South Australia
Parliamentary Committees (Membership of Committees) Amendment Bill 2010
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 14—Membership of Committee
4	Amendment of section 15K—Membership of Committee
5	Amendment of section 24—Procedure at meetings

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Committees (Membership of Committees) Amendment Act 2010.
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 14—Membership of Committee
Section 14(1) and (2)—delete subsections (1) and (2) and substitute:
	(1)	The Committee is to consist of—
	(a)	until the commencement of the first session of the 53rd Parliament—8 members;
	(b)	thereafter—6 members.
	(2)	Half of the members of the Committee must be members of the House of Assembly appointed by the House of Assembly and half must be members of the Legislative Council appointed by the Legislative Council.
4—Amendment of section 15K—Membership of Committee
Section 15K(1) and (2)—delete subsections (1) and (2) and substitute:
	(1)	The Committee is to consist of—
	(a)	until the commencement of the first session of the 53rd Parliament—9 members;
	(b)	thereafter—7 members.
	(2)	The membership of the Committee must be determined as follows:
	(a)	until the commencement of the first session of the 53rd Parliament—6 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;
	(b)	thereafter—4 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.
5—Amendment of section 24—Procedure at meetings
Section 24(2)—after paragraph (b) insert:
		and
	(c)	if the Committee consists of 8 or 9 members—5 members.