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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies - Parliamentary Service Commission - Membership

157: Resignation or vacation of office

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You can stop being a Commission member by writing to the chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission. You will also stop being a Commission member if the party leader removes you or appoints someone else. You will stop being a Commission member if you are appointed as a Minister or Parliamentary Under-Secretary, or if you lose your seat in Parliament under section 55 of the Electoral Act 1993, or if you were appointed because of section 155(1)(c) and then get a different job.

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Parliamentary Service Commission: Membership

157Resignation or vacation of office

  1. A Commission member may resign the office by giving written notice to the chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission.

  2. A Commission member vacates the office if—

  3. the party leader revokes their appointment or appoints another member in their place; or
    1. in the case of a Commission member appointed in accordance with section 155(1)(c), the member is appointed as a Minister or as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary; or
      1. the person’s parliamentary seat becomes vacant under section 55 of the Electoral Act 1993.

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