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Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others - Expenses and services determined by Speaker - Speaker may determine matters relating to information requests and reporting

87A: Speaker may determine matters relating to information requests and reporting

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"The Speaker decides what information to share with the public."

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The Speaker gets to decide some things about information requests and reporting. You need to know the Speaker can decide what expenses or services the Parliamentary Service must report on publicly. The Speaker can also decide what information to report and how to report it. The Speaker decides how to handle requests for information that is not already available. This is for expenses or services determined under section 84(1) of the bill. You can find more information about reporting on expenses in clause 18 of Schedule 3. A decision made under this section is a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out more about publication requirements for secondary legislation in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Expenses and services determined by Speaker: Speaker may determine matters relating to information requests and reporting

87ASpeaker may determine matters relating to information requests and reporting

  1. The Speaker may determine the following matters:

  2. a category of expenses or a category of services determined under section 84(1) that the Parliamentary Service must report on publicly:
    1. what information the Parliamentary Service must report in respect of that category:
      1. how the Parliamentary Service must report on that category:
        1. how the Parliamentary Service must handle a request for information about expenses or services that are determined in a determination made under section 84(1) if that information is not already available under a report published in accordance with—
          1. a determination made under this section; or
            1. clause 18 of Schedule 3.

            2. See clause 18 of Schedule 3 (which relates to reporting on specified categories of expenses).

            3. A determination under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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