Parliamentary Service Determination 2024
70Constitution of PRC
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70 Constitution of PRC
(1) A PRC must comprise:
(a) a Convenor nominated by the Merit Protection Commissioner; and
(b) a Parliamentary Service employee nominated by the relevant Secretary; and
(c) a Parliamentary Service employee nominated by the Merit Protection Commissioner.
(2) The Merit Protection Commissioner must be satisfied that the Parliamentary Service employee nominated under paragraph (1)(c) has the necessary skills and personal qualities to perform the Parliamentary Service employee’s duties as a member of the PRC independently and impartially.
(3) The Parliamentary Service employee nominated under paragraph (1)(c) must be made available for the purposes of the PRC, subject to the operational efficiency of the Department in which the Parliamentary Service employee is employed.
(4) If a member of a PRC ceases to act as a member before the PRC makes its recommendation to the relevant Secretary, the PRC must be reconstituted by the remaining members and another member nominated in accordance with subsection (1).
(5) The reconstituted PRC must have regard to matters put before, or decided by, the PRC as previously constituted.
(6) A person is not subject to direction in performing the person’s duties as a member of a PRC, except:
(a) by a court; or
(b) in accordance with instructions issued under section 74.