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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies - Parliamentary Service - Functions, duties, and powers

123: Principal functions, duties, and powers of Parliamentary Service

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The Parliamentary Service helps the House of Representatives and its members. You can think of it like a support team that makes sure everything runs smoothly. They do things like pay salaries and allowances to members. The Parliamentary Service also looks after expenses and services, as outlined in Part 4, except for travel and accommodation expenses for official trips, which are covered in section 87. They keep the parliamentary precincts safe and secure. They provide library and information services to certain people, including members and officers of Parliament. The Parliamentary Service educates the public about Parliament and helps people engage with it. They provide services to members, the Clerk, and other officers and employees. In this context, an officer of Parliament refers to specific roles like the Ombudsman or the Controller and Auditor-General, as mentioned in section 124.

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Parliamentary Service: Functions, duties, and powers

123Principal functions, duties, and powers of Parliamentary Service

  1. The principal functions, duties, and powers of the Parliamentary Service are as follows:

  2. to provide administrative and support services to the House of Representatives and to members:
    1. to administer the payment of salaries and allowances to members:
      1. to administer the expenses and provide the services provided for in Part 4 (except those determined under section 87 (which relates to travel and accommodation expenses for official inter-parliamentary relations and political exchange programmes)):
        1. to provide physical security services to ensure—
          1. the secure and orderly operation of Parliament; and
            1. the safety of persons within the parliamentary precincts:
            2. to provide library, information, research, and reference services, as required by the chief executive:
              1. to educate the public about Parliament and support the public to engage with Parliament.

                1. The services referred to in subsection (1)(e) must be provided to the following individuals and entities:

                2. members:
                  1. the Clerk and the Office of the Clerk:
                    1. officers of Parliament and their offices:
                      1. the Parliamentary Service and employees of the Parliamentary Service:
                        1. persons employed within Parliament Buildings (including the Executive Wing):
                          1. any other person or class of persons approved by the Speaker.

                            1. In this section and in section 124, officer of Parliament means an Ombudsman, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, or the Controller and Auditor-General.

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