Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00086:clause:1_59e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00086
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 59E
Character Range: 8574–9765

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
 (c) the person ceases to be a member of the House of the Parliament by which the person was appointed; 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.