Parliament Act 2025

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

86: Speaker may determine matters relating to information requests and reporting

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

The Speaker can decide things about asking for information and reporting. You need to know the Speaker can decide what expenses or services the Parliamentary Service must tell the public about, as decided in section 85(1). The Speaker can also decide how the Parliamentary Service must report on these things and handle requests for information. The Speaker's decisions can include what information to report and how to report it. You can find more information about reporting on expenses in clause 18 of Schedule 3. The Speaker's decisions are a type of law, and you can find out more about how they are published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The Speaker can decide how to handle requests for information that is not already available. This can include information about expenses or services that are decided in section 85(1). You can find more information about this in clause 18 of Schedule 3.

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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

86Speaker may determine matters relating to information requests and reporting

The Speaker may determine the following matters:
a category of expenses or a category of services determined under section 85(1) that the Parliamentary Service must report on publicly:
what information the Parliamentary Service must report in respect of that category:
how the Parliamentary Service must report on that category:
how the Parliamentary Service must handle a request for information about expenses or services that are determined in a determination made under section 85(1) if that information is not already available under a report published in accordance with—
1. a determination made under this section; or
2. clause 18 of Schedule 3.

See clause 18 of Schedule 3 (which relates to reporting on specified categories of expenses).
A determination under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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