{"id":"sr:parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-motor","name":"Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019","slug":"parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":185750,"registerId":"vic-sr:parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-motor-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019","content":"Version No. 001\n\n**Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019**\n\n**S.R. No. 74/2019**\n\nVersion as at  \n16 September 2019\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\n1 Objective 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Commencement 1\n\n4 Revocation 1\n\n5 Definition 1\n\n6 Election in relation to a motor vehicle 2\n\n7 Provision of a motor vehicle 3\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 5\n\n1 General information 5\n\n2 Table of Amendments 7\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation 8\n\n4 Explanatory details 9\n\n**Version No.** **001**\n\n**Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019**\n\n**S.R. No. 74/2019**\n\nVersion as at  \n16 September 2019\n\n\t1 Objective\n\nThe objective of these Regulations is to—\n\n(a) allow for the provision of motor vehicles to Members; and\n\n(b) revoke and substitute the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2013.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 9K of the **Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 16 September 2019.\n\n\t4 Revocation\n\nThe Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2013[[1]](#endnote-2) are **revoked**.\n\n\t5 Definition\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***term of Parliament*** means the period commencing on the day of a general election and ending on the day before the next general election, irrespective of the number of sessions of Parliament held between those general elections.\n\n\t6 Election in relation to a motor vehicle\n\n(1) Within one month of—\n\n(a) becoming a Member; or\n\n(b) the commencement of each subsequent term of Parliament—\n\na Member may elect in writing to the relevant Clerk to be provided with a motor vehicle under these Regulations.\n\n(2) If a Member has not made an election under subregulation (1), the Member may elect in writing to the relevant Clerk during the current term of Parliament (other than the period of 12 months immediately before the end of that term of Parliament) to be provided with a motor vehicle.\n\n(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a Member who has made an election under regulation 6(1) or (2) of the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2013 which has not been revoked by the Member before 16 September 2019 is to be taken to have made an election under subregulation (1) or (2), and to have been provided with a motor vehicle under these Regulations.\n\n(4) A Member may revoke in writing to the relevant Clerk an election made (or taken to be made) under subregulation (1) or (2) if the motor vehicle provided to the Member is due to be replaced in accordance with the guidelines made under section 9L of the **Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968**.\n\n(5) A Member who was provided (or is taken to have been provided) with a motor vehicle under these Regulations for the immediately preceding term of Parliament will be deemed to have made an election under subregulation (1) or (2) unless, within one month of being declared elected for a term of Parliament, the Member notifies the relevant Clerk that the Member will not elect to be provided with a motor vehicle under these Regulations for that term of Parliament.\n\n\t7 Provision of a motor vehicle\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (2), if a Member elects, or is taken to have elected, to be provided with a motor vehicle under these Regulations, the Member will be provided with the use of a fully funded motor vehicle in accordance with the guidelines made under section 9L of the **Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968**.\n\n(2) A person will be provided with a motor vehicle under these Regulations until the earlier of that person—\n\n(a) ceasing to be a Member; or\n\n(b) revoking under regulation 6(4) an election made (or taken to be made) under regulation 6(1) or (2); or\n\n(c) notifying the relevant Clerk under regulation 6(5) that the Member will not elect to be provided with a motor vehicle under these Regulations.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe Minister may make guidelines under section 9L of the **Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968** which provide for, among other things, policies and procedures in relation to—\n\n• the type of motor vehicles provided; and\n\n• the permitted uses of the motor vehicle; and\n\n• the authorised drivers of the motor vehicle; and\n\n• the responsibilities of the Member in relation to the motor vehicle.\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019, S.R. No. 74/2019 were made on 3 September 2019 by the Administrator of the State of Victoria as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, under section 9K of the **Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968**, No. 7723/1968 and came into operation on 16 September 2019: regulation 3.\n\nThe Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 3 September 2029 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThere are no amendments made to the Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2019 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation\n\nThere are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.\n\n4 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 4: S.R. No. 84/2013. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations revoke and substitute the 2013 Regulations but preserve the core mechanism: Members may elect to receive fully funded motor vehicles. They set election, revocation and transition rules and delegate operational detail to Ministerial guidelines; the instrument does not expand eligibility beyond Members nor add new categories within the text."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument with limited provisions (regs 1–7) reduces complexity","Multiple timing rules and exceptions for elections and revocations (reg 6(1)–(5)) increase procedural complexity","Deeming and transition rules carry interpretive edge (reg 6(3)–(5))","Key operational details (vehicle type, permitted use, authorised drivers, responsibilities) are delegated to Ministerial guidelines under s 9L, creating reliance on an external instrument and administrative discretion","Administrative actors and steps are specified (Member elects or revokes in writing to the relevant Clerk; Minister issues guidelines), so implementation complexity is operational rather than legal","Sunset provision noted in endnotes (10 years after making) imposes a temporal limit requiring future review"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations let Members elect to be provided with a fully funded motor vehicle and replace the 2013 rules. Members must make a written election—usually within one month of becoming a Member or the start of each parliamentary term—with limited later windows and options to revoke; provision continues until the Member ceases office or revokes. Practical details (vehicle type, authorised drivers, permitted uses, responsibilities) are set by Ministerial guidelines. Mechanically this creates a public cost for vehicles, requires administrative action by Clerks and the Minister, and imposes written-election and timing compliance on Members."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, there is no evidence that the scope of this regulation changed from its original intent. It appears to remain focused on its stated purpose of governing the provision of motor vehicles to parliamentary members, consistent with a standard subordinate instrument made under the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["The regulation sits within a multi-layered legislative framework (it is subordinate to the Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act), requiring familiarity with the parent Act to fully understand its scope.","Parliamentary entitlement regulations can involve nuanced eligibility conditions based on ministerial rank, electorate location, or other criteria not visible in the provided text.","Version history structure suggests the regulation has been amended or consolidated, meaning the current operative rules may differ from the original 'as made' version.","Limited substantive content was provided — the full complexity of the operative provisions cannot be assessed from metadata alone, which artificially limits the score."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the rules for when and how Victorian Members of Parliament may be provided a government motor vehicle as part of their parliamentary entitlements. It defines eligibility and administrative conditions that govern a taxpayer-funded benefit for MPs.\n\nIt matters because it formalises vehicle entitlements, supporting transparency and accountability over how public money is spent on politicians."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: establishing the administrative framework for MPs to elect to receive motor vehicles. The 2019 version is a direct replacement of the 2013 regulations with no expansion of scope — it maintains the same narrow focus on election timing, rollover provisions, and revocation mechanics."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 regulations total, with minimal cross-referencing","Single defined term ('term of Parliament')","Straightforward conditional logic (timing windows for elections, automatic rollovers)","No nested exceptions or complex formulae","Heavy reliance on external guidelines (section 9L of the parent Act) for substantive details like vehicle types and permitted uses"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set out the rules for how Victorian Members of Parliament (MPs) can get a government-funded car. They replace an older set of rules from 2013.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Victorian MPs** — they can choose to receive a fully funded motor vehicle for their use\n- **Parliamentary staff** (the \"relevant Clerks\") — they administer the election process\n\n**Key rules:**\n\n- **Timing:** MPs must elect to get a car within one month of becoming an MP or at the start of each new parliamentary term. There's also a mid-term window, but not in the final 12 months before an election.\n- **Automatic rollover:** If an MP had a car in the previous term, they automatically get one in the new term unless they actively opt out within one month of being elected.\n- **Opting out:** MPs can revoke their election, but only when their car is due for replacement under the guidelines.\n- **How long it lasts:** The car provision continues until the MP leaves Parliament, revokes their election, or opts out at the start of a term.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis is essentially the \"company car\" policy for Victorian politicians. It ensures transparency about who gets a vehicle and when, while giving MPs flexibility to choose whether they want this benefit. The regulations don't specify what type of car or detailed usage rules — those are set out in separate guidelines made by the Minister."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019","history":"/api/acts/parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parliamentary-salaries-allowances-and-superannuation-provision-of-motor-vehicles-regulations-2019/documents"}}