Legislative Council Legislation Committee
Legislative Council Legislation Committee
Standing Orders provide for the establishment of a Legislation Committee at the commencement of each Session of the Legislative Council.
The function of the Legislation Committee is to consider in detail a Bill or series of related Bills referred to the Committee by the Council and to report to the Council on the Committees consideration of the Bill, which may include any recommendations for amendments to the Bill(s).
Bills may be referred to the Legislation Committee at any time after the second reading and before the third reading stage. The Committee may meet at any time and must report back to the Council no later than the first sitting day that occurs two sitting weeks or four calendar weeks following the referral of the Bill(s), whichever is the shorter period.
Standing Order 16.03 indicates the Committee shall comprise six Members. On 17 April 2007, a resolution of the Council provided for the appointment of seven members to the Legislation Committee.
Standing Orders – Chapter 16 HTML or PDF (20 Kb)
Establishing Resolution of the Legislative Council, 17 April 2007 (PDF 11 Kb)
The membership of the Legislation Committee in the 56th Parliament is:
There are no current inquires.
The Committee can be contacted through its Secretary at the following address:
Richard Willis
Secretary, Council Committees
Department of the Legislative Council
Parliament House
East Melbourne, 3002
Phone: (03) 9651 8696
Fax: (03) 9651 6799
Email: richard.willis@parliament.vic.gov.au