Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 83/2013 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Commencement 1 4 Revocation 1 5 Definitions 2 6 Notification of home base and second residence 5 7 Second residence allowance 6 8 Melbourne allowance 8 9 General travel allowance 8 10 Overnight electorate allowance 9 11 Electorate allowance 9 12 Commercial transport allowance 10 13 Allowance in lieu of the provision of a motor vehicle 12 __________________ SCHEDULES 13 SCHEDULE 1—Electorates of Less than 500 Square Kilometres 13 SCHEDULE 2—Electorates of 500 Square Kilometres or More but Less than 5000 Square Kilometres 15 SCHEDULE 3—Electorates of 5000 Square Kilometres or More but Less than 10 000 Square Kilometres 16 SCHEDULE 4—Electorates of 10 000 Square Kilometres or More but Less than 20 000 Square Kilometres 17 SCHEDULE 5—Electorates of 20 000 Square Kilometres or More 18 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 19 -- 1 of 20 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2013 S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 25 June 2013 Responsible Minister: DENIS NAPTHINE Premier MATTHEW McBEATH Acting Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to provide for the allowances payable to members under section 6(1)(e) of the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 8 of the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2013. 4 Revocation The Parliamentary Allowances Regulations 20031 are revoked. -- 2 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 5 Definitions In these Regulations— accommodation expenses means the rate paid for an overnight stay (irrespective of the inclusions in that rate) in commercial accommodation; commercial accommodation means accommodation in a commercial establishment, such as a hotel, motel, club or serviced apartment; committee means— (a) a joint house committee established under the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003; (b) a sub-committee of a joint house committee established under the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003; (c) a joint select committee, if the resolution of the Council and the Assembly establishing the committee expressly provides that an allowance is payable under these regulations; committee attendances means— (a) attendance at a meeting of a committee of which the person is a member; (b) attendance at other functions or activities (including to take evidence) which arise as a consequence of the person carrying out responsibilities and duties of a committee of which the person is a member; r. 5 -- 3 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel electorate business means functions or activities, other than Parliamentary business, which arise as a consequence of the member carrying out the member's parliamentary responsibilities and duties to his or her electorate; home base means a member's principal place of residence; Melbourne centre means the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Bourke Street in Melbourne; Melbourne allowance rate means the amount determined to be payable to a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth for an overnight stay in Canberra as determined from time to time by the Remuneration Tribunal; metropolitan area means the area lying within a radius of 28 kilometres from the Melbourne centre; non-commercial accommodation means accommodation that is not commercial accommodation; non-commercial travelling allowance rate means an amount (calculated to the nearest dollar) equal to one third of the travelling allowance rate in respect of that member; office-holder means the— (a) President; (b) Speaker; (c) Deputy President; (d) Deputy Speaker; (e) Cabinet Secretary; r. 5 -- 4 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (f) Leader of the Opposition; (g) Deputy Leader of the Opposition; (h) Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council; (i) Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council; (j) Leader of the Third Party; (k) Deputy Leader of the Third Party; (l) Leader of the Third Party in the Legislative Council; official government function means a State Reception for which a formal invitation is issued by the branch of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet responsible for managing official functions; Parliamentary business means— (a) attendances that are occasioned by sittings of the member's House of Parliament (including regional sittings), committee attendances, official government functions, Parliamentary functions or vice-regal functions; (b) if the member is the Premier, Deputy Premier, other Minister of the Crown or an office-holder, attendances that are occasioned by official business resulting from the office held; Parliamentary function means a function for which a formal invitation is issued by a Presiding Officer, or jointly by the Presiding Officers; r. 5 -- 5 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Remuneration Tribunal means the tribunal established under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 of the Commonwealth; second residence means a dwelling in the metropolitan area wholly maintained by a member for a period not less than the aggregate number of sitting days of his or her House of Parliament in a calendar year; travelling allowance rate means the amount determined to be payable— (a) if the member is the Premier, Deputy Premier, other Minister of the Crown. Presiding Officer or the Leader of the Opposition, to an office holder of the Commonwealth; (b) for all other members, to a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth— for an overnight stay in commercial accommodation in the relevant location as determined from time to time by the Remuneration Tribunal; vice-regal function means a function for which a formal invitation is issued by or on behalf of the Governor of Victoria. 6 Notification of home base and second residence (1) A member must notify the relevant Presiding Officer of the location of his or her home base within 30 days of— (a) becoming a member; (b) changing his or her home base. r. 6 -- 6 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 6 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (2) A member must notify the relevant Presiding Officer— (a) of the location of his or her second residence (if any) within 30 days of— (i) establishing a second residence; (ii) changing his or her second residence; (b) within 30 days of ceasing to maintain a second residence (if any). (3) A member must notify the relevant Presiding Officer of the location of his or her home base and second residence (if any) within 2 months of the commencement of these Regulations. 7 Second residence allowance (1) A member is entitled to an allowance if— (a) a second residence is maintained by the member; and (b) the member has notified the location of that second residence to the relevant Presiding Officer under regulation 6; and (c) the member's home base is— (i) outside a radius of 80 kilometres from the Melbourne centre; or (ii) outside the metropolitan area and the member satisfies the relevant Presiding Officer that the shortest route by road between the member's home base and the Melbourne centre exceeds 80 kilometres. r. 7 -- 7 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 7 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is— (a) for the financial year beginning 1 July 2013 the amount of— (i) $47 318 per annum for the Premier; (ii) $41 402 per annum for the Deputy Premier; (iii) $35 486 per annum for any other Minister of the Crown or an office- holder; (iv) $23 659 per annum for any other member; (b) for each subsequent financial year, an amount calculated (to the nearest dollar) in accordance with the following formula— C B A × where— A is the relevant amount set out in subregulation (2)(a) or, if that amount has been varied in accordance with this paragraph, the amount as last so varied; B is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Melbourne for the December quarter in the preceding financial year as last published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for that quarter; C is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Melbourne for the December quarter in the financial year preceding the financial year referred to in B as last published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for that quarter. r. 7 -- 8 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 8 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 8 Melbourne allowance (1) Subject to subregulation (3), a member whose home base is outside the metropolitan area is entitled to an allowance for each overnight stay for Parliamentary business in the metropolitan area. (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is equal to the lesser of— (a) the accommodation expenses actually incurred by the member for that overnight stay; and (b) the Melbourne allowance rate. (3) An allowance is not payable under subregulation (1) to any member who receives the allowance under regulation 7. 9 General travel allowance (1) A member is entitled to an allowance for each overnight stay for Parliamentary business within Australia in a location which is not— (a) within the metropolitan area; or (b) within a radius of 28 kilometres from the member's home base. (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is— (a) if the member stays in commercial accommodation, the travelling allowance rate; or (b) if the member stays in non-commercial accommodation, the non-commercial travelling allowance rate. r. 8 -- 9 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 9 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 10 Overnight electorate allowance (1) Subject to subregulation (3), a member is entitled to an allowance for electorate business if— (a) the member is required to stay overnight within the member's electorate; and (b) the location of the stay is 80 kilometres or more from the member's home base; and (c) an allowance is not otherwise payable under regulations 8 or 9 in respect of that stay. (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is equal to the lesser of— (a) the accommodation expenses actually incurred by the member for that overnight stay; and (b) the travelling allowance rate. (3) A member is not entitled to an allowance under this regulation— (a) for any stay within the metropolitan area, if the member receives the allowance under regulation 7; or (b) for more than 20 overnight stays within each financial year. 11 Electorate allowance (1) Each member is entitled to an allowance under this regulation. (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is— (a) for the financial year beginning 1 July 2013— (i) $35 930 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 1; or r. 10 -- 10 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 10 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (ii) $39 010 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 2; or (iii) $43 040 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 3, 4 or 5; or (b) for each subsequent financial year, an amount calculated (to the nearest dollar) in accordance with the following formula— C B A × where— A is the relevant amount set out in subregulation (2)(a) or, if that amount has been varied in accordance with this paragraph, that amount as last so varied; B is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Melbourne for the December quarter in the preceding financial year as last published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for that quarter; C is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Melbourne for the December quarter in the financial year preceding the financial year referred to in B as last published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for that quarter. 12 Commercial transport allowance (1) A member for an electorate listed in Schedule 4 or 5 is, subject to subregulation (4), entitled to an allowance for any mode of commercially provided transport for electorate business. r. 12 -- 11 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is, subject to subregulation (3), equal to the expenses actually incurred by the member. (3) The total of the allowances payable under this regulation to a member during a financial year must not exceed— (a) for the financial year beginning 1 July 2013— (i) $5315 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 4; or (ii) $10 882 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 5; or (b) for each subsequent financial year, an amount calculated (to the nearest dollar) in accordance with the following formula— C B A × where— A is the relevant amount set out in subregulation (3)(a) or, if that amount has been varied in accordance with this paragraph, that amount as last so varied; B is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Melbourne for the December quarter in the preceding financial year as last published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for that quarter; r. 12 -- 12 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel C is the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Melbourne for the December quarter in the financial year preceding the financial year referred to in B as last published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for that quarter. (4) A member is not entitled to an allowance under this regulation in respect of any mode of transport which is provided by family members, public sector employees, electorate officers, ministerial officers or parliamentary advisers. 13 Allowance in lieu of the provision of a motor vehicle (1) A member who has not elected (or who is not deemed to have elected) to be provided with a motor vehicle under the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Provision of Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2013 is entitled to an allowance. (2) The amount of the allowance payable under subregulation (1) is equal to— (a) $16 500 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 1 or 2; or (b) $25 000 per annum if the member's electorate is listed in Schedule 3, 4 or 5. __________________ r. 13 -- 13 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 13 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 ELECTORATES OF LESS THAN 500 SQUARE KILOMETRES (a) The following Electoral Districts as notified in the Special Government Gazette of 4 October 2001 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Albert Park Altona Ballarat West Bayswater Bellarine Bentleigh Box Hill Brighton Broadmeadows Brunswick Bulleen Bundoora Burwood Carrum Caulfield Clayton Cranbourne Dandenong Derrimut Doncaster Eltham Essendon Evelyn Ferntree Gully Footscray Forest Hill Geelong Frankston Hawthorn Ivanhoe Keilor Kew Kilsyth Kororoit Lyndhurst Malvern Melbourne Mill Park Mitcham Monbulk Mordialloc Mornington Mount Waverley Mulgrave Narre Warren North Narre Warren South Nepean Niddrie Northcote Oakleigh Pascoe Vale Prahran Preston Richmond Sandringham Scoresby Tarneit Thomastown Warrandyte Williamstown Yuroke Sch. 1 -- 14 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 14 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (b) The following electoral regions as notified in the Special Government Gazette (No. 185) of 7 October 2005 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Eastern Metropolitan Southern Metropolitan __________________ Sch. 1 -- 15 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 15 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 2 ELECTORATES OF 500 SQUARE KILOMETRES OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 5000 SQUARE KILOMETRES (a) The following Electoral Districts as notified in the Special Government Gazette of 4 October 2001 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Ballarat East Macedon Bass Melton Bendigo East Morwell Bendigo West Narracan Gembrook Shepparton Hastings South Barwon Lara Yan Yean (b) The following electoral regions as notified in the Special Government Gazette (No. 185) of 7 October 2005 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Northern Metropolitan South Eastern Metropolitan Western Metropolitan __________________ Sch. 2 -- 16 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 16 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 3 ELECTORATES OF 5000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 10 000 SQUARE KILOMETRES The following Electoral Districts as notified in the Special Government Gazette of 4 October 2001 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Benambra Rodney Gippsland South Seymour Murray Valley South-West Coast __________________ Sch. 3 -- 17 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 17 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 4 ELECTORATES OF 10 000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 20 000 SQUARE KILOMETRES The following Electoral Districts as notified in the Special Government Gazette of 4 October 2001 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Benalla Polwarth Ripon __________________ Sch. 4 -- 18 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 18 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 5 ELECTORATES OF 20 000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OR MORE (a) The following Electoral Districts as notified in the Special Government Gazette of 4 October 2001 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Gippsland East Lowan Mildura Swan Hill (b) The following electoral regions as notified in the Special Government Gazette (No. 185) of 7 October 2005 as required under the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982— Eastern Victoria Northern Victoria Western Victoria ═══════════════ Sch. 5 -- 19 of 20 -- S.R. No. 83/2013 Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation (Allowances) Regulations 2013 19 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 12/2003 as amended by S.R. Nos 24/2005, 155/2006 and 36/2008 and extended in operation by S.R. No. 164/2012. Endnotes -- 20 of 20 --