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Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
sec.180Validation of quorum and voting at particular meetings of committees
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### sec.180 Validation of quorum and voting at particular meetings of committees
Subsection (2) applies if, in a meeting of a committee held during the validation period, the committee reached quorum only by counting 1 or more members of the committee who were not present in person.
The committee is declared to be, and always to have been, as validly quorate as it would have been if the 1 or more members were present in person.
Subsection (4) applies if, in a meeting of a committee held during the validation period, the committee decided a question by counting a vote of 1 or more members of the committee who were not present in person.
The question is declared to be, and always to have been, as validly decided as it would have been if the 1 or more members were present in person.
In this section—
committee means—
a statutory committee; and
a committee of the Assembly established under the repealed Parliamentary Committees Act 1995 , section 4.
validation period means the period—
starting on 23 April 1998; and
ending on 22 April 2020.
s 180 ins 2023 No. 31 s 13
(sec.180-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if, in a meeting of a committee held during the validation period, the committee reached quorum only by counting 1 or more members of the committee who were not present in person.
(sec.180-ssec.2) The committee is declared to be, and always to have been, as validly quorate as it would have been if the 1 or more members were present in person.
(sec.180-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if, in a meeting of a committee held during the validation period, the committee decided a question by counting a vote of 1 or more members of the committee who were not present in person.
(sec.180-ssec.4) The question is declared to be, and always to have been, as validly decided as it would have been if the 1 or more members were present in person.
(sec.180-ssec.5) In this section— committee means— a statutory committee; and a committee of the Assembly established under the repealed Parliamentary Committees Act 1995 , section 4. validation period means the period— starting on 23 April 1998; and ending on 22 April 2020.
- (a) a statutory committee; and
- (b) a committee of the Assembly established under the repealed Parliamentary Committees Act 1995 , section 4.
- (a) starting on 23 April 1998; and
- (b) ending on 22 April 2020.