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Resolution of Appointment

On 22 September 1999 the Senate resolved that:

    (1) A Select Committee on Superannuation and Financial Services be appointed with effect on and from 11 October 1999, with the same functions and powers as the Select Committee on Superannuation appointed by resolution of the Senate on 5 June 1991, and reappointed on 13 May 1993 and 29 May 1996, except as otherwise provided in this resolution.

    (2) The committee inquire into matters pertaining to superannuation and financial services referred to it by the Senate and inquire initially into:

      (a) prudential supervision and consumer protection for superannuation, banking and financial services;

      (b) the opportunities and constraints for Australia to become a centre for the provision of global financial services; and

      (c) enforcement of the Superannuation Guarantee Charge;

      and report on paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) by the last day of sitting in June 2000.

    (3) The committee have power to consider and use for its purposes the minutes of evidence and records of the Select Committee on Superannuation appointed in the previous three Parliaments.

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