Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 64XA

  (1)   The Presiding Officers must not make an appointment under subsection   64X(1) unless:

  (a)   the Presiding Officers have referred the proposed appointment to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (the Committee ) for approval; and

  (b)   the Committee has approved the proposal.

  (2)   A referral under paragraph   ( 1)(a) must be in writing and may be withdrawn by the Presiding Officers at any time.

  (3)   If the Presiding Officers refer a proposed appointment to the Committee for approval under paragraph   ( 1)(a), the Committee must:

  (a)   approve or reject the proposal within 14 days after receiving it; or

  (b)   notify the Presiding Officers under subsection   ( 5).

  (4)   The Committee may request the Presiding Officers to provide further information in relation to the proposal.

  (5)   The Committee may notify the Presiding Officers within 14 days after receiving a proposal that it needs more time to consider the proposal. If the Committee does so, the Committee must approve or reject the proposal within 44 days after receiving it.

  (6)   The decision to approve or reject a proposal is to be by a majority of the members of the Committee for the time being holding office.

  (7)   If the Committee does not make a decision on a proposal by the required time, the Committee is taken, at that time, to have approved the proposal.

  (8)   The Committee must notify the Presiding Officers of its decision on a proposal as soon as practicable after making the decision.

  (9)   A notification under this section must be in writing.

  (10)   The Committee must report to both Houses of the Parliament on its decision on a proposal.