Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724:section:5:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 21226–24051

Part 2A.
legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor or a legal practitioner of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
mandatory education or training program: see paragraph 18(2)(a).
mandatory policy or procedure: see subsection 17(3).
member of the PWSS Advisory Board includes the Chair of the PWSS Advisory Board.
Minister: see section 6A.
MOPS employee means a person who is employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.
non‑core participant means a person, other than a core participant, who performs work (whether or not paid work) predominantly at a place covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of Commonwealth parliamentary workplace in this section.
original decision: see subsection 24DD(1).
paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).
parliamentarian: see section 6.
parliamentarian decision panel for a conduct issue: see subsection 24CS(1).
Parliamentary Department means any of the following:
 (a) the Department of the Senate;
 (b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
 (c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
 (d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Parliamentary Joint Committee means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards for the time being constituted under Part 6A.
Parliamentary party means a political party (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) at least one member of which is a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
parliamentary sanction, in relation to a member of a House of the Parliament, means:
 (a) the suspension of the member for a period of no more than the maximum period for which a member of that House may be suspended under the standing orders of that House; or
 (b) the discharge of the member from a committee of one or both Houses of the Parliament; or
 (c) a deduction from the member's annual base salary (within the meaning of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017), by way of fine, of an amount that is more than 2%, but less than 5%, of that salary.
Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
post‑Code conduct: see subsection 24AB(2).
pre‑Code conduct: see subsection 24AB(1).
Presiding Officer means:
 (a) the President of the Senate or a person covered by paragraph 6(1)(d); or
 (b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a person covered by paragraph 6(1)(e).
Privileges Committee of a House of the Parliament means the committee of that House responsible for inquiring into matters of privilege.
protected disclosure: see section 24H.
public report means a report under section 22 that is published by the PWSS on its