Commonwealth act

Committee of Public Accounts Act 1917

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

27 of 1917

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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This Act creates a one-time exception to the usual rules for appointing the Joint Committee of Public Accounts — the parliamentary committee that scrutinises government spending.

Under the earlier Committee of Public Accounts Act 1913, this committee had to be appointed immediately at the start of each Parliament. This 1917 law allowed a delay for the Seventh Parliament, permitting the committee to be appointed during the second session rather than the first.

In practical terms, it gave Parliament flexibility to postpone setting up its financial oversight committee until later in that specific parliamentary term.

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Committee of Public Accounts Act 1917

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COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

No. 27 of 1917.

An Act to provide for the Appointment of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts during the Second Session of the Seventh Parliament of the Commonwealth.

[Assented to 21st September, 1917.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Committee of Public Accounts Act 1917.

Appointment of Committee during Seventh Parliament of the Commonwealth.

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in section two of the Committee of Public Accounts Act 1913, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts to be appointed during the Seventh Parliament of the Commonwealth, may be appointed during the second session of that Parliament, and shall be Appointed as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act.

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