Establishment of National Assembly Staff Committee

(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established a National Assembly Staff Committee, which shall consist of, (a) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or in his absence the Deputy Speaker; 5 (b) three members of the House of Representatives nominated by the House; (c) the President of the Senate and one other member of the Senate nominated by the Senate; and (d) one member of the staff of the National Assembly nominated by the Staff of the National Assembly or one other person who is not a member of staff nominated by the (2) The Speaker, or in his absence the Deputy Speaker, shall act as the Chairperson of the Committee. (3) At any meeting of the Committee, four members, of whom one shall be the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, shall constitute a quorum. (4) The decisions of the Committee shall be by a majority vote of the members present and voting, and in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairperson shall have a second and casting vote. (5) The Clerk or the Deputy Clerk shall act as the Secretary to the Committee.