{"id":"C2004L05721","name":"Parliamentary Secretaries Regulations","slug":"parliamentary-secretaries-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"370 of 1980","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27936,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05721-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parliamentary Secretaries Regulations","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1980 No. 3701\n\nParliamentary Secretaries 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 Secretaries Act 1980.\n\n> Dated 11 December 1980.\n\nZELMAN COWEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\n> By His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. D. ANTHONY\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Resources\n\nfor and on behalf of the Prime Minister\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Secretaries Regulations.\n\nAmount of allowance\n\n2. (1) For the purposes of sub-section 4 (3) of the Parliamentary Secretaries Act 1980, the allowance in respect of expenses incurred by a person is —\n\n(a) in respect of a day on which expenses are incurred in respect of an overnight stay otherwise than in Canberra or the home base of the person — $61; and\n\n(b) in respect of any other day — $56.\n\n(2) In sub-regulation (1), “home base” has the same meaning as in determination number 7 of 1980 of the Remuneration Tribunal.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 December 1980.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1501},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly scoped to their original purpose under the enabling Act: prescribing the specific dollar amounts for daily expense allowances. They do not expand beyond the technical function of setting the allowance rates referenced in section 4(3) of the Parliamentary Secretaries Act 1980."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operational regulations with no subsections beyond basic definitions","Single external cross-reference (to Remuneration Tribunal determination)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or discretionary powers","Purely prescriptive: sets fixed dollar amounts without formulas"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\nThese regulations set the daily expense allowances for Parliamentary Secretaries — MPs who assist government ministers with their duties.\n\n**The payments**\n* **$61 per day**: For days involving an overnight stay somewhere other than Canberra or the Secretary's home base (e.g., travelling to regional areas)\n* **$56 per day**: For all other working days\n\n**Who it affects**\nParliamentary Secretaries claiming reimbursements for work-related expenses under the Parliamentary Secretaries Act 1980.\n\n**Key detail**\nThe term \"home base\" is defined by reference to another document — Determination 7 of 1980 by the Remuneration Tribunal (the body that sets pay and conditions for public officials). This ensures the definition stays consistent with other parliamentary entitlements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parliamentary-secretaries-regulations","history":"/api/acts/parliamentary-secretaries-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parliamentary-secretaries-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parliamentary-secretaries-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parliamentary-secretaries-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parliamentary-secretaries-regulations/documents"}}