Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 31

             (1)  If a Parliamentary Service employee receives any non‑Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as a Parliamentary Service employee, the Secretary of the Department in which the employee is employed may give a notice in writing to the employee in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.

             (2)  The amount notified by the Secretary:

                     (a)  is taken to have been received by the employee on behalf of the Commonwealth; and

                     (b)  may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the employee as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

             (3)  If a Secretary receives any non‑Commonwealth remuneration for performing duties as a Secretary, then the Presiding Officer may give a notice in writing to the Secretary in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the remuneration.

             (4)  The amount notified by the Presiding Officer:

                     (a)  is taken to have been received by the Secretary on behalf of the Commonwealth; and

                     (b)  may be recovered by the Commonwealth from the Secretary as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

             (5)  In this section:

"non-Commonwealth remuneration" means any remuneration from a person other than the Commonwealth.