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Parliament Bill

Preliminary provisions

3: Purpose

You could also call this:

"This bill is about updating the laws that govern how Parliament works in New Zealand."

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This bill aims to update the laws about how Parliament works. You will see changes to how public money is used by members and candidates. The bill also looks at employment in the Office of the Clerk and the Parliamentary Service. The bill creates a new role for parliamentary security officers and gives them certain powers. It also deals with things like salaries and allowances for members. You can find more details about these purposes in sections like section 10 and section 59. The bill wants to make the laws about Parliament clearer and more modern. It covers several areas, including how members use public money and services. You can look at different parts of the bill, like Part 2, to see what it proposes.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

3Purpose

  1. The purpose of this Act is to consolidate and modernise the law about operating and administering Parliament.

  2. To that end, this Act—

  3. enacts principles for the use of public money and publicly funded services by members and eligible candidates:
    1. standardises provisions about employment in the Office of the Clerk and the Parliamentary Service:
      1. establishes the role of parliamentary security officer and confers powers and duties on those officers.

        1. Part 2 of this Act (which relates to parliamentary privilege) also has the purposes identified in section 10.

        2. Part 4 and Schedule 3 of this Act (which relate to salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others) also have the purposes identified in section 59.