Parliamentary Business Resources (Office Holder) Determination 2017

I, Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, make the following determination.

Dated 14 December 2017

Mathias Cormann

Minister for Finance

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Members who are office holders

Schedule 1—Office Holders

 

 

 

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.