Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of

Capped Entitlements) Determination 2012 (No. 1)1

Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997

I,  GARY  GRAY,  Special  Minister  of  State,  make  this  Determination  under regulation 3EA of the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997.

Dated 30 October 2012

Gary Gray

Special Minister of State

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of

Capped Entitlements) Determination 2012 (No.1).

2 Commencement and Revocation of Previous Determination

(a)   Each provision of this Determination specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table.

(b)   This Determination supersedes and revokes in full Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of Capped Entitlements) Determination 2011 (No 2), made by the Special Minister of State on 23 May 2011.

3 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.

Regulations means the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997.

4 Supplement purposes

For subregulation 3EA (6) of the Regulations, a supplement to which a member is entitled under subregulation 3EA (2) of the Regulations may only be used by the member for one or more of the following purposes:

(a)   printing and communications in accordance with regulation 3AA of the

Regulations;

(b) office requisites  and  stationery  in  accordance  with  item 7 (1)  of

Schedule 1 to the Act;

(c)   Australian flags and printed material related to national symbols, for presentation to constituents, in accordance with item 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

(d) charter transport in accordance with Remuneration Tribunal

Determination 2012/04: Members of Parliament – Entitlements;

(e)  overnight stays in the member’s electorate, State or Territory in accordance with Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2012/19: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance.

5 Capped entitlement

For paragraph 3EA (8) (a) of the Regulations, a capped entitlement means an entitlement under any of the following:

(a) regulation 3AA of the Regulations; (b) item 7 (1) of Schedule 1 to the Act;

(c)  clause 7.2 of Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2012/04: Members of Parliament – Entitlements;

(d) clauses   3.15   and   3.15.1   to   3.15.3   of   Remuneration   Tribunal Determination 2012/19: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance.

6 Relevant determination

For  paragraph  3EA  (8)  (b)  of  the  Regulations,  each  of  the  following determinations is a relevant determination:

(a) Determination 2012/11, Determination regarding electorate employees               –  relief staff  budget,  made  by  the  Special  Minister  of  State  on

31 July 2012;

(b) Determination 2011/10, Determination regarding staff travel arrangements, made by the Special Minister of State on 23 May 2011.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.