Public Works (Amendment) Act 1922 (NSW)

Public Works (Amendment) Act. 119

PUBLIC WORKS (AMENDMENT)

ACT.

x\ct No. 19, 1922.

An Act to provide i'or the nomination, election, and George v,

appointment of the Parliamentary Standine; Committee oa Public Works during- any session of Parliament ; to vary the conditions under -which certain public -works may be authorised, and for those purposes to amend the Public Works Act, 1912 ; and for pur­ poses connected there-with. [Assented to, 9th Novembei’, 1922.]

T 3 E it enacted l)v the K ing’s Most Excellent IMajesty, D by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

lative Council and licgislutive Assemhly of ISew South AVales in Pai-liamcnt assembled, and by the authority of tin; same, as follows ; —

1 . This Act may he cit('d as the “ ru b lic M'orks short title,

(Amendment) Act, 1!)22.”

2. The Public \ro rk s Act, 1912, is amended as Amduunent

follows ; —	of I <112
N o. ■1.1.

(1) Ey om itting from subsection, one of section

seven the words “ the first session o f ” ; .

(2) by om itting subsection one of section nine

and insi'rting the following new subsection :—

(1) Upon a resolution lieing passed by the

Assembly that the Parliam entary Standing

Committee on Public AVorks he appointed, of

the passage of which the Legislative Council

shall he nformed by Alessage asking its

concurrene;-, the Speaker shall fix a date,

being w ithin a period of fourteen days from

the passing of tlie resolution, up to and

including -vhich he shall receive nominations

of meraliers of the Legislative Assembly for

election and appointm ent a‘s members of the

committee ; (3)

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George V, (3) (o) l)v inserting in section ten after the word

No. 19. “ n in e ” the words “ other than the provi­ sions for passimi: a resolution th a t the committee be appointed ” ;

(ii)   hy adding at the end of the samt' section the following words ;— “ Tlie date to be fixed by the President for th<‘ election shall b(' within a period of fourteen days from the date of the concurrence of tin' Legis­ lative Council Avith tlie resolution of the Assembly.”

K iw i ion of 3. The j)rovisions of the Public, W orks Act, 11)12, as

com m ittee amended by this Act shall govern the election of the

for presen t

P a rlia m e n I. Parliam entary Standing Committet; on Public W orks for the present (the twenty-sixth) Parliam ent as well as the election of such commit,te<‘s in future Parliaments.