Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017

IPEA may give a ruling determining that conduct relating to IPEA‑administered public resources was or was not in accordance with this Act. A member may be protected from incurring a debt as a result of a ruling.

If a member’s claim for public resources contravenes the obligations under Part 3, the member is liable to pay a penalty of 25% of the value of the public resources provided. This does not apply to any amount repaid to the Commonwealth within 28 days of the claim.

An alternative method of recovering the penalty is to reduce future payments of public resources to the member.

Generally, provisions of this Part that apply to members also apply to former members in relation to conduct engaged in while they were members.