Chairs
Scope
The committee examines the clauses of all bills introduced into parliament to determine whether they trespass unduly on personal rights and liberties, contain provisions dependent on insufficiently defined administrative powers or non-reviewable decisions, inappropriately delegate legislative powers or are insufficiently subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
Sequence
![Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, 25 June 2008. Seated L-R: Senators Mark Bishop [Deputy Chair] and Christopher Ellison [Chair]. Standing L-R: Senators Andrew Murray, Jacinta Collins, Anne McEwen and Judith Troeth.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/f59/f597d0b0c3d5bc40d0bf/c015-080479-01-scrutiny.jpg)
Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, 25 June 2008. Seated L-R: Senators Mark Bishop [Deputy Chair] and Christopher Ellison [Chair]. Standing L-R: Senators Andrew Murray, Jacinta Collins, Anne McEwen and Judith Troeth.
![Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, 25 June 2008. Seated L-R: Senators Mark Bishop [Deputy Chair] and Christopher Ellison [Chair]. Standing L-R: Cheryl Wilson [Committee Secretary], Senators Andrew Murray, Jacinta Collins, Judith Troeth and Anne McEwen, Margaret Lindeman [committee staff], Professor Jim Davis [Legal Adviser].](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/3a0/3a0f0daf26f0ead1e65e/c015-080479-02-scrutiny.jpg)
Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, 25 June 2008. Seated L-R: Senators Mark Bishop [Deputy Chair] and Christopher Ellison [Chair]. Standing L-R: Cheryl Wilson [Committee Secretary], Senators Andrew Murray, Jacinta Collins, Judith Troeth and Anne McEwen, Margaret Lindeman [committee staff], Professor Jim Davis [Legal Adviser].
![Scrutiny of Bills Committee in session, 26 June 2013. Facing camera L-R: Ingrid Zappe [Legislative Research Officer], Toni Dawes [Secretary], Senator Ian Macdonald [Chair] and Leighton McDonald [Legal Adviser]. Backs to camera L-R: Senators Lin Thorp, Sean Edwards and Rachel Siewert.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/155/15574ebdd7a89ce1a592/c015-scrutiny-of-bills-june-2013-057.jpg)
Scrutiny of Bills Committee in session, 26 June 2013. Facing camera L-R: Ingrid Zappe [Legislative Research Officer], Toni Dawes [Secretary], Senator Ian Macdonald [Chair] and Leighton McDonald [Legal Adviser]. Backs to camera L-R: Senators Lin Thorp, Sean Edwards and Rachel Siewert.
![The newly-established Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, 16 March 1982. The committee's formation coincided with the fiftieth birthday celebration of the Regulations and Ordinances Committee. L-R: Senators Michael Tate [Deputy Chair], Susan Ryan, Gareth Evans, Alan Missen [Chair], Noel Chrichton-Browne and Robert Hill.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/e50/e50e684cb90ef9b988c0/c015-scrutiny-of-bills-standing-committee-16-march-1982-j2-3.jpg)
The newly-established Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, 16 March 1982. The committee's formation coincided with the fiftieth birthday celebration of the Regulations and Ordinances Committee. L-R: Senators Michael Tate [Deputy Chair], Susan Ryan, Gareth Evans, Alan Missen [Chair], Noel Chrichton-Browne and Robert Hill.