Estimates Committee [Legislative Assembly]

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Establishment and Function

The Estimates Committee was established by a resolution of the Legislative Assembly on 2 September 1987. The purpose of the committee was to:

...to inquire into and report upon the annual Estimates of Receipts and Payments any Additional or Supplementary Estimates of Receipts and Payments presented to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council and referred to the Committee by resolution of the Council and the Assembly from time to time.

[Votes and Proceedings, Legislative Assembly 1, 2, and 3 September 1987 p.111]

The Committee was established as a joint select committee of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. The Committee comprised 8 members of which no more than five members could be appointed by either the Council or the Assembly.

Abolition

This original resolution which established the Committee expired on 31 May 1988. It was re-established on the same terms by another resolution of the Assembly on 23 November 1988. This resolution expired on 31 May 1989. The Committee ceased to exist on this date and was effectively replaced by the Estimates sub-committee of the Economic and Budget Review Committee (VA 3138) later that year.

Location of Records

Records of the Estimates Committee are listed below.

**Special Access Conditions

Although records transferred from this agency are available for public inspection, special access conditions apply. The records have been transferred to the Public Record Office on the understanding that they remain the property of the Parliament of Victoria. Parliamentary records are transferred on condition that all requests for access will be referred to the Clerk of the Legislative Council/Legislative Assembly as appropriate, for determination in each case.

Application to inspect the records should be made to the appropriate officer and written authorisation must be presented at the Public Record Office Search Rooms before records can be made available for inspection.