Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017

Chapter 3 Committees Subcommittees on subsidiary legislation The House Committee may appoint subcommittees to assist its consideration of subsidiary legislation and instruments made under relevant ordinances. A subcommittee will consider the policy aspects of the subsidiary legislation/ instrument concerned, its detailed provisions and amendments, if any, to the subsidiary legislation/instrument. All Members other than the President may join any such subcommittee. The chairman of each subcommittee is elected from among its members. A subcommittee reports its deliberations to the House Committee upon completion of scrutiny work. There is no restriction on the maximum number of such subcommittees operating at any one time. Subcommittees on subsidiary legislation in operation during the session 32 Subsidiary legislation scrutinized 60 Subcommittees on subsidiary legislation which completed their scrutiny work and reported to the House Committee 28 Subcommittees on subsidiary legislation which were still in operation by the end of the session 4 Meetings of subcommittees on subsidiary legislation held 51 A meeting of a subcommittee on subsidiary legislation. 62 Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017