Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. )

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Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 72

I, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.

Dated 2 June 2011

MARIE BASHIR

Administrator

By Her Excellency’s Command

GARY GRAY

Special Minister of State

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997

Schedule 1 amends the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997.

4 Application

The amendments made by items [2], [3] and [4] of Schedule 1 apply to travel in Australia on official business undertaken on or after 1 July 2011.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulations 3AA (6), (7) and (7A)

omit

[2] Schedule 1, Part 2, item [204]

substitute

[204] Paragraph 1 (1) (e)

after

Presiding Officer,

insert

who may be accompanied by his or her spouse, 1 staff member and, subject to subitems (5) and (6), 1 or more persons mentioned in subitem (4),

[3] Schedule 1, Part 2, item [205]

substitute

[205] Paragraph 1 (1) (f)

substitute

(f) for the leader of a minority party, who may be accompanied by his or her spouse, 1 staff member and, subject to subitems (5) and (6), 1 or more persons mentioned in subitem (4), the cost of charter transport, not exceeding an annual amount calculated in accordance with subitem (7); and

[4] Schedule 1, Part 2, after item [205A]

insert

[205AB] After subitem 1 (3)

insert

(4) For paragraphs (1) (e) and (f), the persons are:

(a) 1 or more additional members of his or her staff; and

(b) another member, or members, whose presence is relevant to the purpose of the travel; and

(5) A person mentioned in subitem (4) is not entitled to travel under this item if, as a result of the addition of the person to the travelling party:

(a) a larger aircraft or vehicle is required; or

(b) the cost to the Commonwealth of the travel is increased.

(6) If a person mentioned in paragraph (4) (c) is added to a travelling party, the cost of the person’s travel must be recovered, in accordance with cost recovery guidelines issued by the Minister.

(7) For paragraph (1) (f), the annual amount is:

(a) for the 2011–2012 financial year — $18,300; and

(b) for each subsequent financial year — $18,300 indexed annually, in accordance with the Consumer Price Index, rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of $100 (rounding up an amount of $50).