6Meaning of parliamentary business

6 Meaning of parliamentary business

Meaning of parliamentary business (1) The parliamentary business of a member means any of the following: (a) the parliamentary duties of the member, being activities of the member that: (i) relate directly to the member’s role as a member; and (ii) are determined for the purposes of paragraph (4)(a); (b) the electorate duties of the member, being activities of the member that: (i) support or serve the member’s constituents; and (ii) are determined for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b); (c) the party political duties of the member, being activities determined for the purposes of paragraph (4)(c); (d) for a member who is an office holder or a Minister of State—the official duties of the member, being activities that: (i) relate to the member’s role as an office holder or Minister of State; and (ii) are determined for the purposes of paragraph (4)(d). (2) However, an activity is not the parliamentary business of a member if: (a) the member carries it out for the dominant purpose of either or both of the following: (i) providing a personal benefit to the member or another person; (ii) pursuing commercial purposes of the member or another person; or (b) the activity is determined under subsection (3) for the purposes of this paragraph. (3) The Minister may make a determination for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b). Determining parliamentary duties, electorate duties, party political duties and official duties (4) The Minister must determine activities of a member that are: (a) parliamentary duties of the member; or (b) electorate duties of the member; or (c) party political duties of the member; or (d) official duties of the member. (5) Without limiting this section or subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, a determination under subsection (3) or (4) may determine a matter for: (a) particular members, office holders or Ministers of State; or (b) classes of members, office holders or Ministers of State; or (c) members, office holders or Ministers of State generally. (6) A determination under subsection (3) or (4) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the determination.