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Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2014

2013-2014

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2014

 

No.      , 2014

 

(Mr Palmer)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to provide for a Parliamentary Joint Committee to investigate establishing an Australia Fund, and for related purposes

   

   

   



Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Simplified outline of this Act.............................................................. 2

4............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2

Part 2—Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund               3

Division 1—Establishment                                                                                          3

5............ Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund........................ 3

6............ Nomination of Committee members.................................................... 3

7............ Appointment of Committee members.................................................. 4

8............ Ceasing to be a Committee member.................................................... 5

Division 2—Functions and powers of the Committee                                  6

9............ Functions of the Committee................................................................ 6

10.......... Powers of the Committee.................................................................... 7

Division 3—Procedures of the Committee                                                         8

11.......... Convening meetings............................................................................ 8

12.......... Presiding at meetings.......................................................................... 8

13.......... Quorum............................................................................................... 8

14.......... Voting at meetings.............................................................................. 8

15.......... Other powers and proceedings of the Committee................................ 8

Part 3—Miscellaneous                                                                                                          9

16.......... Sunset provision................................................................................. 9

17.......... Rules................................................................................................... 9

 



A Bill for an Act to provide for a Parliamentary Joint Committee to investigate establishing an Australia Fund, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts: