Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Machinery of Government Change) Bill 2025

Source: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7322

APH summary

Summary

Amends the Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2024 to delay the transfer of the administration of certain parliamentary resources from the Department of Finance to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority by 12 months, from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2026.

Parliamentary progress

Progress

House of Representatives

Introduced and read a first time

25 Mar 2025

Second reading moved

25 Mar 2025

Second reading agreed to

25 Mar 2025

Third reading agreed to

25 Mar 2025

Senate

Introduced and read a first time

26 Mar 2025

Second reading moved

26 Mar 2025

Second reading agreed to

26 Mar 2025

Third reading agreed to

26 Mar 2025

Finally passed both Houses

26 Mar 2025

Assent

Act no: 24

Year: 2025

27 Mar 2025

Notes

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

All second reading speeches

Minister's second reading speech

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present Notes

An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Official APH document links

• First reading: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr7322_first-reps%2F0000%22;rec=0
• As passed by both Houses: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22legislation/bills/r7322_aspassed/0000%22
• Explanatory memorandum: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr7322_ems_5c654912-9446-4f58-a80d-de24d3580aff%22
• All second reading speeches: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result/Second_Reading_Speeches?BillId=r7322
• Minister's second reading speech: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F28772%2F0045%22
• www.legislation.gov.au: https://www.legislation.gov.au

Enacted Act text

Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2025A00024/latest/text

Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Machinery of Government Change) Act 2025

No. 24, 2025

An Act to amend the commencement of certain amendments of the law relating to the provision of resources to or in relation to persons who are, were or will be members of the Parliament, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 2

2 Commencement 2

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1,Amendments 3

Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2024 3

Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Machinery of Government Change) Act 2025

No. 24, 2025

An Act to amend the commencement of certain amendments of the law relating to the provision of resources to or in relation to persons who are, were or will be members of the Parliament, and for related purposes

[Assented to 27 March 2025]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act is the Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Machinery of Government Change) Act 2025.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1. The whole of the Act

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

28 March 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1,Amendments

Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2024

1 Subsection 2(1) (table item 2, column 2)

Omit “2025”, substitute “2026”.

2 Schedule 1 (heading)

Omit “2025”, substitute “2026”.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in,

House of Representatives on 25 March 2025

Senate on 26 March 2025]

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