3EDOffice budget for a financial year for a member

#### 3ED Office budget for a financial year for a member For a Senator (1) The office budget for a financial year starting on or after 1 July 2015 for a Senator is the sum of: (a) $11 500; and (b) $92 110, indexed annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for each financial year starting on or after 1 July 2016. For a member of the House of Representatives (2) The office budget for a financial year starting on or after 1 July 2015 for a member of the House of Representatives is the sum of: (a) $86 500; and (b) the amount worked out under subregulation (3) or (4) for the member’s electorate; and (c) either: (i) if the Australian Electoral Commission has determined that the demographic rating of the member’s electorate is inner metropolitan or outer metropolitan—$44 416; or (ii) otherwise—$45 751; indexed annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for each financial year starting on or after 1 July 2016. House of Representatives voter‑related component of office budget (3) For paragraph (2)(b), the amount is the product of the following, worked out as at the last business day in March before the financial year: (a) the number of enrolled voters within the electoral boundaries for the member’s electorate as in place at the last general election; (b) the standard rate of postage. (4) However, if the first election for the electorate occurs between the last business day in March before the financial year and the end of the financial year, the amount for paragraph (2)(b) is the product of the following: (a) the number of enrolled voters within the electoral boundaries for the member’s electorate as at the close of the electoral roll for that election; (b) the standard rate of postage as at that last business day. Reduction of office budget for supplement in previous financial year (5) The office budget for a financial year worked out for a member under subregulation (1) or (2) is reduced by the amount of a supplement under regulation 3EA (for a disaster) in the previous financial year spent by the member for a purpose connected with an office budget benefit. (6) Subregulation (5) has effect despite subregulations (1) and (2), but does not apply to a member if, having regard to the member’s particular circumstances, the Minister decides it should not apply.