Bill
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-02-22. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-02-09
- second reading — 2017-02-09
- second reading — 2017-02-15
- second reading — 2017-02-15
- committee — 2017-02-15
- third reading — 2017-02-15
- introduced — 2017-02-15
- second reading — 2017-02-15
- second reading — 2017-02-16
- second reading — 2017-02-17
- committee — 2017-02-17
- third reading — 2017-02-17
- passed — 2017-02-17
- royal assent — 2017-02-22
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-02-09.
The bill would create an independent statutory body to oversee how parliamentarians and their staff spend public money on work expenses.
The body, governed by a board appointed by the Governor-General, would advise on, monitor, administer, report on, audit and make rulings about travel and work expenses.
An independent review of the new authority would be conducted three years after the bill starts.
- Establishes the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority as an independent statutory authority.
- Gives the authority functions including advising, monitoring, administering, reporting, auditing and making rulings on work expenses.
- Provides for an independent review of the authority three years after commencement.
Parliamentarians and their staff.
Sources
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