Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Administrative expenditure, for an independent member, means expenditure for the administrative and operating expenses of the member in his or her capacity as a member.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), administrative expenditure for an independent member includes the following—
(a) expenditure for the administration or management of the activities of the member in his or her capacity as a member;
(b) expenditure for conferences, seminars, meetings or other functions at which the policies of the member are discussed or formulated;
(c) expenditure on giving information to the public, or a section of the public, about the member but only if the expenditure is not electoral expenditure;
(d) expenditure on giving information to supporters of the member but only if the expenditure is not electoral expenditure;
(e) expenditure in relation to the audit of any of the following—
(i) the financial accounts of the member;
(ii) claims for payment by the member, or an agent of the member, under this Act;
(iii) disclosures by the member, or an agent of the member, under this Act;
(f) expenditure on the remuneration of staff engaged in an activity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) on behalf of the member to the extent the remuneration relates to the time spent by the staff on the activity;
(g) expenditure on the acquisition and operation of equipment or vehicles used for an activity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) to the extent the acquisition and operation relates to the use of the equipment or vehicle for the activity;
(h) expenditure on office accommodation for staff mentioned in paragraph (f) and equipment mentioned in paragraph (g).
(3) However, administrative expenditure for an independent member does not include the following—
(a) electoral expenditure;
(b) expenditure for which the member may claim a parliamentary allowance as a member.