Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 3

                   The main objects of this Act are:

                     (a)  to establish a non-partisan Parliamentary Service that is efficient and effective in serving the Parliament; and

                     (b)  to provide a legal framework for the effective and fair employment, management and leadership of Parliamentary Service employees; and

                     (c)  to define the powers and responsibilities of Secretaries, the Parliamentary Librarian, the Parliamentary Service Commissioner and the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner; and

                     (d)  to establish rights and obligations of Parliamentary Service employees.