Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 197

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.

Dated 18 August 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

ERIC ABETZ

Special Minister of State

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997

  Schedule 1 amends the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 3G

substitute

3G Additional benefits for certain party leaders

  For subsection 5 (1) of the Act, the cost of mobile telephone services for use of personal staff, as approved by the Minister, is prescribed as an additional benefit for:

 (a) the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives; and

 (b) the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate; and

 (c) the leader of a minority party.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.