Public Accounts Committee Amendment Act 1983

No. 111 of 1983

An Act to amend the Public Accounts Committee Act 1951

[Assented to 8 December 1983]

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

Short title, &c.

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1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Accounts Committee Amendment Act 1983.

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(2) The Public Accounts Committee Act 19511 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
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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—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “ten” and substituting “15”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) “Three” and substituting “Five”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (2) “seven” and substituting “10”.
4 Quorum and voting

4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “4” and substituting “6”.

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1 NOTE

1. No. 60, 1951, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 79, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 70, 1976; No. 36, 1978; No. 187, 1979; and No. 80, 1982.