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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 647 ..

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.38): I ask for leave to move a motion to appoint a Select Committee on Estimates 1997-98.

Leave granted.

MRS CARNELL: I move:

That:

(1) a Select Committee on Estimates 1997-98 be appointed to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 1997-98 and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 1997 Budget;

(2) the Committee be composed of:

(a) two Members to be nominated by the Government;

(b) two Members to be nominated by the Opposition; and

(c) two Members to be nominated by either the Independent Members or the ACT Greens;

to be notified in writing to the Speaker by 4.00 pm, Thursday, 10 April 1997;

(3) the Committee report by 17 June 1997;

(4) if the Assembly is not sitting when the Committee has completed its inquiry, the Committee may send its report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker, who is authorised to give directions for its printing, circulation and publication;

(5) the Committee is authorised to release copies of its report pursuant to embargo conditions and to persons to be determined by the Committee, prior to the Speaker or Deputy Speaker authorising its printing, circulation and publication;

(6) the foregoing provisions of this resolution have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.

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