Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ Ex­tra-par­lia­ment­ary com­mis­sions may nor­mally have no more than 15 mem­bers.

² Among the mem­bers there must a bal­ance between the sexes, lan­guages, re­gions, age groups and in­terest groups, with due con­sid­er­a­tion of the com­mit­tee’s tasks.

³ Mem­bers the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion may only be elec­ted as mem­bers of a com­mit­tee in ex­cep­tion­al cases and with due reas­on.