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Parliamentary Service Act 1999
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#### 3 Objects of this Act
The main objects of this Act are:
(a) to establish a non‑partisan Parliamentary Service that is efficient and effective in serving the Parliament; and
(b) to provide a legal framework for the effective and fair employment, management and leadership of Parliamentary Service employees; and
(c) to define the powers and responsibilities of Secretaries, the Parliamentary Librarian, the Parliamentary Service Commissioner and the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner; and
(d) to establish rights and obligations of Parliamentary Service employees.