Public Works Committee Amendment Act 2019
An Act to amend the Public Works Committee Act 1914
[Royal Assent 12 December 2019]
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Public Works Committee Amendment Act 2019 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
In this Act, the Public Works Committee Act 1914 is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 2 inserted
After section 1 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part I:In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –building or construction works means any building work, civil engineering work or engineering work, whether such work is a continuation, completion, repair, reconstruction, extension, de-commissioning, demolition or new work,but does not include any road or bridges works;public work means –(a) building or construction works; and(b) road or bridges works;relevant monetary threshold, in relation to –(a) building or construction works – means $8 000 000; or(b) road or bridges works – means $15 000 000;road or bridges works means any work in relation to the following:whether such work is a continuation, completion, repair, reconstruction, extension, decommissioning, or demolition, of a road, carriageway, track, path, trail or bridge, is new such work or is for the purposes of the permanent closure of a road, carriageway, track, path, trail or bridge;(a) roads, within the meaning of the Roads and Jetties Act 1935 ;(b) any carriageway, track, or path, for –(i) any vehicle that travels on land; or(ii) trains, trams, buses or motorised bicycles; or(iii) any self-propelled object that is designed for the carriage of humans or objects;(c) footpaths, bicycle paths or paths or trails for pedestrians or animals;(d) bridges –vehicle has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .
5. Section 15 amended (Functions of Committee)
Section 15(1) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "exceeds $5 000 000" and substituting "exceeds the relevant monetary threshold in relation to the work".
6. Section 16 amended (Conditions precedent to commencing public works)
Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "exceeds $5 000 000" and substituting "exceeds the relevant monetary threshold in relation to such work";(b) by omitting from subsection (2) "such proposed work" and substituting "proposed public work that exceeds the relevant monetary threshold in relation to such work".
7. Section 17 amended (Power of House of Assembly to extend Act)
Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by inserting "or Legislative Council" after "Assembly";(b) by omitting "exceed $5 000 000" and substituting "exceed the relevant monetary threshold in relation to such work".
8. Part IV: Heading amended
Part IV of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "REMUNERATION OF COMMITTEE" from the heading to that Part and substituting "MISCELLANEOUS".
9. Section 32 inserted
Before section 35 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part IV:32. Transitional provisions consequent on enactment of Public Works Committee Amendment Act 2019
(1) In this section –amending Act means the Public Works Committee Amendment Act 2019;amendment day means the day on which the amending Act commences.(2) If –the provisions of this Act as in force immediately before the amendment day continue to apply to and in relation to the public work as if the amendments to this Act made by the amending Act had not commenced.(a) any public work is, before the amendment day, referred to the Committee under this Act; and(b) the Committee has not, before that day, reported under this Act on the public work –
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it commenced.
[Second reading presentation speech made in:
House of Assembly on 12 SEPTEMBER 2019
Legislative Council on 30 OCTOBER 2019]