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Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997
3AAPrinting and communications entitlement
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#### 3AA Printing and communications entitlement
(1) For paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act, the additional benefit of a printing and communications entitlement, as set out in this Division, is prescribed.
(2) The entitlement is for the cost of commercial services for any of the following:
(a) printing;
(b) the production of e‑material;
(c) matters for incorporation into commercially printed material and commercially produced e‑material, including the following:
(i) translation;
(ii) design;
(iii) artwork;
(iv) photography;
(d) the communication and distribution of printed material and e‑material;
(e) the establishment and maintenance of websites;
(f) the production and maintenance of a product commonly known as an audio poster;
Note: This is a poster to which an electronic device has been attached to broadcast sound.
(g) matters for incorporation into an audio poster, including the following:
(i) translation;
(ii) design;
(iii) artwork;
(iv) photography;
(v) audio recordings;
(h) the distribution of audio posters.
(2A) The entitlement must not be used for the cost of commercial services for:
(a) the production of television or radio content; or
(b) the placement of television or radio content.
(3) The entitlement must only be used for parliamentary or electorate purposes, and must not be used for:
(a) party business; or
(b) commercial purposes.
(5) For paragraph (2)(a), the entitlement is limited to printing on:
(a) paper or card weighing not more than 700 grams per square metre; or
(b) flat magnetised material.
(8) Subject to subregulation (9), printing on personalised letterhead stationery may include only the following:
(a) the member’s name and title;
(b) the address, postal address and contact details of the member’s electorate office, Parliament House office, and capital city office (if applicable);
(ba) a post office box;
(c) other contact details of the member, including his or her electronic contact addresses;
(d) for a member of the House of Representatives—his or her electoral division;
(e) for a Senator—his or her State or Territory;
(f) an electorate, State or Territory map;
(g) a description of the electorate, State or Territory, which may be in the form of, or include, a pictorial representation relating to the electorate, State or Territory;
(h) photographs of the member;
(i) the Commonwealth Coat of Arms;
(j) the Australian flag;
(k) a political party logo;
(l) 1 personal slogan or motto of the member;
(m) incidental material.
> Note: Example 1: A statement that the material is printed on 100% recycled paper.
> Note: Example 2: A symbol such as a tick to indicate that an organisation or body has approved an environmentally friendly method of production of the paper.
(9) If personalised letterhead stationery includes the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, the stationery must not include the Australian flag or a political party logo.
(10) A member may use the entitlement to print the following number of postal vote applications for a federal election:
(a) for a member of the House of Representatives—a number equal to the number of enrolled voters in the member’s electorate (within the electoral boundaries for the member’s electorate as in place at the last general election) on the last working day of March before the election; and
(b) for a Senator—a number equal to 50% of the number of enrolled voters in the Senator’s State or Territory on the last working day of March before the election.
(11) In this regulation:
> party business:
(a) means the production, communication or distribution of material that:
(i) is, or contains, how‑to‑vote material; or
(ii) solicits subscriptions or other financial support for a member, political party or candidate; and
(b) does not include the production, communication or distribution of a postal vote application mentioned in subregulation (10).
> personalised letterhead stationery means letterhead paper, envelopes, compliments slips and business cards for a member to which text or other material may then be added for the member’s purposes.