PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

AMENDMENT ACT 1976

No. 70 of 1976

An Act to amend the Public Accounts Committee Act 1951-1973.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

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1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Accounts Committee Amendment Act 1976.

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The Public Accounts Committee Act 1951-1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

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The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Public Accounts Committee Act 1951-1976.
2 Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Joint Committee of Public Accounts.

3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:–

“(6) At any time at which–

(a) there is constituted a Standing Committee of the House of Representatives known as the Expenditure Committee; and

(b) the Chairman of that Committee is not a member of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts by virtue of an appointment under sub-section (2),

that Chairman shall, by virtue of his office as Chairman of the Expenditure Committee, be a member of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts in addition to the members referred to in sub-section (1), but is not eligible to be elected as Chairman of the last-mentioned Committee.”.
4 Formal amendments.

4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS

1. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting any number expressed in words that is used to identify a section of that Act or of another Act, and substituting that number expressed in figures:—

Sections 8, 9(3), 11(6), 15, 16 and 21(1).

2. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “of this section” and “of this Act” (wherever occurring):—

Sections 11(3)(b), 11(5), 15, 16 and 23(2).

3. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “to this Act”:—

Sections 10(2), 13(2) and 14(2).