Committee Details
Public Administration Committee - Legislative Council |
| Committee Type: | Standing | |
| Superseded By: | ||
| Establishment Date: | 08/17/2005 | |
| Chair: | Hon. Elizabeth (Liz) Lloyd Behjat MLC | |
| Deputy Chair: | Hon. Darren Legh West MLC | |
| Members: | Hon. Nigel Charles Hallett MLC Hon. Jacqueline Ellen Boydell MLC Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLC | |
| Staff: | Ms Susan O'Brien, LLB, B Juris (Advisory Officer (Legal)) Ms Lauren Mesiti (Committee Clerk) | |
Contact Details | ||
| Phone Number: | (08) 9222 7376 | |
| Fax Number: | (08) 9222 7805 | |
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Postal Address Ms Lauren Mesiti Standing Committee on Public Administration GPO: Box A11 Perth WA 6837 | ||
The following is an extract from Schedule 1 of the Legislative Council Standing Orders:
| 5. | Public Administration Committee | ||
| 5.1 | A Public Administration Committee is established. | ||
| 5.2 | The Committee consists of 5 Members. | ||
| 5.3 | The functions of the Committee are to - | ||
| (a) | inquire into and report on - | ||
| (i) | the structure, efficiency and effectiveness of the system of public administration; | ||
| (ii) | the extent to which the principles of procedural fairness are embodied in any practice or procedure applied in decision making; | ||
| (iii) | the existence, adequacy, or availability, of merit and judicial review of administrative acts or decisions; and | ||
| (iv) | any Bill or other matter relating to the foregoing functions referred by the Council; | ||
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| (b) | consult regularly with the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations, the Public Sector Standards Commissioner, the Information Commissioner, the Inspector of Custodial Services, and any similar officer. | ||
| 5.4 | The Committee is not to make inquiry with respect to - | ||
| (a) | the constitution, function or operations of the Executive Council; | ||
| (b) | the Governor’s Establishment; | ||
| (c) | the constitution and administration of Parliament; | ||
| (d) | the judiciary; | ||
| (e) | a decision made by a person acting judicially; | ||
| (f) | a decision made by a person to exercise, or not exercise, a power of arrest or detention; or | ||
| (g) | the merits of a particular case or grievance that is not received as a petition. | ||
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