8AFunctions with respect to Bills

#### 8A Functions with respect to Bills 8A Functions with respect to Bills > > (1) The functions of the Committee with respect to Bills are: > > > > > (a) to consider any Bill introduced into Parliament, and > > > > > (b) to report to both Houses of Parliament as to whether any such Bill, by express words or otherwise: > > > > > > > (i) trespasses unduly on personal rights and liberties, or > > > > > > > (ii) makes rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers, or > > > > > > > (iii) makes rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions, or > > > > > > > (iv) inappropriately delegates legislative powers, or > > > > > > > (v) insufficiently subjects the exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny. > > > (2) A House of Parliament may pass a Bill whether or not the Committee has reported on the Bill, but the Committee is not precluded from making such a report because the Bill has been so passed or has become an Act. > > **s 8A:** Ins 2002 No 77, Sch 1 \[7\].