Parliamentary Business Resources (Parliamentary Business) Determination 2025 (Cth)

Parliamentary Business Resources (Parliamentary Business) Determination 2025

I, Don Farrell, Special Minister of State, make the following determination.

Dated 12 February 2025

Don Farrell Special Minister of State

Contents

1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Repeal 5 Interpretation 6 Parliamentary business of members Schedule 1—Parliamentary duties Schedule 2—Electorate duties Schedule 3—Party political duties Schedule 4—Official duties

1 Name This instrument is the Parliamentary Business Resources (Parliamentary Business) Determination 2025.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsections 6(3) and 6(4) of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.

4 Repeal The Parliamentary Business Resources (Parliamentary Business) Determination 2017 (F2017L01691) is repealed from the date this instrument commences.

5 Interpretation 1. In this instrument: Act means the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017. Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definitions section of the Act, including the following: 1. constituent; 2. member; 3. office holder; and 4. vice regal function. 1. For the avoidance of doubt, an activity specified in a Schedule to this determination is specified whether it takes place within Australia or overseas.

6 Parliamentary business of members 1. For the purposes of paragraph 6(4)(a) of the Act, the parliamentary duties of a member are the activities specified in Schedule 1 for that member. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 6(4)(b) of the Act, the electorate duties of a member are the activities specified in Schedule 2 for that member. 3. For the purposes of paragraph 6(4)(c) of the Act, the party political duties of a member are the activities specified in Schedule 3 for that member. 4. For the purposes of paragraph 6(4)(d) of the Act, the official duties of a member are the activities specified in Schedule 4 for that member. 5. For the avoidance of doubt, a member may make a claim for and use public resources under Part 3 of the Act for an activity: (a) undertaken for the dominant purpose of the member's parliamentary business as defined by section 6 of the Act and specified in a Schedule to this determination and to the extent that subsections 26(1) and 26(3) of the Act apply; and (b) which may occur in the context of a federal election. Note: Dominant purpose has the meaning set out in section 26 of the Act. Note: The Act and related instruments set out other limitations on the circumstances in which resources may be provided.