Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987 - SECT 14

(1)

A member:

(a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
(b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;

on any day:

(c) on which the House of which that member is a member meets;
(d) on which a committee of which that member is a member meets; or
(e) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c) or (d).

(2)

An officer of a House:

(a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
(b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;

on any day:

(c) on which a House or a committee upon which that officer is required to attend meets; or
(d) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c).

(3)

A person who is required to attend before a House or a committee on a day:

(a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
(b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;

on that day.

(4)

Except as provided by this section, a member, an officer of a House and a person required to attend before a House or a committee has no immunity from compulsory attendance before a court or a tribunal or from arrest or detention in a civil cause by reason of being a member or such an officer or person.