Government Boards and Committees, 21 September 2012

The reasons for the reduction in the total number of Paid Government Boards and
Committees (519) since 1 June 2009 to those to be included on the Register of Government
boards and committees (332) as of 21 September 2012 are presented below.
PAID GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
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As at 1 June 2009 Paid Government Board or Committee (G B&C) 519
Plus Not Listed (at June 2009) 22
Plus Created (since June 2009) 51
Plus Unregistered (at June 2009) 12
TOTAL 604
Minus Abolished I Ceased (since June 2009) -147
Minus Departmental Committee12 -72
Minus Sub-Committeel2 -21
Minus Duplicate / Error12 -1
Minus Paid Expert Panel12 -8
Minus Ministerial Committee12 -3
Minus Not Operationall2 -3
Minus Other Entity -1
21 September 2012 G B & C TOTAL 348
Subset G B & C - Database Only 16
Subset G B & C - Register (Paid) 332
Table 3: Summary of reasons for the reduction in the number of Paid Government boards and
committees since 1 June 2009 to 21 September 2012.
Categories
Abolished/Ceased - boards or committees which have been formally
abolished by Cabinet or ceased operations (i.e. not operating and not
expected to operate again).
Departmental Committee a committee established by an agency which
was not required to be submitted to Cabinet for approval to establish.
Sub-Committee a sub-committee except where the sub-committee has one
or more external members (who are not already a member of the parent
board or committee) who receive remuneration for their services (other than
reimbursements for travel expenses).
Duplicate / Error the board or committee is a duplicate or has been
included in the list in error, such as a national committee in which State
Government representatives participate.
Operated Locally - Unpaid a board or committee which is operated
locally, whose members are not paid and which was not required to be
submitted to Cabinet for approval to establish.
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