Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ACT 1951 - SECT 9

  (1)   The Committee may appoint a Sectional Committee or Sectional Committees of three or more of its members to inquire into and report to the Committee upon such matters with which the Committee is concerned as the Committee directs.

  (3)   The provisions of this Act (other than this section and section   5, subsection   7(1) and sections   8, 8A, 8B and 12) apply in relation to a Sectional Committee in the same way as they apply in relation to the Committee.

  (3AA)   In applying any of the provisions, a reference to the Chair or the Deputy Chair of the Committee (except a reference in section   22) is instead a reference to the Chair or the Deputy Chair of the Sectional Committee.

  (3A)   At a meeting of a Sectional Committee, a quorum is constituted by:

  (a)   in the case of a Sectional Committee of no more than 5 members--2 members;

  (b)   in the case of a Sectional Committee of 6 or 7 members--3 members; and

  (c)   in the case of a Sectional Committee of 8 or more members--4 members.

  (4)   A Sectional Committee shall report in writing to the Committee as soon as practicable on each matter referred to that Sectional Committee by the Committee.

  (5)   A Sectional Committee may sit at any time notwithstanding that the Committee is sitting at the same time.