Title: Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) AmendmentBill 2008
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: parliamentary.copy
Document comments: ha10

House of Assembly—No 10
As laid on the table and read a first time, 25 September 2008

Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Bill 2008

Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Bill 2008
Part 1—Preliminary

Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Bill 2008
Preliminary—Part 1

Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Bill 2008
Part 2—Amendment of Parliamentary Committees Act 1991

Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Bill 2008
Amendment of Parliamentary Committees Act 1991—Part 2

South Australia
Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Bill 2008
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Parliamentary Committees Act 1991
3	Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
4	Insertion of new Part
Part 5E—Foresight Committee
Division 1—Establishment and membership of Committee
15M	Establishment of Committee
15N	Membership of Committee
Division 2—Functions of Foresight Committee
15O	Functions of Committee

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Committees (Foresight Committee) Amendment Act 2008.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Parliamentary Committees Act 1991
3—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
Section 3, definition of Committee—after paragraph (i) insert:
		or
	(j)	the Foresight Committee.
4—Insertion of new Part
After Part 5D insert:
Part 5E—Foresight Committee
Division 1—Establishment and membership of Committee
15M—Establishment of Committee
The Foresight Committee is established as a committee of the Parliament.
15N—Membership of Committee
	(1)	The Committee is to consist of 6 members.
	(2)	3 members of the Committee must be members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House of Assembly and 3 must be members of the Legislative Council appointed by the Legislative Council.
	(3)	A Minister of the Crown is not eligible for appointment to the Committee.
	(4)	The Committee must from time to time appoint 1 of its members to be the Presiding Member of the Committee but if the members are at any time unable to come to a decision on who is to be the Presiding Member, or on who is to preside at a meeting of the Committee in the absence of the Presiding Member, the matter is referred by force of this subsection to the House of Assembly and that House will determine the matter.
Division 2—Functions of Foresight Committee
15O—Functions of Committee
The functions of the Foresight Committee are—
	(a)	to inquire into, consider and report on any matter relating to medium and long term planning for the State including—
	(i)	likely future challenges for society and the economy arising from—
	(A)	social and economic trends;
	(B)	population changes;
	(C)	developments in science and technology;
	(ii)	how best to influence the future and cope with changes that are likely to emerge;
	(b)	to perform such other functions as are imposed on the Committee under this or any other Act or by resolution of both Houses.

HA GP 013-B: the Hon Bob Such MP