Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS (PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY) ACT 2011 - SECT 5

  (1)   The Committee is to consist of 12 members:

  (a)   6 members of the Senate appointed by the Senate; and

  (b)   6 members of the House of Representatives appointed by that House.

  (2)   A member of the Parliament is not eligible for appointment as a member of the Committee if he or she is:

  (a)   a Minister; or

  (b)   the President of the Senate; or

  (c)   the Speaker of the House of Representatives; or

  (d)   the Deputy - President and Chair of Committees of the Senate; or

  (e)   the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

  (3)   A member ceases to hold office:

  (a)   when the House of Representatives expires by effluxion of time or is dissolved; or

  (b)   if he or she becomes the holder of an office specified in any of the paragraphs of subsection   (2); or

  (c)   if he or she ceases to be a member of the House of the Parliament by which he or she was appointed; or

  (d)   if he or she resigns his or her office as provided by subsection   (4) or (5).

  (4)   A member appointed by the Senate may resign his or her office by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the President of the Senate.

  (5)   A member appointed by the House of Representatives may resign his or her office by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Speaker of that House.

  (6)   Either House of the Parliament may appoint one of its members to fill a vacancy amongst the members of the Committee appointed by that House.