Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (STAFF) ACT 1984 - SECT 31

As soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, the Prime Minister shall cause to be prepared a report:

(a)

setting out, in respect of each Minister who held office at any time during the year ending on that 30 June, the name of each consultant engaged by the Minister under section 4 during that year and the name of each consultant engaged by the Minister under section 4 before the commencement of that year who performed tasks during that year pursuant to the engagement; and

(b)

specifying, in respect of each consultant named pursuant to paragraph (a):

(i)

the period of engagement of the consultant;

(ii)

which of the provisions referred to in subsection 4(2) is or are included in the agreement under which the consultant was engaged;

(iii)

where the agreement under which the consultant was engaged contained a provision of the kind referred to in paragraph 4(2)(a) or (c)—the tasks specified in the agreement for the purposes of that provision; and

(iv)

where the agreement under which the consultant was engaged contained a provision of the kind referred to in paragraph 4(2)(b) or (d)—the general nature of the tasks that the consultant was engaged to perform;

and shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament.