{"id":"members-of-parliament-register-of-interests-regulations-2023","name":"Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2023","slug":"members-of-parliament-register-of-interests-regulations-2023","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":236145,"registerId":"sa-members-of-parliament-register-of-interests-regulations-2023-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2023","content":"South Australia\nMembers of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2023\nunder the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tForm of returns\nSchedule 1—Form of primary return\nSchedule 2—Form of ordinary return\nSchedule 3—Repeal of Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2008\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2023.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983.\n4—Form of returns\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 4(1) of the Act, the prescribed form for a primary return is set out in Schedule 1.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 4(2) of the Act, the prescribed form for an ordinary return is set out in Schedule 2.\n\t(3)\tA primary return or an ordinary return and each annexure to the return must be signed by the Member to whom it relates in the presence of a witness who must subscribe their signature to the return and each annexure.\nSchedule 1—Form of primary return\nPrimary return under the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983 for [insert full name of Member]\nInstructions—\nThis return must be submitted to the Registrar within 30 days after taking and subscribing the oath or affirmation as a Member.\nA Member must disclose all information known to the Member or ascertainable by the Member by the exercise of reasonable diligence.\nA Member may disclose the information in a way that no distinction is made between information relating to the Member personally and information relating to a person related to the Member.\nA Member is not required to disclose information relating to a person as trustee of a trust unless the information relates to the person in the person's capacity as trustee of a trust by reason of which the person is related to the Member.\nA Member is not required to disclose the actual amount or extent of any contribution or interest.\nA Member may include in a return such additional information as the Member thinks fit.\nA Member may at any time notify the Registrar of any change or variation in the information appearing on the Register in respect of the Member or a member of their family.\nDefined terms—\nA person is related to a Member if the person is—\n\t•\ta member of the Member's family; or\n\t•\ta family company of the Member; or\n\t•\ta trustee of a family trust of the Member.\nA person is a member of the Member's family if the person is—\n\t•\tthe Member's spouse or domestic partner; or\n\t•\ta child of the Member who is under 18 and normally resides with the Member.\nA person is, on a certain date, the domestic partner of another person if they are, on that date, living with that person in a close personal relationship and—\n\t(a)\tthey—\n\t(i)\thave so lived with that other person continuously for the period of 3 years immediately preceding that date; or\n\t(ii)\thave during the period of 4 years immediately preceding that date so lived with that other person for periods aggregating not less than 3 years; or\n\t(b)\ta child, of whom they and the other person are the parents, has been born (whether or not the child is still living at that date).\nA close personal relationship means the relationship between 2 adult persons (whether or not related by family and irrespective of their gender) who live together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis, but does not include—\n\t(a)\tthe relationship between a legally married couple; or\n\t(b)\ta relationship where 1 of the persons provides the other with domestic support or personal care (or both) for fee or reward, or on behalf of some other person or an organisation of whatever kind.\nA family company of the Member is a proprietary company—\n\t•\tin which the Member or a member of their family is a shareholder; and\n\t•\tin respect of which the Member or a member of their family, or any such persons together, are in a position to cast, or control the casting of, more than one‑half of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of that company.\nA family trust of the Member is a non‑testamentary trust—\n\t•\tof which the Member or a member of their family is a beneficiary; and\n\t•\twhich is established or administered wholly or substantially in the interests of the Member or a member of their family, or any such persons together.\nA person who is an object of a discretionary trust is to be taken to be a beneficiary of that trust.\n1—Income sources (existing and expected in the next 12 months) (section 4(1)(a) of Act)\nInclude a statement of each income source that the Member or a person related to the Member has or expects to have in the period of 12 months after the date of this return.\nIncome source, in relation to a person, means—\n\t(a)\tany person or body of persons with whom the person entered into a contract of service or held any paid office; and\n\t(b)\tany trade, vocation, business or profession engaged in by the person.\n2—Directorships etc (section 4(1)(b) of Act)\nInclude the name of each company or other body, corporate or unincorporate, in which the Member or a member of their family holds any office whether as director or otherwise.\n3—Investments (section 4(3)(a) of Act)\nInclude the name or description of each company, partnership, association or other body in which the Member or a person related to the Member is an investor.\nA person is an investor in a body if—\n\t(a)\tthe person has deposited money with, or lent money to, the body that has not been repaid and the amount not repaid equals or exceeds $10 000; or\n\t(b)\tthe person holds, or has a beneficial interest in, shares in, or debentures of, the body or a policy of life insurance issued by the body.\n4—Political, trade and professional bodies (section 4(3)(b) of Act)\nInclude the name of each political party, each body or association formed for political purposes, and each trade or professional organisation, of which the Member is a member.\nA trade or professional organisation means a body, corporate or unincorporate, of—\n\t(a)\temployers or employees; or\n\t(b)\tpersons engaged in a profession, trade or other occupation,\nbeing a body of which the object, or 1 of the objects, is the furtherance of its own professional, industrial or economic interests or those of any of its members.\n5—Trusts (section 4(3)(c) of Act)\nInclude a concise description of each non‑testamentary trust (including the name and address of each trustee) of which the Member or a person related to the Member is a beneficiary or trustee.\nA person who is an object of a discretionary trust is to be taken to be a beneficiary of that trust.\n6—Beneficial interests in land (section 4(3)(d) of Act)\nInclude the address or description of all land in which the Member or a person related to the Member has a beneficial interest other than by way of security for a debt.\nBeneficial interest in property includes a right to reacquire the property.\nInterests in land by way of security for a debt must be disclosed at clause 9.\n7—Contributions made to funds for Member's benefit (section 4(3)(e) of Act)\nInclude details of each fund in which the Member or a person related to the Member has an actual or prospective interest to which contributions are made by someone other than the Member or a person related to the Member.\n8—Creditors (section 4(3)(f) of Act)\nInclude the name and address of each person or body to whom the Member or a person related to the Member owes an amount of $7 500 or more.\nIt is not necessary to disclose creditors who are related by blood or marriage to the Member or a member of their family.\n9—Debtors (section 4(3)(fa) of Act)\nInclude the name and address of each natural person who owes an amount of $10 000 or more to the Member or a person related to the Member.\nIt is not necessary to disclose debtors who are related by blood or marriage to the Member or a member of their family.\n10—Other substantial interests (section 4(3)(g) of Act)\nInclude details of all other substantial interests (whether of a pecuniary nature or not) of the Member or a person related to the Member of which the Member is aware and which the Member considers might appear to raise a material conflict between the Member's private interest and the public duty that the Member has or may subsequently have as a Member.\nSignature of Member:\nSignature of witness:\nDate:\nSchedule 2—Form of ordinary return\nOrdinary return under the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983 for [insert full name of Member] for [insert beginning and end dates of return period]\nInstructions—\nIf the Member's previous return was a primary return, the return period runs from the date of the primary return until the following 30 June. Otherwise, the return period is a financial year.\nThis return must be submitted to the Registrar within 60 days after 30 June.\nA Member must supply all information for the return period, even if the information was previously disclosed in an earlier return.\nA Member must disclose all information known to the Member or ascertainable by the Member by the exercise of reasonable diligence.\nA Member may disclose the information in a way that no distinction is made between information relating to the Member personally and information relating to a person related to the Member.\nA Member is not required to disclose information relating to a person as trustee of a trust unless the information relates to the person in the person's capacity as trustee of a trust by reason of which the person is related to the Member.\nA Member is not required to disclose the actual amount or extent of any financial benefit, gift, contribution or interest.\nA Member may include in a return such additional information as the Member thinks fit.\nA Member may at any time notify the Registrar of any change or variation in the information appearing on the Register in respect of the Member or a member of their family.\nDefined terms—\nA person is related to a Member if the person is—\n\t•\ta member of the Member's family; or\n\t•\ta family company of the Member; or\n\t•\ta trustee of a family trust of the Member.\nA person is a member of the Member's family if the person is—\n\t•\tthe Member's spouse or domestic partner; or\n\t•\ta child of the Member who is under 18 and normally resides with the Member.\nA person is, on a certain date, the domestic partner of another person if they are, on that date, living with that person in a close personal relationship and—\n\t(a)\tthey—\n\t(i)\thave so lived with that other person continuously for the period of 3 years immediately preceding that date; or\n\t(ii)\thave during the period of 4 years immediately preceding that date so lived with that other person for periods aggregating not less than 3 years; or\n\t(b)\ta child, of whom they and the other person are the parents, has been born (whether or not the child is still living at that date).\nA close personal relationship means the relationship between 2 adult persons (whether or not related by family and irrespective of their gender) who live together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis, but does not include—\n\t(a)\tthe relationship between a legally married couple; or\n\t(b)\ta relationship where 1 of the persons provides the other with domestic support or personal care (or both) for fee or reward, or on behalf of some other person or an organisation of whatever kind.\nA family company of the Member is a proprietary company—\n\t•\tin which the Member or a member of their family is a shareholder; and\n\t•\tin respect of which the Member or a member of their family, or any such persons together, are in a position to cast, or control the casting of, more than one‑half of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of that company.\nA family trust of the Member is a non‑testamentary trust—\n\t•\tof which the Member or a member of their family is a beneficiary; and\n\t•\twhich is established or administered wholly or substantially in the interests of the Member or a member of their family, or any such persons together.\nA person who is an object of a discretionary trust is to be taken to be a beneficiary of that trust.\n1—Income sources of certain financial benefits (section 4(2)(a) of Act)\nInclude the income source of each financial benefit that the Member, or a person related to the Member received, or was entitled to receive, during any part of the return period.\nA financial benefit, in relation to a person, means—\n\t(a)\tany remuneration, fee or other pecuniary sum exceeding $1 000 received by the person in respect of a contract of service entered into, or paid office held by, the person; and\n\t(b)\tthe total of all remuneration, fees or other pecuniary sums received by the person in respect of a trade, profession, business or vocation engaged in by the person where that total exceeds $1 000,\nbut does not include any such financial benefit received by the person as a Member or officer of Parliament or a Minister of the Crown, or in respect of membership of a committee to which the person was appointed by Parliament or either House of Parliament.\nIncome source, in relation to a person, means—\n\t(a)\tany person or body of persons with whom the person entered into a contract of service or held any paid office; and\n\t(b)\tany trade, vocation, business or profession engaged in by the person.\n2—Directorships etc (section 4(2)(b) of Act)\nInclude the name of each company or other body, corporate or unincorporate, in which the Member or a member of their family held an office (whether as director or otherwise) during the return period.\n3—Travel contributions (section 4(2)(c) of Act)\nInclude the source of each contribution in cash or in kind of an amount or value of $750 or more for or towards the costs of any travel undertaken by the Member or a member of their family outside South Australia during the return period (but not including a contribution by the State, a State public statutory corporation, an employer or a person related by blood or marriage).\nThe costs of travel include accommodation costs and other costs and expenses associated with the travel.\n2 or more separate contributions made by the same person for or towards the costs of travel undertaken by the Member or a member of their family during the return period are to be treated as 1 contribution for or towards the cost of travel undertaken by the Member.\n4—Gifts (section 4(2)(d) of Act)\nInclude particulars (including the name of the donor) of each gift of an amount or value of $750 or more received by the Member or a person related to the Member during the return period from a person other than a person who is related by blood or marriage to the Member or a member of their family.\nA gift means a transaction in which a benefit of pecuniary value is conferred without consideration or for less than adequate consideration, but does not include an ordinary commercial transaction or a transaction in the ordinary course of business.\n2 or more separate gifts received by the Member or a person related to the Member from the same person during the return period are to be treated as 1 gift received by the Member.\n5—Use of property (section 4(2)(e) of Act)\nIf the Member or a person related to the Member has been a party to a transaction under which the Member or person related to the Member has had the use of property of the other person during the return period and—\n\t•\tthe use of the property was not acquired for adequate consideration or through an ordinary commercial transaction or in the ordinary course of business; and\n\t•\tthe market price for acquiring a right to such use of the property would be $750 or more; and\n\t•\tthe person granting the use of the property was not related by blood or marriage to the Member or a member of their family,\ninclude the name and address of that person.\n2 or more separate transactions to which the Member or a person related to the Member is a party with the same person during the return period under which the Member or a person related to the Member has had the use of property of the other person (whether or not being the same property) during the return period are to be treated as 1 transaction under which the Member has had the use of property of the other person during the return period.\n6—Contracts with Crown (section 4(2)(ea) of Act)\nInclude particulars of each contract made during the return period with the Crown in right of the State by the Member or a person related to the Member where any monetary consideration payable by a party to the contract equals or exceeds $7 500.\nIf each contract of a class of contracts with the Crown is an ordinary commercial or arm's length contract, it is necessary to disclose only particulars of the class of contracts (rather than particulars of the individual contracts).\n7—Investments (section 4(3)(a) of Act)\nInclude the name or description of each company, partnership, association or other body in which the Member or a person related to the Member is an investor.\nA person is an investor in a body if—\n\t(a)\tthe person has deposited money with, or lent money to, the body that has not been repaid and the amount not repaid equals or exceeds $10 000; or\n\t(b)\tthe person holds, or has a beneficial interest in, shares in, or debentures of, the body or a policy of life insurance issued by the body.\n8—Political, trade and professional bodies (section 4(3)(b) of Act)\nInclude the name of each political party, each body or association formed for political purposes, and each trade or professional organisation, of which the Member is a member.\nA trade or professional organisation means a body, corporate or unincorporate, of—\n\t(a)\temployers or employees; or\n\t(b)\tpersons engaged in a profession, trade or other occupation,\nbeing a body of which the object, or 1 of the objects, is the furtherance of its own professional, industrial or economic interests or those of any of its members.\n9—Trusts (section 4(3)(c) of Act)\nInclude a concise description of each non‑testamentary trust (including the name and address of each trustee) of which the Member or a person related to the Member is a beneficiary or trustee.\nA person who is an object of a discretionary trust is to be taken to be a beneficiary of that trust.\n10—Beneficial interests in land (section 4(3)(d) of Act)\nInclude the address or description of all land in which the Member or a person related to the Member has a beneficial interest other than by way of security for a debt.\nBeneficial interest in property includes a right to re‑acquire the property.\nInterests in land by way of security for a debt must be disclosed at clause 13.\n11—Contributions made to funds for Member's benefit (section 4(3)(e) of Act)\nInclude details of each fund in which the Member or a person related to the Member has an actual or prospective interest to which contributions are made by someone other than the Member or a person related to the Member.\n12—Creditors (section 4(3)(f) of Act)\nInclude the name and address of each person or body to whom the Member or a person related to the Member owes an amount of $7 500 or more.\nIt is not necessary to disclose creditors who are related by blood or marriage to the Member or a member of their family.\n13—Debtors (section 4(3)(fa) of Act)\nInclude the name and address of each natural person who owes an amount of $10 000 or more to the Member or a person related to the Member.\nIt is not necessary to disclose debtors who are related by blood or marriage to the Member or a member of their family.\n14—Other substantial interests (section 4(3)(g) of Act)\nInclude details of all other substantial interests (whether of a pecuniary nature or not) of the Member or a person related to the Member of which the Member is aware and which the Member considers might appear to raise a material conflict between the Member's private interest and the public duty that the Member has or may subsequently have as a Member.\nSignature of Member:\nSignature of witness:\nDate:\nSchedule 3—Repeal of Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2008\nThe Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2008 are repealed.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nPrincipal regulations\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2023\n75\nGazette 3.8.2023 p2485 \n3.8.2023: r 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations replace the 2008 subordinate instrument and prescribe the forms, defined terms and monetary thresholds for returns under the existing Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983. They are procedural and definitional: they do not extend the Act's core substantive reach but set how disclosures are recorded and which items (by type and monetary threshold) must be reported. Any substantive enlargement of scope would depend on differences in threshold amounts or drafting compared with the 2008 regulations; the instrument itself does not purport to change the Act's statutory purposes."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: 4 regulations and 3 schedules (primary/ordinary forms and repeal).","Repeated defined-term blocks in both primary and ordinary return schedules (~12–15 key defined/technical terms and concepts across schedules).","Several monetary thresholds that trigger disclosure: $750, $1,000, $7,500, $10,000 (multiple clauses reference these).","Multiple cross-references to section 4 of the principal Act (Regulation 4(1)–(2)).","Some nested conditional definitions (domestic partner criteria with multiple subclauses; close personal relationship exclusions).","A small number of judgment calls left to Members (e.g. 'other substantial interests' the Member 'considers might appear to raise a material conflict').","Procedural requirements (timing: 30 days for primary; 60 days after 30 June for ordinary) and witness signature requirement (Regulation 4(3))."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this regulation does (mechanics)\n\n- Prescribes the exact forms and timing Members of the South Australian Parliament must use to declare their interests under the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983 (the Act). (Regulation 4; Schedules 1 and 2)\n- Requires a primary return within 30 days of taking the oath or affirmation, and ordinary returns covering either a financial year or the remainder of the year after a primary return. (Schedule 1 instructions; Schedule 2 instructions)\n- Requires the Member and a witness to sign the return and each annexure. (Regulation 4(3))\n- Lists the subject‑matter that must be disclosed on the returns: income sources, directorships and offices, investments, memberships of political/trade/professional bodies, trusts, beneficial interests in land, funds contributed to by others for the Member's benefit, creditors and debtors above stated monetary thresholds, gifts and travel contributions above stated monetary thresholds, contracts with the Crown above a monetary threshold, and any other substantial interests that might reasonably appear to create a material conflict of interest. (Schedules 1 and 2, clauses 1–14)\n- Sets monetary thresholds that trigger disclosure in ordinary returns: financial benefits or income exceeding $1,000; travel contributions, gifts and use of property valued at $750 or more; contracts with the Crown or creditors of $7,500 or more; debts owed to the Member of $10,000 or more; investments or loans of $10,000 or more. (Schedule 2 clauses 1, 3–4, 5, 6, 7, 12–13)\n- Defines key relationship and entity concepts used in the forms: who is “related to” a Member (family member, family company, trustee of a family trust), who counts as a family member (spouse/domestic partner, dependent child under 18), what a domestic partner and a close personal relationship mean, what is a family company and a family trust, and when a person is a beneficiary of a discretionary trust. (Schedules 1 and 2 — Defined terms sections)\n- Allows Members to combine multiple small gifts/contributions from the same donor into a single disclosure where applicable (two or more separate contributions/gifts from the same person in the return period are treated as one). (Schedule 2 clauses 3 and 4)\n- Repeals the previous Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2008. (Schedule 3)\n\n\nWho this affects\n\n- All Members of the South Australian Parliament who are required to submit returns under the Act (primary and ordinary returns). (Regulation 4; Schedules 1 and 2)\n- People or entities closely associated with Members whose financial relationships are captured by the definitions (spouses, domestic partners, dependent children, family companies, family trusts). (Defined terms in Schedules 1 and 2)\n- Donors, travellers, creditors, debtors and contractors whose transactions with Members meet the disclosure thresholds. (Schedules 1 and 2 — relevant clauses)\n- The Registrar who receives, records and administers the returns. (Implied by the Act and the return submission requirements)\n\n\nWhy it matters (practical effects, costs and incentives)\n\n- Transparency mechanism: the regulations operationalise the Act by specifying what information must be disclosed, when and in what format. This makes the law enforceable and administrable (Regulation 4; Schedules 1 and 2).\n- Compliance burden on Members: Members must identify and disclose all relevant items known or ascertainable by reasonable diligence, obtain a witness signature for each return and maintain records to meet monetary thresholds and timing requirements. (Schedules 1 and 2 — instructions; Regulation 4(3))\n- Concentrated vs diffuse impacts: the requirements impose a concentrated administrative cost on Members and their advisers (time and record-keeping) while the benefits (public visibility of interests) are dispersed to citizens and stakeholders.\n- Threshold design reduces low‑value reporting: the rules use dollar thresholds for many categories (e.g. $750, $1,000, $7,500, $10,000) which limits disclosure to transactions above those amounts and thereby reduces reporting of trivial items (Schedule 2 clauses 1, 3–6, 7, 12–13). The regulations therefore trade off comprehensiveness for lower administrative burden.\n- Limits on disclosure of exact sums: Members are not required to disclose exact amounts for some items (primary return: not required to disclose actual amount or extent of any contribution or interest; ordinary return: not required to disclose actual amounts of benefits, gifts, contributions or interests). That reduces detail available to third parties while still requiring identification of sources and types of interests. (Schedules 1 and 2 instructions)\n- Privacy and commercial sensitivity: definitions extend disclosure to family companies and family trusts; some information (names and addresses of trustees, creditors, debtors, sources of gifts/travel) becomes public record, creating potential reputational or commercial impacts for affected third parties. (Defined terms and relevant clauses)\n- Administrative clarity and legal certainty: the forms and defined terms standardise reporting across Members, reducing discretionary interpretation by Members and the Registrar, but leave some judgment to Members (e.g. the catch‑all “other substantial interests” that the Member “considers might appear to raise a material conflict”). (Schedule 1 and 2 clause 14)\n- Implementation risk and enforcement: the regulations focus on form and content; enforcement and verification of accuracy are matters for the administering body under the Act. The regulations require only that the information be known or ascertainable by reasonable diligence, which sets a subjective standard for compliance (Schedules 1 and 2 — instructions).\n\n\nKey cross-references to the Act\n\n- The regulations operate under and give effect to section 4 of the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983 by prescribing the primary and ordinary return forms and their content. (Regulation 4 referencing section 4 of the Act)\n\n\nPractical note for readers\n\n- These regulations do not change who must file returns under the Act; they replace the previous 2008 subordinate instrument and set the current templates, definitions and monetary thresholds that determine what must be disclosed and when.\n"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope change cannot be assessed as the legislative text was inaccessible. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404 Page Not Found error","Analysis is based solely on the title of the instrument, not its actual content","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the operative provisions","Score of 1 reflects absence of content to analyse, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations establish a public register requiring South Australian MPs to disclose financial and personal interests (e.g., investments, gifts, property, business ties). They apply to members of both houses and are intended to increase transparency, reduce conflicts of interest and corruption risk, and strengthen public accountability—details of scope and procedures depend on the full text."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: prescribing the forms and procedural details for the parliamentary register of interests. The 2023 version appears to be a straightforward remake of the 2008 regulations (which are repealed by Schedule 3), updating the legislative instrument without expanding into new substantive areas. The scope—transparency around MP financial interests—remains unchanged from the parent Act's original intent in 1983."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive defined terms section with nested definitions (e.g., 'related to a Member' → 'member of the Member's family' → 'domestic partner' → 'close personal relationship' with exclusions)","Multiple monetary thresholds requiring tracking ($1,000 for financial benefits, $7,500 for creditors/contracts, $10,000 for investments/debtors, $750 for travel/gifts/property use)","Cross-references to parent Act (Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1983) for substantive obligations, with regulations only prescribing forms","Conditional disclosure requirements with exceptions (e.g., disclosure of trustees only when trust creates related-person status, exclusion of commercial transactions for gifts, aggregation rules for multiple gifts/travel contributions from same source)","Duplicated defined terms across both schedules (Schedules 1 and 2 contain identical definitions)","Distinction between primary return (snapshot on entry) and ordinary return (annual updates) with different timing rules and slightly different disclosure categories"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation sets out the paperwork that South Australian Members of Parliament (MPs) must fill out to declare their financial interests and potential conflicts of interest. It replaces older 2008 regulations.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe regulations prescribe two types of disclosure forms:\n- **Primary return**: A one-off form new MPs must submit within 30 days of being sworn in, covering their current financial situation and expected income for the next 12 months.\n- **Ordinary return**: An annual form due within 60 days after 30 June, covering financial changes during the financial year.\n\n**What must be disclosed:**\nBoth forms require MPs to report:\n- Income sources and paid positions\n- Company directorships held by the MP or their family\n- Investments over $10,000 (shares, loans, insurance policies)\n- Membership of political parties, trade unions, and professional associations\n- Trusts where the MP or family are beneficiaries or trustees\n- Property ownership (except mortgages securing debts)\n- Debts owed to or by the MP over set thresholds ($7,500 for creditors, $10,000 for debtors)\n- Funds receiving contributions for the MP's benefit\n- Any other interests that could conflict with public duties\n\nThe ordinary return additionally requires disclosure of:\n- Travel contributions over $750 from outside sources\n- Gifts over $750\n- Use of property worth over $750 where no proper commercial rent was paid\n- Government contracts over $7,500 involving the MP or family\n\n**Who counts as 'family':**\nThe rules capture not just spouses but also **domestic partners** (de facto partners living together for 3+ years or who have a child together), children under 18 living at home, family companies controlled by the MP, and family trusts benefiting them.\n\n**Key protections:**\n- MPs don't need to disclose exact dollar amounts—just the existence of interests\n- Family members connected by blood or marriage are excluded from creditor/debtor and gift disclosures\n- Forms must be signed before a witness\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules ensure voters can see what financial interests might influence an MP's decisions. Transparency about who pays MPs, what property they own, and what gifts they receive helps maintain public trust and prevents hidden corruption."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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