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Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of Capped Entitlements) Determination 2017 (No.1)

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This Determination (commencing 1 July 2015) replaces the 2012 instrument and says which capped parliamentary entitlements a member may supplement and what supplements may be used for: printing and communications, office stationery, flags for constituents, charter transport, and specified overnight‑stay allowances tied to named Remuneration Tribunal travelling‑allowance determinations.

Members claim and the Commonwealth funds these supplements; the Determination ties eligibility to specific clauses and dates, creating date‑bound compliance obligations, administrative discretion for officials applying the rules, and incentives for members to reallocate capped spending within the listed purposes.

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Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of

Capped Entitlements) Determination 2017 (No. 1)1

View image in the official sourceParliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997

I, SCOTT RYAN, Special Minister of State, make this Determination under regulation 3EA of the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997.

Dated 28 April 2017

Scott Ryan

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1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of

Capped Entitlements) Determination 2017 (No.1).

2 Commencement and Revocation of Previous Determination

(a) This Determination commences on 1 July 2015.
(b) This Determination supersedes and revokes in full Parliamentary Entitlements (Supplement of Capped Entitlements) Determination 2012 (No. 1), made by the Special Minister of State on 30 October 2012.

3 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.

Regulations means the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997.

4 Supplement purposes

For subregulation 3EA(6) of the Regulations, a supplement to which a member is entitled under subregulation 3EA(2) of the Regulations may only be used by the member for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) printing and communications in accordance with regulation 3AA of the

Regulations;

(b) office requisites and stationery in accordance with subitem 7(1) of Part 1, Schedule 1 to the Act;

(c) Australian flags and printed material related to national symbols, for presentation to constituents, in accordance with item 2 of Part 1, Schedule 1 to the Act;

(d) charter transport in accordance with Remuneration Tribunal

Determination 2012/04: Members of Parliament – Entitlements;

(e) from 1 July 2015 to 29 August 2015 – overnight stays in the member’s electorate, State or Territory, in accordance with Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2014/16: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance, as in force on 1 July 2015;

(f) from 30 August 2015 to 27 August 2016 – overnight stays in the member’s electorate, State or Territory, in accordance with Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2015/12: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance; and

(g) from 28 August 2016 – overnight stays in the member’s electorate, State or Territory, in accordance with Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2016/08: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance

5 Capped entitlement

For subregulation 3EA(8) of the Regulations, a capped entitlement means an entitlement under any of the following:

(a) regulation 3AA of the Regulations;

(b) subitem 7(1) of Part 1, Schedule 1 to the Act;

(d) clause 7.2 of Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2012/04: Members of Parliament – Entitlements;

(e) from 1 July 2015 to 29 August 2015 – clauses 3.15 and 3.15.1 to 3.15.3 of Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2014/16: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance, as in force on 1 July 2015;

(f) from 30 August 2015 to 27 August 2016 – clauses 3.15 and 3.15.1 to 3.15.3 of Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2015/12: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance;

(g) from 28 August 2016 – clauses 3.14 and 3.14.1 to 3.14.3 of Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2016/08: Members of Parliament – Travelling Allowance.

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