Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS RESOURCES ACT 2017 - SECT 6

Meaning of parliamentary business

  (1)   The parliamentary business of a member means any of the following:

  (a)   the parliamentary duties of the member, being activities of the member that:

  (i)   relate directly to the member's role as a member; and

  (ii)   are determined for the purposes of paragraph   (4)(a);

  (b)   the electorate duties of the member, being activities of the member that:

  (i)   support or serve the member's constituents; and

  (ii)   are determined for the purposes of paragraph   (4)(b);

  (c)   the party political duties of the member, being activities determined for the purposes of paragraph   (4)(c);

  (d)   for a member who is an office holder or a Minister of State--the official duties of the member, being activities that:

  (i)   relate to the member's role as an office holder or Minister of State; and

  (ii)   are determined for the purposes of paragraph   (4)(d).

  (2)   However, an activity is not the parliamentary business of a member if:

  (a)   the member carries it out for the dominant purpose of either or both of the following:

  (i)   providing a personal benefit to the member or another person;

  (ii)   pursuing commercial purposes of the member or another person; or

  (b)   the activity is determined under subsection   (3) for the purposes of this paragraph.

  (3)   The Minister may make a determination for the purposes of paragraph   (2)(b).

Determining parliamentary duties , electorate duties , party political duties and official duties

  (4)   The Minister must determine activities of a member that are:

  (a)   parliamentary duties of the member; or

  (b)   electorate duties of the member; or

  (c)   party political duties of the member; or

  (d)   official duties of the member.

  (5)   Without limiting this section or subsection   33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , a determination under subsection   (3) or (4) may determine a matter for:

  (a)   particular members, office holders or Ministers of State; or

  (b)   classes of members, office holders or Ministers of State; or

  (c)   members, office holders or Ministers of State generally.

  (6)   A determination under subsection   (3) or (4) is a legislative instrument, but section   42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the determination.