Parliamentary Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Vic)

Parliamentary Legislation Amendment Act 2007

No. 4 of 2007

table of provisions

Section  Page

Part 1—Preliminary

1Purpose

2Commencement

Part 2—Parliamentary Committees Act 2003

3Establishment of Joint House Committees

4Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee

5Rural and Regional Committee

6Membership of Joint Investigatory Committees

7New section 66 inserted

66Transitional provision—2007 Act

8Statute law revision

Part 3—Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968

9Additional salary

Part 4—Repeal of Amending Act

10Repeal of Act

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Endnotes

Parliamentary Legislation Amendment Act 2007

No. 4 of 2007

[Assented to 20 March 2007]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

Part 1—Preliminary

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is—

(a)to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 so as to—

(i)rename the Economic Development Committee as the Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee and alter its functions; and

(ii)rename the Rural and Regional Services and Development Committee as the Rural and Regional Committee; and

(iii)increase the maximum number of members of a Joint Investigatory Committee; and

(b)to amend the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968 so as to—

(i)remove the requirement that the Third Party must have at least 4 members of the Council before its Leader in the Council is entitled to additional salary; and

(ii)provide for an increased amount of additional salary for the Chairperson of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee and the Chairperson of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee and an entitlement to additional salary for the Deputy Chairperson of each of those Committees.

2Commencement

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

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Part 2—Parliamentary Committees Act 2003

3Establishment of Joint House Committees

In section 5 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003—

(a)in paragraph (b) after "Development" insert "and Infrastructure";

(b)in paragraph (j) omit "Services and Development".

4Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee

(1)In the heading to section 8 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 after "Development" insert "and Infrastructure".

(2)In section 8 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003—

(a)after "the Economic Development" insert "and Infrastructure";

(b)for "or industrial affairs" substitute

", industrial affairs or infrastructure".

5Rural and Regional Committee

(1)In the heading to section 16 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 omit "Services and Development".

(2)In section 16(1) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 omit "Services and Development".

6Membership of Joint Investigatory Committees

In section 21(1) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 for "9" substitute "10".

7New section 66 inserted

After section 65 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 insert—

"66Transitional provision—2007 Act

Despite section 29, evidence taken by a Committee specified in column 1 of the Table (the former committee) before the end of its term on the expiry of the Assembly in 2006 and in relation to which the former committee had not before the end of that term made a report to the Parliament may be considered by the Committee specified opposite the former committee in column 2 of the Table.

Table

Column 1

former committee

Column 2

successor committee

Economic Development Committee

Rural and Regional Services and Development Committee

Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee

Rural and Regional Committee

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8Statute law revision

Part 7 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 is repealed.

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Part 3—Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968

9Additional salary

In the Table to section 6 of the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968—

(a)after the item relating to Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet insert—

"Chairperson of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee 20 ";

(b)in the item relating to the Leader of the Third Party in the Council omit "if at least 4 Members of the Third Party are Members of the Council";

(c)after the item relating to Parliamentary Secretaries insert—

"Chairperson of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee 15 ";

(d)in the item relating to Chairperson of Joint Investigatory Committee after "Committee" insert "(other than the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee or the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee)";

(e)after the item relating to Chairperson of joint select committee insert—

"Deputy chairperson of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee and deputy chairperson of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee 4 ".

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Part 4—Repeal of Amending Act

10Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

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Endnotes

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 15 February 2007

Legislative Council: 1 March 2007

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 and the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968 and for other purposes."