Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment Act 2023 (71 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Main amendments

Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

11   After section 3

Insert:

3AA Definition of employing individual

(1) The employing individual , for a person employed under this Act, is the parliamentarian or office-holder who, on behalf of the Commonwealth, employed the person under section 11.

(2) A parliamentarian ceases to be an employing individual if they cease to be a parliamentarian, unless they continue to be an office-holder.

(3) An office-holder ceases to be an employing individual if they cease to be an office-holder and are not also a parliamentarian.