Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
1 Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co
(1) If a report of the Productivity Commission inquiry mentioned in section 49 is tabled in the House of Representatives:
(a) a joint committee of members of the Parliament, to be known as the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co, is to be appointed according to the practice of the Parliament with reference to the appointment of members to serve on joint select committees of both Houses of the Parliament; and
(b) the appointment is to occur within 15 sitting days of the House of Representatives after the tabling of the report.
(2) If:
(a) the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co is appointed under subclause (1); and
(b) before the Parliamentary Joint Committee reports to both Houses of the Parliament as mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(b) of this Schedule, the House of Representatives expires by the passing of time or is dissolved;
then, as soon as practicable after the commencement of the first session of the next Parliament, a joint committee of members of the Parliament, to be known as the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co, is to be appointed according to the practice of the Parliament with reference to the appointment of members to serve on joint select committees of both Houses of the Parliament.
(3) The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co is to consist of 10 members, as follows:
(a) 5 Senators appointed by the Senate;
(b) 5 members of the House of Representatives appointed by that House.
(4) A member of the Parliament is not eligible for appointment as a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co if he or she is:
(a) a Minister; or
(b) the President of the Senate; or
(c) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; or
(d) the Deputy President and Chair of Committees of the Senate; or
(e) the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(5) A member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co ceases to hold office:
(a) when the Parliamentary Joint Committee ceases to exist (see clause 4); or
(b) when the House of Representatives expires by the passing of time or is dissolved; or
(c) if he or she becomes the holder of an office specified in any of the paragraphs of subclause (4); or
(d) if he or she ceases to be a member of the House of the Parliament by which he or she was appointed; or
(e) if he or she resigns his or her office as provided by subclause (6) or (7).
(6) A member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co appointed by the Senate may resign his or her office by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the President of the Senate.
(7) A member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co appointed by the House of Representatives may resign his or her office by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Speaker of that House.
(8) Either House of the Parliament may appoint one of its members to fill a vacancy amongst the members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co appointed by that House.
2 Powers and proceedings of the Parliamentary Joint Committee
All matters relating to the powers and proceedings of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co are to be determined by resolution of both Houses of the Parliament.
3 Duties of the Parliamentary Joint Committee
(1) The duties of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co are as follows:
(a) to examine the report of the Productivity Commission inquiry mentioned in section 49;
(b) to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that examination within 180 days after the Parliamentary Joint Committee was appointed;
(c) to inquire into any question in connection with its duties which is referred to it by either House of the Parliament, and to report to that House on that question.
(2) The Parliamentary Joint Committee's examination of the report of the Productivity Commission inquiry may deal with any matter appearing in, or arising out of, the report of the Productivity Commission inquiry.
4 Winding up of the Parliamentary Joint Committee
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Ownership of NBN Co ceases to exist immediately after the Parliamentary Joint Committee has reported to both Houses of the Parliament, under paragraph 3(1)(b) of this Schedule, on the Committee's examination of the report of the Productivity Commission inquiry mentioned in section 49.