Parliamentary Administration Act 2005

The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the President and the Speaker, make regulations for or with respect to—

the duties to be performed by Parliamentary officers;

the leave of absence to be allowed to Parliamentary officers;

regulating the procedures for handling disciplinary matters in relation to Parliamentary officers including hearings, appeals and the imposition of penalties which may include fines (not exceeding 40 penalty units), reduction in salary or classification or both, suspension or dismissal;

providing for disciplinary action (including the imposition of penalties which may include fines (not exceeding 40 penalty units), reduction in salary or classification or both, suspension or dismissal) which may be taken in respect of a Parliamentary officer who has been found guilty of an offence punishable by imprisonment;

providing for procedures for an investigation for the purposes of section 27(3), including empowering the appointment of a person to conduct an investigation;

generally any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

A power conferred by this Act to make regulations may be exercised—

either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to all those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified case or class of case; and

so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which the power is exercised—

the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provisions for different cases or classes of case, or different provisions for the same case or class of case for different purposes; or

any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition.

Regulations made under this Act may be made—

so as to apply—

at all times or at a specified time; or

throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State; or

as specified in both subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and

so as to require a matter affected by the regulations to be—

in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or

approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person or a specified class of person; or

as specified in both subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and

so as to apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person whether—

wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulations are made or at any time before then; or

as formulated, issued, prescribed or published from time to time; and

so as to confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or a specified class of person; and

so as to provide in a specified case or class of case for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to such an extent as is specified; and

so as to impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a contravention of the regulations.