Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a Parliamentary Service employee receives any non - Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as a Parliamentary Service employee, the Secretary of the Department in which the employee is employed may give a notice in writing to the employee in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.
(2) The amount notified by the Secretary:
(a) is taken to have been received by the employee on behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(b) may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the employee as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2A) If the Parliamentary Librarian receives any non - Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as the Parliamentary Librarian, the Secretary of the joint Department may give a notice in writing to the Parliamentary Librarian in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.
(2B) The amount notified by the Secretary:
(a) is taken to have been received by the Parliamentary Librarian on behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(b) may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the Parliamentary Librarian as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) If a Secretary receives any non - Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as a Secretary, then the Presiding Officer may give a notice in writing to the Secretary in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.
(4) The amount notified by the Presiding Officer:
(a) is taken to have been received by the Secretary on behalf of the Commonwealth; and
(b) may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the Secretary as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(5) In this section:
"non-Commonwealth remuneration" means any remuneration from a person other than the Commonwealth.