliamentary Committees and Parliamentary

Salaries and Superannuation Acts (Amendment)
Act 2003

Act No. 3/2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	2
3.	Principal Act	2
4.	Meaning of "Joint House Committee" in Principal Act	2
5.	Increase in number of Joint House Committees	3
6.	Decrease in membership of Public Accounts and Estimates
Committee	3
7.	Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee—transitional
provisions	3
8.	New sections 4EDA to 4EDC inserted	4
4EDA. Rural and Regional Services and Development

Committee 4

4EDB. Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development

Committee	4
4EDC. Education and Training Committee	5

9.	Statute law revision	5
10.	Amendment of Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation
Act 1968	5

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Victoria

No. 3 of 2003

Parliamentary Committees and

Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Acts (Amendment) Act

2003†

[Assented to 15 April 2003]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

(1) The main purpose of this Act is to amend the

Parliamentary Committees Act 1968 so as to—

(a)	establish 3 new Joint House Committees; and
(b)	decrease the membership of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee; and

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(c) insert provisions of a transitional nature in relation to the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee.

(2) This Act also amends the Parliamentary Salaries

and Superannuation Act 1968 so as to clarify
the entitlement of members of Parliament to
allowances under that Act in respect of the period

between 30 November 2002 and 1 February 2003.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. Principal Act

See:

In this Act, the Parliamentary Committees Act	Act No.
1968 is called the Principal Act.	7727. Reprint No. 6
as at 8 November
2001 and
amending
Act Nos
55/1999, 2/2001 and
11/2002. LawToday:
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gov.au

4.  Meaning of "Joint House Committee" in Principal Act

In the definition of "Joint House Committee" in
section 3(1) of the Principal Act, for "and Family
and Community Development Committee"
substitute ", Family and Community
Development Committee, Rural and Regional
Services and Development Committee, Outer
Suburban/Interface Services and Development
Committee and Education and Training
Committee".

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5. Increase in number of Joint House Committees

In section 4 of the Principal Act—

(a) for "6" substitute "9";

(b) in paragraph (g), for "Committee." substitute "Committee;";

(c) after paragraph (g) insert—

"(h) Rural and Regional Services and

Development Committee;

(i) Outer Suburban/Interface Services and
Development Committee;

(j) Education and Training Committee.".

6.  Decrease in membership of Public Accounts and Estimates Committee

(1) In section 4B(1) of the Principal Act, omit "or, in the case of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee, 10".

(2) Section 4B(3)(aa) of the Principal Act is

repealed.

7.  Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee— transitional provisions

(1) After section 4D(b) of the Principal Act insert—

"(ba) to consider any Act passed at any time after

commencement of section 7 of the
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25 February 2003 and before the 2003 and to report to the Parliament with respect to that Act on any matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); and".

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(2) After section 55(1) of the Principal Act insert—

"(1A) This section also applies to any statutory rule that is laid before a House of the Parliament on or after 25 February 2003 and before the first appointment of members of the Scrutiny

of Acts and Regulations Committee after the
commencement of section 7 of the
Parliamentary Committees and
Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Acts (Amendment) Act

2003.".

(3) In section 55(2) of the Principal Act, after "sub-

section (1)" insert "or (1A)".

8. New sections 4EDA to 4EDC inserted

After section 4ED of the Principal Act insert—

'4EDA. Rural and Regional Services and

Development Committee

(1) The functions of the Rural and Regional

Services and Development Committee are to inquire into, consider and report to the Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing concerned with the provision of services to, or the development of, regional Victoria if the Committee is required or permitted so to do by or under this Act.

(2) In sub-section (1) "regional Victoria" has

the same meaning as in the Regional
Infrastructure Development Fund Act
1999.

4EDB. Outer Suburban/Interface Services and

Development Committee

(1) The functions of the Outer

Suburban/Interface Services and consider and report to the Parliament on any

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proposal, matter or thing concerned with the provision of services to, or the development or expansion of, new urban regions if the

Committee is required or permitted so to do by or under this Act.

(2) In sub-section (1) "urban regions" means

any part of Victoria developed for urban
purposes that is not within regional Victoria
as defined in section 4EDA(2).

4EDC. Education and Training Committee

The functions of the Education and Training Committee are to inquire into, consider and report to the Parliament on any proposal,

matter or thing concerned with education or
training if the Committee is required or

permitted so to do by or under this Act.'.

9. Statute law revision

In section 53 of the Principal Act, for "The
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1958" (where
twice occurring) substitute "the Constitution Act

1975".

See:	10. Amendment of Parliamentary Salaries and
Act No. 7723.
Reprint No. 7	Superannuation Act 1968
as at
31 May 2000	(1) After section 8(2) of the Parliamentary Salaries
and
amending	and Superannuation Act 1968 insert—
Act Nos
'(3) The Parliamentary Allowances Regulations
29/2000,
74/2000,
27/2001 and	1992 must be taken to have had effect from
72/2001.	the beginning of 30 November 2002 until
LawToday:
their revocation as if for the Schedules to
dpc.vic.	those Regulations there had been substituted
gov.au	the Schedules to the Parliamentary Allowances Regulations 2003.

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(4) The Parliamentary Allowances Regulations

2003 must be taken to have effect, and to
have always had effect, as if Schedule 2 to
those Regulations contained the following
paragraph—

"(c) The following Electoral Province as

notified in the Government Gazette of
24 April 1991 as required under the
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Act 1982—

South Eastern".'.

(2) After section 9(2) of the Parliamentary Salaries

and Superannuation Act 1968 insert—

'(3) Sub-section (2) must be taken to have effect, and to have always had effect, in relation to moneys payable under this Part in respect of the period between the beginning of

30 November 2002 and the end of
31 January 2003 as if for the reference to
three months there were substituted a

reference to six months.'.

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†

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 27 February 2003

Legislative Council: 27 March 2003

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Parliamentary
Committees Act 1968 and the Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Act 1968 and for other purposes."