Royal Commissioners' Powers Act Amendment Act 1956 (WA)

1956. ] Royal Commissioners' Powers. [No. 40.

ROYAL COMMISSIONERS'

POWERS.

5° Elizabeth II., No. XL.

No. 40 of 1956.

AN ACT to amend the Royal Commissioners'

Powers Act, 1902.

[Assented to 18th December, 1956.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Royal	Short title
and citation.

Commissioners' Powers Act Amendment Act, 1956.

(2) In this Act the Royal Commissioners' Powers Act, 1902 (Act No. 28 of 1902) as amended by Act No. 6 of 1914 is referred to as the principal Act.

No. 40.] Royal Commissioners' Powers. [1956.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Royal Commissioners' Powers Act, 1902-1956.

Section 11

added. 2. The principal Act is amended by adding after

section ten the following section:-

Select

Committee	11. For the purposes of this Act, where the of Parliament are appointed as the members of a Royal Commission, a majority of the members shall form a quorum at any meeting or sitting of the Commission and any decision of a majority of members shall be the decision of the Commission.
appointed as
a Royal	members of a Select Committee of either House
Commission.