Parliamentary Business Resources (Office Holder) Determination 2017
I, Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, make the following determination.
Dated 14 December 2017
Mathias Cormann
Contents
1 Name........................................................................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1
3 Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1
4 Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1
5 Members who are office holders.............................................................................................. 1
Schedule 1—Office Holders 2
1 Name
This instrument is the Parliamentary Business Resources (Office Holder) Determination 2017.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences at the same time as the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 7 of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) member;
(b) office holder.
In this instrument:
Act means the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.
minority party has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Business Resources Regulations 2017.
5 Members who are office holders
(1) For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, a member who:
(a) holds a position specified in Schedule 1, or
(b) performs a function of a kind specified in Schedule 1;
is an office holder.
Schedule 1—Office Holders
| Item | Position |
| 1 | Leader of the Opposition |
| 2 | Deputy Leader of the Opposition |
| 3 | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate |
| 4 | Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives |
| 5 | Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate |
| 6 | Shadow Minister |
| 7 | Leader of a minority party |
| 8 | Party Whip (however described) of a party for a House of the Parliament, where that party has at least 5 members in the relevant House Note: there may, for a party, be more than one party whip for a House |
| 9 | Second Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives |
| 10 | Member of the Speaker’s Panel in the House of Representatives |
| 11 | Temporary Chair of Committees in the Senate |
| 12 | Chair or Deputy Chair of a properly constituted Parliamentary Committee, including Select, Standing and Statutory Committees, and whether Joint or of a single House. |