Parliamentary Business Resources (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2017

The Authority has the following functions:

to give personal advice:

to members and former members of parliament about matters relating to MP travel resources; and

to MOPS staff members about matters relating to MOPS travel resources;

to issue general advisory documents about matters relating to:

MP travel resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

if the Authority considers that a particular general advisory document should be published—publish that general advisory document on the Authority’s website;

to monitor matters relating to:

MP travel resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

to prepare regular reports about matters relating to:

MP work resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

to publish reports prepared under paragraph (e) on the Authority’s website;

to prepare other such reports as the Authority considers appropriate about matters relating to:

MP work resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

if the Authority considers that a particular report prepared under paragraph (g) should be published—publish that report on the Authority’s website;

to conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, such audits as the Authority considers appropriate of matters relating to:

MP work resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

to process claims, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for:

MP travel resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

on behalf of the Commonwealth, to incur expenses relating to, to pay or to provide MP travel resources;

on behalf of the Commonwealth, to incur expenses relating to MOPS travel resources;

to give rulings relating to MP travel resources under section 37 of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017;

if a law of the Commonwealth authorises the Authority to give rulings relating to MOPS travel resources—to give those rulings;

on behalf of the Commonwealth, to recover (whether by way of set‑off or otherwise) overpayments, repayments and cost recovery payments relating to:

MP travel resources; and

MOPS travel resources;

such functions (if any) as are conferred on the Authority by any other law of the Commonwealth;

such other functions (if any) as are prescribed by the legislative rules;

to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.

A report under any of paragraphs (1)(e) to (h) may include personal information (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988).

Each of those paragraphs constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws.

Paragraphs (1)(k) and (l) do not, by implication, prevent an agent of the Commonwealth (other than the Authority) from having the authority to incur an expense of the kind referred to in those paragraphs on behalf of the Commonwealth.

To avoid doubt, a reference to MP travel resources, MP work resources or MOPS travel resources includes a reference to a claim for such resources.

matters relating to MP work resources; or

matters relating to MOPS travel resources.