Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023

At any time after the Privileges Committee reports its decision to recommend that the House impose a sanction on the respondent, the House may resolve to impose:

that sanction; and

any other sanction that the House considers necessary to promote appropriate conduct in Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces.

If the House resolves to deduct an amount from the respondent’s salary by way of fine, the relevant Secretary may:

deduct the fine from a payment of salary made to the respondent; or

deduct 2 or more amounts that in total equal the fine from 2 or more payments of salary made to the respondent.

For the purposes of subsection (2), the relevant Secretary is:

if the House is the House of Representatives—the Secretary of the Department of the House of Representatives; or

if the House is the Senate—the Secretary of the Department of the Senate.