Section 59E - Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Amendment (Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission) Act 2024 - Terms of office of Parliamentary Joint Committee members

59ETerms of office of Parliamentary Joint Committee members

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59E Terms of office of Parliamentary Joint Committee members

(1) A member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee holds office during the pleasure of the House of the Parliament by which the member was appointed.

(2) A person ceases to hold office as a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee if:

(a) the House of Representatives expires by the passing of time or is dissolved; or

(b) the person becomes the holder of an office specified in any of the paragraphs of section 59D; or

(ca) the person ceases to be a member of the Privileges Committee of the House of the Parliament by which the person was appointed; or

(d) the person resigns the person’s office as provided by subsection (3) of this section.

(3) A member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee appointed by a House of the Parliament may resign the member’s office by giving the Presiding Officer of that House a written resignation.

(4) A House of the Parliament may appoint a member of its Privileges Committee to fill a vacancy among the members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee appointed by that House.