Bill
Parliamentary Business Resources Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-05-19. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-03-30
- second reading — 2017-03-30
- second reading — 2017-05-10
- second reading — 2017-05-10
- third reading — 2017-05-10
- introduced — 2017-05-11
- second reading — 2017-05-11
- second reading — 2017-05-11
- second reading — 2017-05-11
- third reading — 2017-05-11
- passed — 2017-05-11
- royal assent — 2017-05-19
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 2017-03-30.
The bill would replace the current system for parliamentary work expenses with a new framework based on a 2016 review.
It would let parliamentarians use public resources for work expenses only when the dominant purpose is conducting parliamentary business, and they must spend those resources efficiently.
The bill would let the minister make a legislative instrument to define which activities count as parliamentary business and which do not, and a penalty scheme would add a 25% loading for improper use.
- Replaces the parliamentary work expenses framework under the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.
- Introduces a dominant purpose test for accessing public resources.
- Requires members to use public resources efficiently, effectively and economically.
- Allows the minister to specify activities that are not parliamentary business via a legislative instrument.
- Establishes a compliance and enforcement scheme including a 25% penalty loading for improper use.
- Provides for the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority to make rulings on travel expenses and allowances.
Current and former parliamentarians and their staff.
Sources
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