Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of the first session of each Parliament, a joint committee of members of the Parliament, to be known as the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, shall be appointed.
(3) The Committee shall consist of nine members, namely:
(a) three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate; and
(b) six members of the House of Representatives appointed by that House.
(4) The appointment of members by a House of the Parliament shall be in accordance with the practice of that House with respect to the appointment of members of that House to serve on joint select committees of both Houses of the Parliament.
(5) A member of the Parliament is not eligible for appointment as a member of the Committee if he or she is:
(a) a Minister;
(b) the President of the Senate;
(c) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; or
(d) the Chair of Committees of the Senate or the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(6) A member holds office during the pleasure of the House of the Parliament by which he or she was appointed.
(7) A member ceases to hold office:
(a) when the House of Representatives expires by effluxion of time or is dissolved;
(b) if he or she becomes the holder of an office specified in any of the paragraphs of subsection ( 5);
(c) if he or she ceases to be a member of the House of the Parliament by which he or she was appointed; or
(d) if he or she resigns his or her office as provided by either of the next two succeeding subsections.
(8) A member appointed by the Senate may resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the President of the Senate.
(9) A member appointed by the House of Representatives may resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the Speaker of that House.
(10) Either House of the Parliament may appoint one of its members to fill a vacancy amongst the members of the Committee appointed by that House.
(11) Notice of the appointment of a member, and of a member ceasing to hold office otherwise than upon the expiry or dissolution of the House of Representatives, shall be published in the Gazette .
(12) The exercise of a power or the performance of a function by the Committee, the Chair or a member is not invalidated by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Committee.