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87: Speaker to determine travel and accommodation expenses for official inter-parliamentary relations and political exchange programmes

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"The Speaker decides travel costs for official parliamentary trips and training."

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The Speaker decides what travel and accommodation expenses to pay for when you are part of official inter-parliamentary relations and political exchange programmes. You might be a member of Parliament, a spouse or partner, or an employee of the Parliamentary Service. The Speaker must make sure their decisions help you travel for these programmes, no matter what you need. The Speaker also decides what expenses to pay for when you are doing approved professional development, which is learning and development that the Speaker has agreed is related to your job and suitable for the programme. You can find out more about how the Speaker's decisions are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Expenses and services determined by Speaker: Speaker to determine expenses for certain inter-parliamentary and exchange programmes

87Speaker to determine travel and accommodation expenses for official inter-parliamentary relations and political exchange programmes

  1. The Speaker must determine the following expenses to be paid out of public money:

  2. travel expenses and accommodation expenses outside New Zealand for the following persons:
    1. members participating in the official inter-parliamentary relations programme:
      1. spouses or partners accompanying members who are participating in the official inter-parliamentary relations programme:
        1. members nominated to participate in a political exchange programme:
          1. employees of the Parliamentary Service nominated to participate in a political exchange programme:
          2. travel expenses, accommodation expenses, and related expenses outside New Zealand for members undertaking approved professional development associated with their participation in the official inter-parliamentary relations programme.

            1. The Speaker must determine the expenses specified in subsection (1) in a way that facilitates any member travelling as a participant in the applicable programme, regardless of a member’s individual needs.

            2. In this section, approved professional development means professional development that the Speaker has approved as being for a purpose that is—

            3. related to the member’s professional development; and
              1. appropriate in relation to the member’s participation in the inter-parliamentary relations programme.

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

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