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TASMANIA
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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE AMENDMENT
BILL 2005
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 2B inserted
2B. Meetings of committees may be held electronically
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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE AMENDMENT
BILL 2005
(Brought in by the Premier, the Honourable Paul Anthony
Lennon)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Parliamentary Privilege Act 1858
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:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary
Privilege Amendment Act 2005.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Parliamentary Privilege Act
1858* is referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 17 of 1858
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4. Section 2B inserted
After section 2A of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted:
2B. Meetings of committees may be held
electronically
(1) A committee of either House of
Parliament or a joint committee of both
Houses may hold meetings by electronic
communication without the members of
the committee being present in the same
place.
(2) Subsection (1) applies if -
(a) the members of the committee
constituting a quorum are able to
speak to, and hear, each other
contemporaneously when making
any deliberation; and
(b) when a witness gives oral
evidence to the committee, the
members of the committee
constituting a quorum are able to
hear the witness
contemporaneously and question
the witness within the hearing of
each other committee member
constituting the quorum; and
(c) the chairperson of the committee
ensures that a quorum is
maintained during the meeting
and -
(i) in the case of a committee
of the Legislative
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Council, that the standing
orders of the Council are
observed; and
(ii) in the case of a committee
of the House of
Assembly, that the
standing orders of the
House are observed; and
(iii) in the case of a joint
committee of both
Houses, unless the
resolution establishing the
joint committee makes
provision for the standing
orders that are to be
observed, that the
standing orders of the
Council or Assembly, as
the joint committee
resolves, are observed.
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