sec.31EGeneral principles for making additional staff member determinations

### sec.31E General principles for making additional staff member determinations In making an additional staff member determination, the tribunal may have regard to the following— parliamentary resources provided to cross bench members and other members of the Assembly; the composition of the Assembly and how the composition of the Assembly affects cross bench members; the workload and duties of the cross bench members for whom the tribunal is considering to make the determination; whether the cross bench members for whom the tribunal is considering to make the determination are members of political parties; relevant laws applying to members of the Assembly; other matters the tribunal considers appropriate. In this section— composition of the Assembly means the extent to which the Assembly is made up of the following members of the Assembly— members of a political party recognised in the Assembly as being in government; members of a political party recognised in the Assembly as being in opposition; cross bench members. parliamentary resources , for a member of the Assembly, means services and support, including, for example, general staff members, provided to the member, in the parliamentary precinct or elsewhere, to help the member to carry out the member’s duties. s 31E ins 2020 No. 25 s 23 (sec.31E-ssec.1) In making an additional staff member determination, the tribunal may have regard to the following— parliamentary resources provided to cross bench members and other members of the Assembly; the composition of the Assembly and how the composition of the Assembly affects cross bench members; the workload and duties of the cross bench members for whom the tribunal is considering to make the determination; whether the cross bench members for whom the tribunal is considering to make the determination are members of political parties; relevant laws applying to members of the Assembly; other matters the tribunal considers appropriate. (sec.31E-ssec.2) In this section— composition of the Assembly means the extent to which the Assembly is made up of the following members of the Assembly— members of a political party recognised in the Assembly as being in government; members of a political party recognised in the Assembly as being in opposition; cross bench members. parliamentary resources , for a member of the Assembly, means services and support, including, for example, general staff members, provided to the member, in the parliamentary precinct or elsewhere, to help the member to carry out the member’s duties. - (a) parliamentary resources provided to cross bench members and other members of the Assembly; - (b) the composition of the Assembly and how the composition of the Assembly affects cross bench members; - (c) the workload and duties of the cross bench members for whom the tribunal is considering to make the determination; - (d) whether the cross bench members for whom the tribunal is considering to make the determination are members of political parties; - (e) relevant laws applying to members of the Assembly; - (f) other matters the tribunal considers appropriate. - (a) members of a political party recognised in the Assembly as being in government; - (b) members of a political party recognised in the Assembly as being in opposition; - (c) cross bench members.