59BParliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards

59B  Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards

 (1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of the first session of each Parliament, a joint committee of members of the Parliament, to be known as the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards, is to be appointed according to the practice of the Parliament.

 (2) The Parliamentary Joint Committee is to consist of 12 members, being:

 (a) 6 members of the Privileges Committee of the Senate appointed by the Senate; and

 (b) 6 members of the Privileges Committee of the House of Representatives appointed by that House.

 (3) The 6 members appointed by each of the Senate and the House of Representatives must consist of the following:

 (a) 3 members of the Government;

 (b) 2 members of the Opposition;

 (c) 1 member of the Parliament who is a member of neither the Government nor the Opposition.