Integrity Commission Act 2009
SCHEDULE 5 - Meetings of JointSCHEDULE 5 - Meetings of Joint Standing Committee on Integrity
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SCHEDULE 5 - Meetings of Joint SCHEDULE 5 - Meetings of Joint Standing Committee on Integrity
1. Proceedings of Joint Committee
(1) Any 3 members of the Joint Committee, constitute a quorum of the Joint Committee, but the quorum may not be made up of members exclusively of one House of Parliament.
(2) The chairperson of the Joint Committee, or, in the case of his or her absence or other inability to act as chairperson, the vice-chairperson of the Joint Committee, is to preside at all meetings of the Joint Committee at which he or she is present.
(3) At a meeting of the Joint Committee at which a quorum is present, the members in attendance may, in the absence of the chairperson of the Joint Committee and vice-chairperson of the Joint Committee, appoint one of their number then present to be the temporary chairperson of the Joint Committee, and the temporary chairperson of the Joint Committee has, during the absence of the chairperson of the Joint Committee and vice-chairperson of the Joint Committee, all the powers of the chairperson of the Joint Committee.
(4) The Joint Committee is to cause minutes of its proceedings to be kept.
(5) The Joint Committee may sit and transact business during any adjournment or recess, and may sit at such times and in such places, and conduct its proceedings in such manner, as it thinks fit.
2. Voting at meeting of Joint Committee
(1) At meetings of the Joint Committee –
(a) the chairperson of the Joint Committee or, in his or her absence, the vice-chairperson of the Joint Committee, has a deliberative vote only; and
(b) when the votes on a question are equal, the question passes in the negative.
(2) Where a division is called for on any question, the names of the members voting are to be stated in the minutes and in the report of the Joint Committee.
(3) A question is decided by the majority of votes of the members voting, where the vote is taken at a meeting of which a majority of members appointed by each House to serve on the Joint Committee is present.