SUBSTITUTE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
(adopted 5 May 2015)
That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, the following
Sessional Order be adopted:
273A.
(1) Where a member of a portfolio or a specialist standing committee finds they
are unable to continue to sit on the committee temporarily they may stand down
for a period of time, or for a particular inquiry, and a member may be
appointed by the House as their substitute for the period concerned.
(2) If the House is not sitting, the member unable to attend a meeting of the
committee may, in writing to the Chair of the committee, nominate a Member to
act as a substitute member at that meeting.
(3) If the member is incapacitated or unavailable, a letter to the Chair of the
committee nominating a Member to act as a substitute member of the committee
may be signed on behalf of the member by the office holders responsible for
nominating members to the Committee.
(4) The substitute member has all the rights of a committee member, including
to participate in all committee proceedings and to vote on any question before
the committee. |
