MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (STAFF) ACT 1984

The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:

(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Notes to the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

Note 1

The Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 64, 1984 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 was amended by the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Regulations 1999 (Statutory Rules 1999 No. 301 as amended by Statutory Rules 2000 No. 332). The amendments are incorporated in this compilation.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984	64, 1984	25 June 1984	Ss. 4-11, 31 and 33: 20 July 1984 ( see Gazette 1984, No. S276) Ss. 12-30: 1 Sept 1984 ( see Gazette 1984, No. S343) S. 32: 1 July 1985 ( see Gazette 1985, No. S221) Remainder: Royal Assent
Public Service Reform Act 1984	63, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 144: Royal Assent (a) Ss. 145-148: 1 Jan 1986 ( see Gazette 1985, No. S563) (a) S. 152 (3)-(5): 1 July 1985 ( see Gazette 1985, No. S221) (a)	S. 159(6)
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984	165, 1984	25 Oct 1984	S. 3: (b)	Ss. 2(32) and 6(1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984	165, 1984	25 Oct 1984	S. 3: (c)	Ss. 2(32) and 6(1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985	193, 1985	16 Dec 1985	S. 3: Royal Assent (d)	Ss. 11 and 16
Public Service Legislation (Streamlining) Act 1986	153, 1986	18 Dec 1986	Ss. 1-3, 103, 126, 130, 132 and 134: Royal Assent Ss. 20, 22(2), 36, 38-41, 44, 45(1) and (3), 46, 102, 105,110 and 112: 14 June 1987 ( see Gazette 1987, No. S125) Ss. 43, 45(2), 70-76, 78, 87, 113, 115, 116, 122(2), 123,125, 129 and 131: 20 July 1987 ( see Gazette 1987, No. S178) Remainder: 15 Jan 1987	--
Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1992	94, 1992	30 June 1992	S. 3: 1 July 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 6
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 587-605): 5 Dec 1999 ( see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (e)	--
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 2002	63, 2002	3 July 2002	Schedule 2 (items 25, 26): (f)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 123, 124): 19 Apr 2011	--

(a) The Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 was amended by sections 144 to 148 and 152(3)-(5) only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984 , subsections 2(1) and (4) of which provide as follows:

(1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, subsections 29(1) and (3), sections 107 and 108, Parts III and IV and sections 125, 138, 142, 144 and 149 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(4) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(b) The Public Service Reform Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984 , subsubsection 2(21)(a) of which provides as follows:

(21) The amendments of the Public Service Reform Act 1984 made by this Act shall:

(a) in the case of the amendments of paragraph 5(5)(a), subsections 5(8), 11(1) and 12(1) and (4), paragraph 18(b), sections 19 and 21, paragraph 67(j), subsection 130(3), section 141 and subsections 151(5) and 152(2), (3), (4) and (5) of the first-mentioned Act--come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the commencement of, or on the respective days of commencement of, those provisions of that Act;.

(c) The Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984 subsection 2(12) of which provides as follows:

(12) The amendment of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 made by this Act shall come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the commencement of section 32 of that Act.

The date fixed in pursuance of subsection (12) was 1 July 1985 ( see Gazette 1985, No. S221).

(d) The Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985 , subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e) The Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 587-605) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 , subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(f) The Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 25, 26) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 2002 , subsection 2(1) (items 54, 55) of which provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
54. Schedule 2, item 25	Immediately after the time specified in the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 for the commencement of item 597 of Schedule 1 to that Act	5 December 1999
55. Schedule 2, item 26	Immediately after the time specified in the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 for the commencement of item 602 of Schedule 1 to that Act	5 December 1999

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3....................................	am. No. 63, 1984; No. 153, 1986; No. 94, 1992; No. 146, 1999; Statutory Rules 1999 No. 301 (as am. by Statutory Rules 2000 No. 332); No. 5, 2011
Part II
S. 5....................................	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 8....................................	am. No. 94, 1992; No. 5, 2011
S. 10..................................	rep. No. 146, 1999
S. 11..................................	am. No. 63, 1984 (as am. by No. 165, 1984)
	rep. No. 146, 1999
Part III
S. 14..................................	am. No. 146, 1999; Statutory Rules 1999 No. 301 (as am. by Statutory Rules 2000 No. 332)
S. 15..................................	am. No. 94, 1992; No. 5, 2011
S. 16..................................	am. No. 193, 1985
S. 17..................................	am. No. 63, 1984
	rep. No. 146, 1999
S. 18..................................	am. No. 63, 1984 (as am. by No. 165, 1984)
	rep. No. 146, 1999
Part IV
S. 21..................................	am. No. 146, 1999; Statutory Rules 1999 No. 301 (as am. by Statutory Rules 2000 No. 332)
S. 22..................................	am. No. 94, 1992; No. 5, 2011
S. 23..................................	am. No. 193, 1985
S. 24..................................	am. No. 63, 1984
	rep. No. 146, 1999
S. 25..................................	am. No. 63, 1984 (as am. by No. 165, 1984)
	rep. No. 146, 1999
Part V.................................	rep. No. 63, 1984
Ss. 26-30..........................	rep. No. 63, 1984
Part VI
S. 32..................................	rep. No. 165, 1984
	ad. No. 153, 1986

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

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