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Environment Act 1986

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - Administrative provisions

14: Speaker may require staff to be made available to select committees

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"The Speaker can ask for staff to help groups making decisions"

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives can ask the Commissioner to send staff to help select committees. You can think of select committees like groups of people who work together to make decisions. The Speaker can require staff who work under certain sections of the law, like section 11 or section 12, to help the committees. The Speaker can also ask people appointed under section 13 to help, but only if those people agree to it.

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Part 1Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Administrative provisions

14Speaker may require staff to be made available to select committees

  1. At the request of any select committee of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may require the Commissioner to make available any officer or employee holding office under section 11 or section 12 or (with the person's consent) any person appointed under section 13 to advise the select committee.