Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill

The Legislative Council passed the following resolution to which it desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

1. That the number of members who shall form a quorum of council members necessary to be present at all sittings of the Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill be one member.

2. It be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill that during the period of any declaration of a major emergency made under section 23 of the Emergency Services Act 2004 or any declaration of a public health emergency made under section 87 of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011, members of the committee may participate in the proceedings by way of telephone or videoconference or other electronic means and shall be deemed to be present and counted for purposes of a quorum, subject to such means of participation remaining effective and not disadvantaging any member.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (17:43): I move:

That this house concurs with the resolution of the Legislative Council contained in message No. 54 that it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill that during the period of any declaration of the major emergency made under section 23 of the Emergency Services Act 2004 or any declaration of a public health emergency made under section 87 of the South Australian Public Health Act 2011, members of the committee may participate in the proceedings by way of telephone or videoconference, or other electronic means, and shall be deemed to be present and counted for purposes of a quorum, subject to such means of participation remaining effective and not disadvantaging any member.

Motion carried.