Public Accounts
Committee Amendment Act 1983
No.
111 of 1983
An
Act to amend the Public Accounts
Committee Act 1951
[Assented to 8 December 1983]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as
follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as
the Public Accounts Committee Amendment
Act 1983.
(2) The Public Accounts Committee Act 19511 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Joint
Committee of Public Accounts
3. Section 5 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting from sub-section (1) “ten” and substituting “15”;
(b)
by omitting from sub-section (2) “Three” and substituting “Five”; and
(c)
by omitting from sub-section (2) “seven” and substituting “10”.
Quorum
and voting
4. Section 7 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “4” and substituting “6”.
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NOTE
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