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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies - Parliamentary Corporation - Membership and procedure

148: Membership of Parliamentary Corporation

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"Who can be part of the Parliamentary Corporation"

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You are a member of the Parliamentary Corporation if you are the Speaker, the chief executive, or one of the two people appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission under section 154(1)(b). You can resign from the Corporation by giving written notice to the chairperson. The chairperson is in charge of the Parliamentary Corporation. You stop being a Corporation member if the Parliamentary Service Commission cancels your appointment or if you stop being a Commission member. However, if you are a Corporation member when a Parliament ends, you keep being a member until the first meeting of the House of Representatives after the next general election. This rule still applies even if you stop being a Commission member. The Parliamentary Corporation has its own rules, and you can find more information about how it used to work by looking at the old law.

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Parliamentary Corporation: Membership and procedure

148Membership of Parliamentary Corporation

  1. The following persons are members of the Parliamentary Corporation:

  2. the Speaker:
    1. the chief executive:
      1. 2 other persons appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission under section 154(1)(b).

        1. A person may resign as a Corporation member by written notice to the chairperson of the Parliamentary Corporation.

        2. A person ceases to be a Corporation member if—

        3. the Parliamentary Service Commission revokes the person’s appointment or appoints a different Commission member; or
          1. the person ceases to be a Commission member.

            1. A person who, immediately before the dissolution or expiration of a Parliament, is a Corporation member continues to be a Corporation member until the first meeting of the House of Representatives after the next general election.

            2. Subsection (4) applies despite subsection (3)(b).

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