Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003

i Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003 S.R. No. 13/2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 1 4. Revocation 1 5. Definitions 2 6. Expense allowance 2 7. Travelling allowance 2 8. If member receives a residential allowance under Parliamentary Allowances Regulations 2003 3 9. Expense allowance not payable to member who has received travelling allowance 3 10. Entitlement to allowances when Parliament is sitting 4 11. Allowance not payable if member receives other allowance 4 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5 -- 1 of 6 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2003 S.R. No. 13/2003 Parliamentary Committees Act 1968 Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 29 January 2003 Responsible Minister: STEVE BRACKS Premier HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to specify the travelling allowance and the expense allowance payable to members of parliamentary committees. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 54 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1968. 3. Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 1 February 2003. 4. Revocation The Parliamentary Committees Regulations 1992 1 are revoked. -- 2 of 6 -- S.R. No. 13/2003 Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003 2 5. Definitions In these Regulations— "capital city" means Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart; "home base" means the principal place of residence of a member; "Melbourne" means the area lying within a radius of 28 kilometres from the post office at, or near to, the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne; "Rate A" means the daily rate of $168.60; "Rate B" means the daily rate of $107.25; "Rate C" means the daily rate of $107.90. 6. Expense allowance The expense allowance payable to a member of a committee (including the chairman) in attendance at a meeting of a committee outside the member's electorate or away from the member's home base is one-third of Rate A. 7. Travelling allowance (1) The travelling allowance payable to a member of a committee (including the chairman) for direct travel to or from a meeting of a committee is— (a) at Rate A for an overnight stay in a capital city; (b) at Rate B for an overnight stay anywhere else in Australia other than— (i) in the member's electorate; or (ii) in Melbourne; r. 5 -- 3 of 6 -- S.R. No. 13/2003 Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003 3 (c) at Rate C in Melbourne if the member's home base is outside of Melbourne; (d) at one-third of the appropriate rate to which the member is entitled under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) if— (i) absent from the member's home base for 6 hours or more but not occasioning an overnight stay; or (ii) the absence from the member's home base does not involve a second or subsequent overnight stay, but the absence exceeds by 6 hours a period of 24 hours. (2) The payment of a travelling allowance under sub- regulation (1)(d) is in addition to any allowance payable under sub-regulation (1)(a), (b) or (c). 8. If member receives a residential allowance under Parliamentary Allowances Regulations 2003 A member of a committee (including the chairman) when attending a meeting of a committee in Melbourne is not entitled to receive an expense allowance or a travelling allowance if the member receives a residential allowance under regulation 6 of the Parliamentary Allowances Regulations 2003. 9. Expense allowance not payable to member who has received travelling allowance A member of a committee (including the chairman) who has been paid a travelling allowance is not entitled to receive an expense allowance in addition to the travelling allowance. r. 8 -- 4 of 6 -- S.R. No. 13/2003 Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003 4 10. Entitlement to allowances when Parliament is sitting A member of a committee is not entitled to receive any allowance under these Regulations in relation to any day for which the member is entitled to receive any allowance under the Parliamentary Allowances Regulations 2003 for attendance at a sitting of the member's House of Parliament unless the duties as a committee member are performed outside of Melbourne. 11. Allowance not payable if member receives other allowance A member is not entitled to receive any sum under these Regulations if the member receives any other sum by way of travelling or expense allowance out of the Consolidated Fund. ═══════════════ r. 10 -- 5 of 6 -- S.R. No. 13/2003 Parliamentary Committees Regulations 2003 5 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 181/1992. Endnotes -- 6 of 6 --