17Initiation of polls by constituents

17 Initiation of polls by constituents

17 Initiation of polls by constituents

(1) A committee’s constituents may request the Minister to direct that a poll be taken on any one or more of the following questions—

(a) the question of whether an instruction should be given to the committee in relation to the committee’s exercise of its functions,

(b) the question of whether the committee’s foundation regulation should be amended so as to vary provisions of the kind referred to in section 6 (1),

(c) the question of whether the committee’s affairs should be wound up.

(2) Such a request is to be made—

(a) by means of a resolution carried at a meeting of the committee’s constituents, or

(b) by means of applications (whether individual or collective) from the committee’s constituents,

where the number of constituents voting in support of the resolution or the number of applicants, as the case requires, is at least as great as the number of constituents required for a quorum at a meeting of the committee’s constituents.

(3) Within 14 days after such a request is made by a committee’s constituents, the committee must cause notice of the request to be given to the Minister.

(4) A poll referred to in subsection (1) is to be taken only if the Minister so directs.

(5) Such a direction may not be given—

(a) with respect to a question referred to in subsection (1) (a), unless the Minister has had regard to the Competition Principles Agreement, and

(b) with respect to a question referred to in subsection (1) (b), unless—

(i) the Minister has had regard to the Competition Principles Agreement, and

(ii) the Premier has concurred in the giving of the direction.