9GRelevant Officer must make determination

9G Relevant Officer must make determination

(1) The relevant Officer must determine whether—

complies with this Act and the regulations and any other prescribed document and the Tribunal Guidelines.

(2) If the relevant Officer determines that—

complies in whole or in part with this Act and the regulations and any other prescribed document and the Tribunal Guidelines, the relevant Officer must pay the Member the value of the claim for the work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget that complies in whole or in part.

(3) If the relevant Officer proposes to determine that they are not satisfied that—

(a) the claim for a work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget; or

(b) the conduct relating to the work-related parliamentary allowance or the Budget—

complies in whole or in part with this Act and the regulations and any other prescribed document and the Tribunal Guidelines, the relevant Officer must provide the Member who made the claim for the work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget—

(c) reasonable notice of the proposed determination; and

(d) a reasonable opportunity to make submissions in relation to the proposed determination.

(4) If the relevant Officer is satisfied after considering a submission under subsection (3) that—

complies in whole or in part with this Act and the regulations and any other prescribed document and the Tribunal Guidelines, the relevant Officer must pay the Member the value of the claim for the work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budgetthat complies in whole or in part.

(5) If the relevant Officer is not satisfied after considering all the submissions made under subsection (3) that—

complies in whole or in part with this Act and the regulations and any other prescribed document and the Tribunal Guidelines, the relevant Officer must—

(c) reject the claim for the work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget; and

(d) advise the Member that the claim for the work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget has been rejected.

(6) Subsection (7) applies if—

(a) the relevant Officer has determined that they are not satisfied that the claim or part of the claim for a work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget or the conduct in relation to the claim for the work‑related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget complies with this Act and the regulations and any other prescribed document and the Tribunal Guidelines; and

(b) the Member has already received a payment in respect of the claim or part of the claim for the work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget.