Parliamentary Committees Enabling Act 1980 (NSW)

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ENABLING ACT,

1980, No. 87

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Act No. 87, 1980.

An Act to enable certain Committees of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly to function during the prorogation of Parliament and during the third session of the forty-sixth Parliament. [Assented to, 1st May, 1980.]

Act No. 87, 1980.

Parliamentary Committees Enabling.

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the “Parliamentary Committees

Enabling Act, 1980”.

Power to	2. (1) It is hereby declared that the Parliamentary
function

for an Committees mentioned in Schedule 1 may—

extended period.	(a)	lawfully sit during the period commencing on the termination of the second session of the forty-sixth Parliament and ending on the termination of the third session of that Parliament; and
(b)	lawfully do during that period all such things as they might lawfully have done had the second session of that Parliament continued throughout that period.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall affect or alter any power of the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly, and it is hereby declared that the operation of that subsection is subject to any such power and the exercise thereof.

Act No. 87, 1980.

Parliamentary Committees Enabling.

SCHEDULE 1 Sec. 2.

Subject matter to be dealt

Committee. with by Committee

Joint Committee, a resolution for the appointment of which was, on 14th November, 1978, agreed to Public accounts and financial

accounts of statutory

by the Legislative Assembly and, on 16th No­

authorities.

vember, 1978, agreed to by the Legislative

Council.

Select Committee, a resolution for the appointment

of which was, on 21st November, 1978, agreed to

by the Legislative Assembly.

Aborigines.

Committee of Subordinate Legislation, a resolution for the appointment of which was, on 22nd November, 1978, agreed to by the Legislative Council.

Subordinate legislation.

Standing Orders and Procedure Committee, a resolution for the appointment of which was, on

Standing orders, rules, usages,

customs, practice and pro­

23rd November, 1978, agreed to by the Legislative	cedures of the Legislative
Assembly.	Assembly.

Standing Committee, a resolution for the appoint­ ment of which was, on 8th November, 1979, 'Pecuniary interests of Mem­

bers.

agreed to by the Legislative Assembly.

Joint Committee, a resolution for the appointment of which was, on 20th November, 1979, agreed to Public funding of campaigns

for elections.

by the Legislative Assembly and, on 22nd No­ vember, 1979, agreed to by the Legislative Council.

Select Committee, a resolution for the appointment of which was, on 21st November, 1979, agreed to New South Wales School

Certificate Assessment

by the Legislative Assembly. Procedures.

Standing Committee, a resolution for the appoint­ ment of which was, on 27th November, 1979, Pecuniary interests of Mem­

bers.

agreed to by the Legislative Council.