{"id":"F1997B01824","name":"Parliamentary Counsel (Allowances) Regulations","slug":"parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"320 of 1982","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29414,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1997B01824-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parliamentary Counsel (Allowances) Regulations","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1982 No. 3201\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nParliamentary Counsel (Allowances) Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970.\n\nDated 23 November 1982.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nN. A. BROWN\n\nMinister of State for Communications  \nfor and on behalf of the Attorney-General\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Counsel (Allowances) Regulations.\n\nRepeal of Parliamentary Counsel Regulations\n\n2. Statutory Rules 1970 No. 82, Statutory Rules 1972 No. 142, and Statutory Rules 1973 No. 225 are repealed.\n\nAllowances\n\n3. For the purposes of sub-section 6 (2) of the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970, the following allowances are prescribed, namely, the allowances payable to an officer of the Australian Public Service.\n\n> Note: NOTE\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1982.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1424},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation maintains the original scope intended by the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970. It prescribes allowances for the Parliamentary Counsel without expanding beyond the original legislative purpose, merely updating the mechanism by linking entitlements to the APS framework."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single operative provision (regulation 3)","Simple incorporation by reference to existing APS allowances","No conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This short regulation determines how much the Parliamentary Counsel (the office that drafts Commonwealth laws) receives in work-related allowances.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Cleans up old rules**: Repeals three earlier regulation sets from 1970, 1972, and 1973.\n- **Links to public service pay**: States that the Parliamentary Counsel will receive the same allowances as Australian Public Service (APS) officers. Instead of listing specific dollar amounts, it simply applies the standard public service allowance structure to these statutory office holders.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis ensures the Parliamentary Counsel's extra-duty allowances (such as travel or other work-related entitlements) remain consistent with the broader public sector, without needing separate regulations every time APS allowances change."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations","history":"/api/acts/parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parliamentary-counsel-allowances-regulations/documents"}}