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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Oversight of intelligence and security agencies - Intelligence and Security Committee - Continuation of Intelligence and Security Committee

198: Chairperson of Committee

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"The person in charge of the Intelligence and Security Committee meetings"

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The Committee has a chairperson who is in charge of the meetings. You can think of the chairperson like the person who makes sure everyone follows the rules and has a turn to talk. The chairperson is usually the Prime Minister, but sometimes it can be another member of the Committee who the Prime Minister chooses.

When the Committee is talking about how well an intelligence and security agency is doing its job, and the Prime Minister is in charge of that agency, then the Prime Minister cannot be the chairperson of that meeting. Instead, the Prime Minister must choose someone else to be in charge of the meeting, and this person must be someone who is not in charge of the agency being discussed.

The chairperson can choose someone else to be in charge if they are not at a meeting. This person can be the Deputy Prime Minister or the Attorney-General, even if they are not already a member of the Committee.

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Part 6Oversight of intelligence and security agencies
Intelligence and Security Committee: Continuation of Intelligence and Security Committee

198Chairperson of Committee

  1. The Committee is chaired by—

  2. the Prime Minister; or
    1. another member of the Committee from time to time appointed by the Prime Minister.

      1. The Prime Minister must not chair a meeting of the Committee, and must appoint one of the members referred to in section 194(2)(d) to act as chairperson of that meeting, if—

      2. the Committee is, in the course of conducting a financial review of an intelligence and security agency, discussing any matter relating to the performance of that agency; and
        1. the Prime Minister is the Minister responsible for that agency.

          1. The chairperson may appoint either of the following (if not already a member of the Committee) as an alternative chairperson in his or her absence at a meeting of the Committee:

          2. the Deputy Prime Minister:
            1. the Attorney-General.

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