67Annual budget for office expenses

67 Annual budget for office expenses

Senators (1) For a senator, the maximum amount payable for office expenses is: (a) for the 2017‑2018 financial year—$107,331.24; or (b) for a later financial year—that amount indexed in accordance with section 102. Members of the House of Representatives (2) For a member of the House of Representatives, the maximum amount payable for office expenses is: (a) for the 2017‑2018 financial year—the amount worked out as the office budget for the member for the financial year under regulation 3ED of the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997 (as in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection); or (b) for a later financial year—the sum of the following amounts indexed in accordance with section 102 as if the amounts were first paid in the 2017‑2018 financial year: (i) $134,099.34; (ii) $1 for each enrolled voter in the member’s electorate. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the number of enrolled voters in the member’s electorate for the financial year is: (a) the number of the enrolled voters in the electorate at the end of 31 March in the previous financial year (using the boundaries of the electorate at the last general election); or (b) if the electorate did not exist at the end of 31 March in the previous financial year—the number of enrolled voters in the electorate as at the next close of the electoral roll for that electorate. Other members (4) For a member who is not a senator or a member of the House of Representatives, the amount payable for office expenses is zero. Calculations for the purposes of this section (5) For the purposes of this section, an indexed amount must be rounded up to the nearest cent.