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Chapter 16 Standing, select and joint committees : 229 Appointment of committee members



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Chapter 16.  Standing, select and joint committees

Operation of committees

 

229  Appointment of committee members

(a) Members shall be appointed to or discharged from a committee by motion moved on notice.

(b) Special arrangements are required for a change in membership when the House is not sitting and is not expected to meet for at least two weeks. The relevant whip must nominate any appointment or discharge of a member of a committee in writing to the Speaker. The change in membership shall take effect from the time the Speaker receives the written nomination. At the next sitting, the Speaker shall report the change to the House and the House shall resolve the membership of the committee.

(c) If a committee is considering a bill referred under standing order 143 , one or more members of the committee may be replaced by other Members by motion moved on notice. This does not affect the power of a general purpose standing committee to supplement its membership by up to two members, under standing order 215(d) .