| Related Orders, Precedents and Rulings |
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| 2012 Precedent | Motion agreed to that: (1) Clause (3) of the resolution of 22 June 2011 appointing the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral matters be amended to extend the reporting date on the 26 March 2011 State Election from 12 months to 18 months. (2) A message be sent acquainting the Legislative Council of the resolution and requesting the Legislative Council to pass a similar resolution. VP 27/3/2012, 653; PD 27/3/2012, 9876 Message received from the Legislative Council agreeing to the request of the Legislative Assembly to extend the reporting time of the Electoral Matters Committee. PD 28/3/2012, 10056 |
| 2011 Precedent | 1. Motions agreed to for the establishment of the following standing committees: (1) Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters; (2) Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety; (3) Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer-General; (4) Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics; (5) Legal Affairs Committee; (6) Social Policy Committee; (7) State and Regional Development Committee; (8) Legislative Assembly Committee on Economic Development; (9) Legislative Assembly Committee on Community Services; (10) Legislative Assembly Committee on Transport and Infrastructure; (11) Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety; (12) Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Regulation. PD 22/06/2011, 3151-62; VP 22/06/2011, 196-212 2. A motion was agreed to for the establishment of a Standing Orders and Procedure Committee to inquire into, and report on any matter relating to the standing orders or the procedures of the House and its committees. PD 22/06/2011, 3176; VP 22/06/2011, 214 3. A motion was agreed to for the establishment of a Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Officer. PD 23/06/2011, 3292; VP 23/06/2011, 222-3 4. Motion agreed to that: (1) The resolution of 22 June 2011 appointing the Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety be amended by leaving out "any five members shall constitute a quorum" in paragraph (2) and inserting instead "any four members shall constitute a quorum". (2) A message be sent acquainting the Legislative Council of the resolution and requesting the Legislative Council to pass a similar resolution. PD 23/11/2011, 7743; VP 23/11/2011, 476-7 Message received from the Legislative Council agreeing to the resolution. PD 24/11/2011, 7916 |
| 2008 Precedent | 1. Standing and sessional orders were suspended to permit the moving of a motion forthwith to appoint a Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer-General. The motion was agreed to. Later that day a message was received from the Legislative Council informing the House that it had agreed to its resolution in relation to the appointment of the Committee. VP 25/9/2008, 920-922, 925-926 |
| S.O. 355 of 1994 (Repealed) | 355. The House may from time to time appoint standing committees on notice of motion to meet and report on specified subjects during the term of the Parliament in which they are appointed. |
| 2004 Precedent | 1. The Leader of the House moved, by leave: (1) That a Joint Standing Committee, to be known as the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters be appointed. (2) That the Committee inquire into and report upon such matters as may be referred to it by either House of the Parliament or a Minister that relate to: (a) The following electoral laws: (i) Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 (other than Part 2); (ii) Election Funding Act 1981; and
(iii) those provisions of the Constitution Act 1902 that relate to the procedures for, and conduct of, elections for members of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council (other than sections 27, 28 and 28A); (b) The administration of and practices associated with the electoral laws described at (a). (3) All matters that relate to (2)(a) and (b) above in respect of the 22 March 2003 State election, shall stand referred to the Committee for any inquiry the Committee may wish to make. The Committee shall report on the outcome of any such inquiry within 12 months of the date of this resolution being agreed to by both Houses. (4) That the Committee consist of seven members, as follows: (a) three Members of the Legislative Assembly of whom: (i) three must be Government members, and
(b) four Members of the Legislative Council of whom: (i) one must be a Government member,
(ii) two must be an Opposition member, and
(iii) one must be a Cross-bench Member. (5) That the members be nominated in writing to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and the Clerk of the Legislative Council by the relevant party leaders and the cross-bench members respectively, within seven days of this resolution being agreed to by both Houses. In the absence of any agreement concerning Legislative Council representation on the committee the matter is to be determined by that House. (6) That notwithstanding anything contained in the Standing Orders of either House, at any meeting of the Committee, any four members of the Committee will constitute a quorum, provided that the Committee me |
| 2003 Precedent | 1. Standing Committees appointed by the House: Joint Standing Committee on Road safety; Standing Committee on Public Works; Public Bodies Review Committee; Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management; Standing Orders and procedure Committee. VP 08/05/2003, 87 - 90 |
| 1999 Precedent | 1. Parliamentary Committees Legislation Amendment Bill introduced to amend the Acts that establish certain parliamentary committees to decrease the number of members of the Legislative Assembly on those committees; and to make consequential amendments relating to the quorums for meetings of those committees. The next day the Parliamentary Committees Legislation Amendment Bill was discharged and withdrawn. It was subsequently replaced by the Parliamentary Committees Legislation Amendment Bill (No 2) which passed all stages immediately. VP 02/06/99, 117
PD 02/06/99, 798
VP 03/06/99, 136
PD 03/06/99, 956-957 2. House resolved to refer to the following Statutory and Standing Committees all documents and proceedings of any Committee appointed during the 51st Parliament for a similar purpose: (a) Public Accounts Committee
(b) Regulation Review Committee
(c) Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption
(d) Committee on the Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission
(e) Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission
(f) Standing Ethics Committee
(g) Joint Standing Committee upon Road Safety
(h) Standing Committee on Public Works
(i) Public Bodies Review Committee. VP 29/06/99, 188 |
| 1996 Precedent | 1. Resolution appointing Joint Standing Committee upon Small Business amended, message to Council. VP 27/11/96, 698 |
| 1995 Precedent | 1. Standing Committee on Public Works appointed. VP 25/5/95, 70-71 |