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

Schedule 1   Main amendments

Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

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4 Determination that parliamentarian may employ personal staff

(1) The Prime Minister may, in writing, determine that, having regard to the parliamentary duties of a parliamentarian, the parliamentarian may employ personal employees under subsection 11(3).

Note: The determination has the effect of making the parliamentarian an office-holder (see paragraph (c) of the definition of office-holder in section 3). Office-holders may employ personal employees (non-Ministerial) under subsection 11(3).

(2) A determination made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.