{"id":"C2004L05116","name":"Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations","slug":"members-of-parliament-staff-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"221 of 1984","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27783,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05116-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1984 No. 2211\n\n–––––––\n\nMembers of Parliament (Staff) Regulations\n\nI, THE DEPUTY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.\n\nDated 30 August 1984.\n\nJ. A. ROWLAND\n\nDeputy of the\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. S. DAWKINS\n\nMinister of State for Finance for and on behalf of the Prime Minister\n\n–––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 1984.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.\n\nAppropriate organizations for the purposes of paragraph 27 (1) (c) of the Act\n\n4. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 27 (1) (c) of the Act, the appropriate organization to nominate a person is an organization—\n\n(a) registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904; and\n\n(b) subject to sub-regulation (2), for which the person to be nominated is eligible for membership.\n\n  \n\n(2) Where a person referred to in sub-regulation (1) is eligible for membership of more than one organization referred to in that sub-regulation, the appropriate organization is the organization having among its members the larger or largest number of officers having the same or equivalent classification as that of that person.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 August 1984.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1353},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain narrowly focused on the specific technical matter of determining which unions have nomination rights for parliamentary staff appointments under section 27(1)(c) of the parent Act, exactly as originally intended."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short regulatory provisions","Single defined term ('the Act')","Simple two-part test in regulation 4(1) requiring union registration and membership eligibility","Single conditional hierarchy in regulation 4(2) for resolving competing union claims based on member numbers","Minimal cross-referencing (only to parent Act and one other Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the rules for which **unions** (registered organizations) can nominate people to work as staff for Australian Members of Parliament.\n\n**What it covers:**\n- **Who can nominate:** Only unions registered under the *Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904* (the old industrial relations law) are allowed to nominate staff.\n- **Membership requirement:** The person being nominated must be eligible to actually join that union.\n- **Tie-breaker rule:** If a person could legally join multiple unions, the \"appropriate\" one is whichever union already has the most members doing the same type of work (\"the larger or largest number of officers having the same or equivalent classification\").\n\n**Why this matters:**\nThese rules ensure there's a clear, fair process for union involvement in hiring staff for politicians' offices. It prevents disputes between unions over who gets to nominate candidates for parliamentary positions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/members-of-parliament-staff-regulations","history":"/api/acts/members-of-parliament-staff-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/members-of-parliament-staff-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/members-of-parliament-staff-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/members-of-parliament-staff-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/members-of-parliament-staff-regulations/documents"}}