Standing Committee on Legal Affairs

The Assembly resolved to establish a Standing Committee on Legal Affairs on 3 December 2024. Please click here to view the current resolution.

The committee is responsible for examining the following areas:

• Emergency management and the Emergency Services Agency
• Policing and ACT Policing
• Corrective Services
• Attorney-General
• Consumer Affairs
• Human Rights
• Victims of Crime
• Access to justice and restorative practice
• Public Trustee and Guardian

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Committees may make statements to the Assembly under Standing Order 246A in relation to matters under their resolution of establishment or inquiries being undertaken by the Committee.

Statements to the Assembly are generally provided by the Committee Chair on behalf of the Committee.

Below is a list of statements and discussion papers presented to the Assembly by the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs during the Eleventh Assembly.

All bills presented to the Assembly are referred to the relevant standing committee for consideration under Standing Order 174.

The committee must advise the Speaker of its decision to inquire into a bill within three weeks of its presentation to the Assembly, or one week after the relevant scrutiny report is tabled (whichever is later).

Where the committee inquiries into a bill, it must complete its report within three months of the bill’s presentation in the Assembly, except bills presented in the last sitting period of each year where the committee must report within four months of the bill’s presentation.

Below is a list of all bills considered by the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs during the Eleventh Assembly.

Pursuant to Standing Order 99A—Petitions or e-petitions with at least 500 signatories from residents/citizens of the Australian Capital Territory are referred to the relevant Assembly standing committee for consideration under Standing Order 99A. In the event that the subject matter of the Petition makes it unclear which committee it should be referred to, the Speaker will determine the appropriate committee.

Below is a list of all petitions referred to the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs in the Eleventh Assembly: