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Parliamentary privilege - Preliminary provisions

13: Meaning of proceedings in Parliament

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You are learning about a proposed law change in the Parliament Bill. This change is about what proceedings in Parliament means. It includes things people say and do when working on Parliament business. You need to know that proceedings in Parliament covers many things, like giving evidence or presenting documents to the House of Representatives or a committee. It also includes making documents for Parliament business and communicating them. This even includes things that other laws say are part of proceedings in Parliament. When you think about what proceedings in Parliament means, you should consider things people say or do to help with Parliament work, even if they are not strictly necessary. This proposed law change will apply even if other laws or rules say something different.

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Part 2Parliamentary privilege
Preliminary provisions

13Meaning of proceedings in Parliament

  1. For the purposes of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 and this Part, proceedings in Parliament means all words spoken and acts done in the course of, for the purposes of, or incidental to transacting the business of the House of Representatives or a committee.

  2. Without limiting subsection (1), proceedings in Parliament includes all of the following:

  3. giving evidence before the House of Representatives or a committee (and the evidence itself):
    1. presenting or submitting a document to the House of Representatives or a committee (and the document itself):
      1. preparing a document for the purposes of or incidental to transacting any business of the House of Representatives or a committee (and the document itself):
        1. formulating, making, or communicating a document under the House of Representatives’ or a committee’s authority (and the document itself):
          1. any proceeding that is stated by other legislation to be proceedings in Parliament for the purposes of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 or this Part.

            1. A reference in this section to words spoken or acts done for the purposes of or incidental to transacting the business of the House of Representatives or a committee includes words spoken or acts done for the purposes of or incidental to transacting reasonably apprehended business of the House of Representatives or committee.

            2. The determination of whether words are spoken or acts are done in the course of, for the purposes of, or incidental to transacting the business of the House of Representatives or a committee must not be limited to a consideration of whether the words or acts are to any degree necessary for transacting the business concerned.

            3. This section applies despite any other legislation or rule of law to the contrary.