37Functions of Committee

37 Functions of Committee

37 Functions of Committee

(1) The Parliamentary Joint Committee has the following functions under this Act—

(a) to monitor and review the exercise by the Advocate of the Advocate’s functions,

(b) (Repealed)

(c) to report to both Houses of Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, on any matter relating to the Advocate or connected with the exercise of the Advocate’s functions to which, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, the attention of Parliament should be directed,

(d) to examine each annual or other report of the Advocate and report to both Houses of Parliament on any matter appearing in, or arising out of, any such report,

(e) to examine trends and changes in services and issues affecting children and young people, and report to both Houses of Parliament any changes that the Joint Committee thinks desirable to the functions and procedures of the Advocate,

(f) to inquire into any question in connection with the Advocate’s functions which is referred to it by both Houses of Parliament, and report to both Houses on that question.

(2) (Repealed)

(3) The Advocate may, as soon as practicable after a report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee has been tabled in a House of Parliament, make and furnish to the Presiding Officer of that House a report in response to the report of the Committee. Section 35 applies to such a report.

s 37: Am 2019 No 25, Sch 5.2[1]–[3]; 2022 No 67, Sch 2.1; 2025 No 46, Sch 3[2]–[4].