Parliamentary Service Act 1988
sec.41Suspension
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sec.41 Suspension
Where it appears on reasonable grounds to the Clerk that a parliamentary service officer or employee is liable to disciplinary action under section 40 or is suspected of involvement in circumstances such that the efficient and proper management of parliamentary service might be prejudiced if the officer’s or employee’s services are continued, the officer or employee may be suspended from duty by the Clerk. A suspension imposed on a person under subsection (1) may be lifted at any time by the Clerk. A person suspended from duty shall not be entitled to receive salary or wages for any period during which the person does not perform his or her duties, unless the Clerk otherwise determines. A person suspended from duty who is not entitled to salary or wages for the period of suspension, if the person resumes duty as an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service upon the lifting of the suspension, shall be entitled to receive a sum equivalent to the amount of salary or wages the person would have received had the person not been suspended diminished by the amount of salary, wages or fees (if any) to which he or she became entitled from any source during the period of suspension, unless the Clerk otherwise determines. s 41 amd 1995 No. 38 s 35 sch 1 ; 2011 No. 24 s 66 (sec.41-ssec.1) Where it appears on reasonable grounds to the Clerk that a parliamentary service officer or employee is liable to disciplinary action under section 40 or is suspected of involvement in circumstances such that the efficient and proper management of parliamentary service might be prejudiced if the officer’s or employee’s services are continued, the officer or employee may be suspended from duty by the Clerk. (sec.41-ssec.3) A suspension imposed on a person under subsection (1) may be lifted at any time by the Clerk. (sec.41-ssec.4) A person suspended from duty shall not be entitled to receive salary or wages for any period during which the person does not perform his or her duties, unless the Clerk otherwise determines. (sec.41-ssec.5) A person suspended from duty who is not entitled to salary or wages for the period of suspension, if the person resumes duty as an officer of or employee in the parliamentary service upon the lifting of the suspension, shall be entitled to receive a sum equivalent to the amount of salary or wages the person would have received had the person not been suspended diminished by the amount of salary, wages or fees (if any) to which he or she became entitled from any source during the period of suspension, unless the Clerk otherwise determines.