Bill
Parliamentary Business Resources (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) 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.
This bill handles minor follow-up and switch-over issues from a new system for parliamentary work costs.
It removes the old rules for such costs, makes small updates to other laws, and sets up the transition to the new system.
The explanatory memorandum says the bill has no financial impact.
- It repeals the old parliamentary work expenses framework.
- It makes minor consequential amendments to Commonwealth legislation.
- It provides transitional provisions, including preserving the Parliamentary Injury Compensation Scheme Instrument 2016.
Members of Parliament and others who use parliamentary work expenses.
Sources
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