Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Parliamentary Committees Parliamentary Committees Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill The Hon. T.A. FRANKS Legislative Council The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:09): By leave, I move my motion in an amended form: 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.	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 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; and 3.	That a message be sent to the House of Assembly transmitting the foregoing resolution and requesting its concurrence to the instruction. This is quite a simple motion to allow more flexibility for this particular joint committee to operate under the COVID pandemic, both through the various online technologies that we have and also lowering the requirement for quorum to half of the members of the committee. Debate adjourned on motion of Hon. D.G.E. Hood.