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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Superseded By: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)

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Phone Number:(08) 9222 7376
Fax Number:(08) 9222 7805
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Ms Lauren Mesiti
Standing Committee on Public Administration
GPO: Box A11
Perth WA 6837


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The following is an extract from Schedule 1 of the Legislative Council Standing Orders:

5.Public Administration Committee
5.1A Public Administration Committee is established.
5.2The Committee consists of 5 Members.
5.3The 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;
and
(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.
5.4The 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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