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PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2014

                        2013-2014




THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




   PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2014




           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




               (Circulated by authority of the

          Speaker of the House of Representatives,

              the Hon Bronwyn Bishop, MP)
PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2014

OUTLINE

The Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014 amends the Parliamentary
Service Act 1999 to provide that the Commissioner of the Australian Federal
Police (AFP), or a Deputy Commissioner or a senior executive AFP
employee who is nominated by the Presiding Officers, may be a member of
the Security Management Board. The Security Management Board is
established under section 65A of the Act. The Bill also amends the existing
function of the Board to include the operation of security measures.

FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT

The Bill has no financial impact.




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   STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS


  Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary
                             Scrutiny) Act 2011

                             NAME OF BILL

This Bill is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or
declared in the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human
Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.

Objective of the Bill

The Security Management Board for the Australian Parliament House is
established under section 65A of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (the
Act). The Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014 amends the Act to
provide that the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), or a
Deputy Commissioner or a senior executive AFP employee who is
nominated by the Presiding Officers, may be a member of this Board. The
Bill also amends the existing function of the Board to include the operation
of security measures.

The Bill inserts a new paragraph (d) into subsection 65A(2) of the Act to
provide that the Commissioner of the AFP may be a member of the Security
Management Board. New paragraph (d) also provides that a Deputy
Commissioner or a senior executive AFP employee (within the meaning of
the Australian Federal Police Act 1979) who is nominated by the Presiding
Officers, may also be a member of this Board, instead of the Commissioner.

Additionally, the Bill amends subsection 65A(5) of the Act to include in the
remit of the Security Management Board, ,,operational measures.

Human rights implications

The Bill does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms.

Conclusion
This Bill is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human
rights issues.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP
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NOTES ON CLAUSES

Clause 1: Short title

1.     This clause is a formal clause which provides the citation of the Bill.

Clause 2: Commencement

2.     This clause provides that the Bill will commence on the day after the
Act receives the Royal Assent.

Clause 3: Schedules

3.       This clause provides that each Act specified in a Schedule to the Bill
is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to the Bill has effect according
to its terms.




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SCHEDULE 1--Amendments

Parliamentary Service Act 1999

Item 1: At the end of subsection 65A(2)

Subsection 65A(1) of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (the Act)
establishes the Security Management Board. Subsections 65A(2), (3) (4) and
(5) of the Act provide for the membership, chair and function of this Board.

This item inserts a new paragraph (d) into subsection 65A(2). New
subparagraph 65A(2)(d)(i) provides that the Commissioner of the Australian
Federal Police may be a member of the Security Management Board.

New subparagraph 65A(d)(ii) further provides that a Deputy Commissioner
or a senior executive employee of the AFP (within the meaning of the
Australian Federal Police Act 1979) who is nominated by the Presiding
Officers, may also be a member of the Board, instead of the Commissioner.
Item 2: Subsection 65A(5)

This item inserts the words "or operation" into subsection 65A(5) of the Act
to include in the remit of the Security Management Board, ,,operational
measures.




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