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These regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Regulations 2017 .
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Tasmania regulation
These regulations set the administrative rules for parliamentary disclosure registers: their format (alphabetical returns for the past eight years, split into primary and annual), inspection at the Parliamentary Library, and online publication rules (timing, non-editable files, watermarking, and removal of redacted material) and require clerks to update amended returns and may seek third‑party advice or member reasons. They affect Members (who lodge returns) and parliamentary staff (Clerks) who decide publication and bear most practical compliance costs (see regs 4–8).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Regulations 2017.
These regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Regulations 2017 .
These regulations take effect on 1 December 2017.
In these regulations –
Act means the Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Act 1996 .
(1) For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, a register is to –
(a) comprise, in alphabetical order, the returns lodged by Members within the previous 8 years; and
(b) be divided into 2 parts, one for primary returns and one for annual returns.
(2) A register may comprise multiple electronic files on a website.
For the purposes of section 18(1) of the Act, the relevant Clerk is to make a hard copy of the register available for inspection by any person at the Parliamentary Library during its normal business hours.
(1) For the purposes of section 20 of the Act, the relevant Clerk is to cause to be published online any part of a register that is tabled before the relevant House after the commencement of these regulations.
(2) A part of a register required to be published online under subregulation (1) is to be published within 7 days after it is tabled.
(3) Any part of a register published online is to –
(a) be uploaded in a file format that cannot be edited and has sufficient security features so as to restrict the copying of information contained in it; and
(b) have a watermark applied across each page; and
(c) have removed any other information deleted in accordance with section 21 of the Act.
In forming an opinion under section 21(ca) of the Act, the Clerk may –
(a) seek confidential advice from a third party; and
(b) ask a Member to provide reasons as to why the publication of information would unreasonably compromise the privacy or safety of a person.
If a return is amended in accordance with section 22 of the Act, the Clerk is to amend the register accordingly as soon as possible.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 November 2017
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Regulations 2017 .
These regulations take effect on 1 December 2017.
In these regulations –
Act means the Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Act 1996 .
(1) For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, a register is to –
(a) comprise, in alphabetical order, the returns lodged by Members within the previous 8 years; and
(b) be divided into 2 parts, one for primary returns and one for annual returns.
(2) A register may comprise multiple electronic files on a website.
For the purposes of section 18(1) of the Act, the relevant Clerk is to make a hard copy of the register available for inspection by any person at the Parliamentary Library during its normal business hours.
(1) For the purposes of section 20 of the Act, the relevant Clerk is to cause to be published online any part of a register that is tabled before the relevant House after the commencement of these regulations.
(2) A part of a register required to be published online under subregulation (1) is to be published within 7 days after it is tabled.
(3) Any part of a register published online is to –
(a) be uploaded in a file format that cannot be edited and has sufficient security features so as to restrict the copying of information contained in it; and
(b) have a watermark applied across each page; and
(c) have removed any other information deleted in accordance with section 21 of the Act.
In forming an opinion under section 21(ca) of the Act, the Clerk may –
(a) seek confidential advice from a third party; and
(b) ask a Member to provide reasons as to why the publication of information would unreasonably compromise the privacy or safety of a person.
If a return is amended in accordance with section 22 of the Act, the Clerk is to amend the register accordingly as soon as possible.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 November 2017