Clerk of the House of Representatives Act 1988

Reprint as at 25 January 2005

Clerk of the House of Representatives Act 1988

Public Act1988 No 126
Date of assent29 July 1988
Commencementsee section 1(2)
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Contents

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

Clerk of the House of Representatives

2 Clerk of the House of Representatives

3 Functions of Clerk of the House of Representatives

Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives

4 Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives

5 Functions of Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives

Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives

6 Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives

Provisions relating to Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives

7 Appointment of Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives

8 Remuneration and conditions of employment

9 Prohibition on holding other office

10 Term of office

11 Vacation of office

12 Delegation of functions or powers

13 Revocation of delegations

Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

14 Establishment of Office

15 Principal officer

16 Responsibility of Clerk

17 Functions of State Services Commission in relation to Office

Other officers of the House of Representatives

18 Appointment of staff

19 Appointments on merit

20 Obligation to notify vacancies

21 Obligation to notify appointments

22 Review of appointments

23 Removal from office

24 Employment principles

Employment relations

25 Application of Employment Relations Act 2000

26 Negotiation of conditions of employment

State sector

[Repealed]

27 Application of provisions of State Sector Act 1988 [Repealed]

Government service

28 Government service

Financial provisions

29 Money to be appropriated by Parliament for purposes of this Act

30 Audit

Official information

31 Right of access to personal information

Transitional provisions

32 Transitional provisions

Amendments to other Acts

[Repealed]

33 Amendments to Parliamentary Service Act 1985 [Repealed]

34 Amendment to Constitution Act 1986 [Repealed]

Schedule
Application of provisions of State Sector Act 1988

[Repealed]

Reprint notes

An Act to provide for the appointment of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and of other officers of the House of Representatives, and to establish, by Act of Parliament, the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives