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Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others - Expenses and services determined by Speaker - Speaker to determine certain expenses and services authorised funding and services

84: Speaker to determine authorised funding and services

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"The Speaker decides how public money is spent on things like travel and services for Parliament members."

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The Speaker will decide what funding and services are allowed to be paid for with public money. You will want to know that this includes travel and accommodation expenses for members of Parliament and eligible candidates. The Speaker's decision will also cover administrative and support services for members, eligible candidates, and parties. The Speaker must decide how the funding is allocated and what it can be used for. You need to understand that the Speaker will also decide how the funding is administered and what requirements must be met before payments can be made. The Speaker's decision will cover communications services for members and eligible candidates. When making decisions, the Speaker must consider the efficient and effective use of public resources. The Speaker's decisions are a type of secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. These decisions will help determine how public money is used to support Parliament.

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Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Expenses and services determined by Speaker: Speaker to determine certain expenses and services authorised funding and services

84Speaker to determine authorised funding and services

  1. The Speaker must determine the following authorised funding and services to be paid out of public money:

    Travel and accommodation expenses

  2. travel expenses and accommodation expenses within New Zealand for the following persons:
    1. members:
      1. eligible candidates:
      2. travel expenses and accommodation expenses outside New Zealand for members:
        1. travel expenses and accommodation expenses outside New Zealand for an accompanying spouse or partner of a member who is a party leader:

            1. Administrative and support services

          1. the administrative and support services that must be provided to members, eligible candidates, and parties to support their parliamentary operations:

              1. Allocation and administration of authorised funding and services

            1. in respect of authorised funding and services,—
              1. how the funding is allocated; and
                1. what the funding may be used for; and
                  1. how the funding must be administered; and
                    1. what requirements must be met before payments from the funding may be made:

                      2. Communications services

                    2. the communications services that must be provided to the following persons:
                      1. members:
                        1. eligible candidates.

                        2. A determination made for the purpose specified in subsection (1)(a)(i) or (f)(i) must determine the extent (if at all) to which those expenses may continue to be provided to enable a vacating member or any other member who has vacated their seat to attend to matters associated with leaving Parliament.

                        3. The Speaker must take into account the efficient and effective use of public resources when making a determination in accordance with subsection (2).

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

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