Explanatory note

This note is not part of the determination, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This determination, which comes into force on 1 July 2007, determines that the travel and accommodation services set out in the document entitled “Specification for Travel, Accommodation, and Related Services Available to Members of Parliament Participating in the Official Inter-Parliamentary Travel Programme” are travel and accommodation services in respect of members of Parliament. These services are in addition to the travel, accommodation, and communications services determined in the Parliamentary Travel, Accommodation, Attendance, and Communications Services Determination 2006.

The Speaker of the House of Representative is required, by section 20B(3) of the Civil List Act 1979, to ensure that a copy of the document entitled “Specification for Travel, Accommodation, and Related Services Available to Members of Parliament Participating in the Official Inter-Parliamentary Travel Programme”—

• is available for inspection free of charge, or for purchase at a reasonable price, at Parliament House in Wellington and at any other place or places that he or she appoints:

• is available on the Internet.

The services set out in this document are part of the services provided by the Office of the Clerk to enable the House of Representatives and its committees to engage on global issues with inter-parliamentary organisations and other parliaments. The participation of members of Parliament in this aspect of Parliament's work is organised by the Office of the Clerk through the official inter-parliamentary travel programme and funded through Vote: Office of the Clerk. The document sets out the travel, accommodation, and related services available to members participating in this programme.