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EXTRACT FROM JOINT RULES PERTAINING TO JOINT MONITORING COMMITTEE ON RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Part 13: Joint Monitoring Committee on Reconstruction and Development

Establishment

133. There is a Joint Monitoring Committee on Reconstruction and Development.

Composition

134. (1) The Joint Committee consists of Assembly and Council members appointed in such a way that —

(a) in the Assembly component —

(i) the majority party in the Assembly has eleven members;

(ii) the largest minority party in the Assembly has three members;

(iii) the other minority parties in the Assembly have one member each; and

(b) in the Council component —

(i) the provinces have one member each; and

(ii) each party in the Council that does not have the majority of seats in at least one provincial legislature, has one member each.

(2) Members for the Committee must be selected from among members of those Assembly portfolio and Council select committees involved in matters directly relevant to the reconstruction and development programme.

(3) The Speaker and the Chairperson of the Council, acting jointly, appoint the

members of the Committee on the advice of —

(a) the Chief Whips of the majority party in the Assembly and the Council, when a member representing the majority party is appointed; or

(b) the most senior whips of a minority party in the Assembly and the Council, when a member representing that minority party is appointed.

Chairperson and deputy chairperson

135. The Joint Committee must elect one of its members from the one House as its chairperson and another of its members from the other House as its deputy chairperson.

Function

136. The Joint Committee —

(a) must monitor and evaluate the implementation of the reconstruction and development programme; and

(b) may make recommendations to either or both Houses, or any joint or House committee, on a matter concerning the reconstruction an development programme.

Decisions

137. A question before the Joint Committee is decided when there is agreement between —

(a) the majority of the Assembly component; and

(b) the majority of the Council component.