Public Works Committee Act 1914 (TAS)

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Public Works Committee Act 1914

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

[Royal Assent 6 February 1915]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART IPreliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Public Works Committee Act 1914. 2Interpretation [Section 2 Repealed by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ][Section 2 Inserted by No. 42 of 2019, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2019] In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – building or construction works means any building work, civil engineering work or engineering work, whether such work is a continuation, completion, repair, reconstruction, extension, de-commissioning, demolition or new work,but does not include any road or bridges works; public work means – (a) building or construction works; and (b) road or bridges works; relevant monetary threshold, in relation to – (a) building or construction works – means $8 000 000; or (b) road or bridges works – means $15 000 000; road or bridges works means any work in relation to the following: (a) roads, within the meaning of the Roads and Jetties Act 1935; (b) any carriageway, track, or path, for – (i) any vehicle that travels on land; or (ii) trains, trams, buses or motorised bicycles; or (iii) any self-propelled object that is designed for the carriage of humans or objects; (c) footpaths, bicycle paths or paths or trails for pedestrians or animals; (d) bridges – whether such work is a continuation, completion, repair, reconstruction, extension, decommissioning, or demolition, of a road, carriageway, track, path, trail or bridge, is new such work or is for the purposes of the permanent closure of a road, carriageway, track, path, trail or bridge; vehicle has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999. PART IIParliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works3Constitution of Committee [Section 3 Amended by 6 Geo. V No. 3, s. 5 ][Section 3 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ] (1)  At the commencement of the first session of every Parliament, a Joint Committee of Members of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, to be called "The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works" (in this Act referred to as "the Committee"), shall be appointed, where not otherwise provided, according to the practice regulating the selection of Members to serve on Select Committees of the said Council and Assembly respectively. (2)  Two of the persons so to be appointed shall be Members of the Legislative Council, and three shall be Members of the House of Assembly. (3)  [Section 3 Subsection (3) amended by No. 38 of 1999, s. 4, Applied:16 Jul 1999] Ministers of the Crown, the President of the Legislative Council, and the Speaker of the House of Assembly, shall not be appointed or continue as members of the Committee. (4)  Such five…

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