{"id":"C1902A00020","name":"Parliamentary Allowances Act 1902","slug":"parliamentary-allowances-act-1902","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1902","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":12121,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1902A00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parliamentary Allowances Act 1902","content":"PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES.\n\nNo. 20 of 1902.\n\nAn Act relating to the Allowance to Members of each House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.\n\n\\[Assented to 10th October, 1902.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1902.\n\nAllowance to Members.\n\n2.—(1.) The allowance to each Senator under section forty-eight of the Constitution shall be reckoned—\n\n(a) in the case of a Senator chosen at the first election after a dissolution of the Senate, from the day of his election;\n\n(b) in the case of a Senator chosen to fill a place which is to become vacant in rotation, from the first day of January following the day of his election;\n\n(c) in the case of a Senator chosen or appointed to fill a casual vacancy, from the day on which his name is certified by the Governor of a State to the Governor-General.\n\n(2.) The allowance under section forty-eight of the Constitution to each Member of the House of Representatives shall be reckoned in the case of a Member elected after the passing of this Act from the day of his election.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1900},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1902 text performing its sole intended function: establishing commencement dates for parliamentary allowances. The legislation has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose of determining when payment obligations begin for elected members."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative sections with fewer than 150 words total","Single cross-reference to external document (Constitution section 48)","Simple conditional logic limited to four distinct scenarios (three for Senators, one for Representatives)","No definitions, interpretive provisions, or regulatory powers","No amendments, schedules, or complex structural elements"],"plain_english_summary":"This law sets the exact dates when members of the Australian Parliament start receiving their parliamentary allowance (salary).\n\n**For Senators:**\n- **Elected after a full dissolution** of the Senate: allowance starts from election day\n- **Elected to fill a rotating seat** (half-Senate election): allowance starts from the following 1 January\n- **Appointed to fill a casual vacancy** (mid-term replacement): allowance starts when the Governor certifies their appointment to the Governor-General\n\n**For House of Representatives members:**\n- Allowance starts from the day they are elected (for elections held after this law passed)\n\nThe law references **section 48 of the Constitution**, which establishes that Members of Parliament must be paid for their services, and simply fills in the detail of *when* that payment begins."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parliamentary-allowances-act-1902","history":"/api/acts/parliamentary-allowances-act-1902/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parliamentary-allowances-act-1902/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parliamentary-allowances-act-1902/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parliamentary-allowances-act-1902/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parliamentary-allowances-act-1902/documents"}}