Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Amendment (Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission) Act 2024 (86 of 2024)
Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 2 Amendments commencing on Proclamation
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
9 Subsection 7(4) (note)
Repeal the note, substitute:
Note: The Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023 establishes the PWSS and the IPSC, which also have functions in relation to employment under this Act.
The PWSS:
(a) provides human resources support to parliamentarians, office-holders and their employees and has functions in the areas of policy development, training, advice, and education; and
(b) can exercise the powers of an employer in relation to persons employed under this Act in certain circumstances; and
(c) has some powers to suspend employees.
A Commissioner of the IPSC can, in certain circumstances, recommend that a parliamentarian or office-holder:
(a) terminate or suspend employees; and
(b) take other employment actions in relation to employees.