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Parliament Act 2025

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

154: Functions, duties, and powers of Parliamentary Service Commission

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The Parliamentary Service Commission has jobs to do. You can think of these jobs as advising the Speaker on important matters. This includes what services the Parliamentary Service should provide, as stated in section 123(1)(a), and decisions the Speaker wants to make under section 85(1) or section 86. The Commission also appoints some of its members to the Parliamentary Corporation. You might wonder what else they do. The Commission can ask the Speaker or the chief executive to report on certain matters, like how some parts of the Act are working, such as section 47 and Part 7. The Commission has other jobs given to it by this Act or other laws. However, it does not get involved in things like what happens in the House of Representatives meetings or any jobs that belong to the Clerk.

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Parliamentary Service Commission: Functions, duties, and powers

154Functions, duties, and powers of Parliamentary Service Commission

  1. The functions, duties, and powers of the Parliamentary Service Commission are to—

  2. advise the Speaker on the following matters:
    1. the nature of the administrative and support services to be provided by the Parliamentary Service under section 123(1)(a):
      1. a proposed Speaker’s determination to be made under section 85(1) or 86; and
      2. appoint 2 Commission members to the Parliamentary Corporation.

        1. The Parliamentary Service Commission may require the Speaker or the chief executive to report on, or inquire into, matters relating to the operation of the following provisions:

        2. section 47, to the extent that it relates to the Speaker’s exercise of that power in respect of the Parliamentary Service:
          1. this Part, except for sections 129, 134, and 151:
            1. Part 7.

              1. The Parliamentary Service Commission has any other function, duty, or power that is conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act or other legislation.

              2. The Parliamentary Service Commission does not have a role in relation to—

              3. business transacted at meetings of the House of Representatives or of committees of the House of Representatives; or
                1. any other proceedings in Parliament; or
                  1. any matter that is a function, duty, or power of the Clerk.

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