Members may engage consultants and contractors
20 Members may engage consultants and contractors
A member of the Assembly may, on behalf of the Territory, engage, under an agreement in writing, a consultant or contractor for the provision of services necessarily incidental to the performance of his or her parliamentary duties.
However, a member of the Assembly must not engage a consultant or contractor who—
if the consultant or contractor is an individual—is a family member of the member; or
if the consultant or contractor is a corporation—has a director or other officer who is a family member of the member.
An agreement under subsection (1) shall be taken to be a contract for services.
The power conferred on a member of the Assembly by subsection (1) is not exercisable otherwise than in accordance with arrangements approved by the Chief Minister, and the exercise of that power is subject to such conditions as are determined by the Chief Minister.
An approval or determination under subsection (4) is a disallowable instrument.
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