Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PARLIAMENTARY WORKPLACE REFORM (SET THE STANDARD MEASURES NO. 1) ACT 2022 (NO. 7, 2022) - SCHEDULE 2

Work Health and Safety Act 2011

1  Section 4

Insert:

"parliamentarian " means:

                     (a)  a Senator; or

                     (b)  a Member of the House of Representatives; or

                     (c)  a Minister of State who is not a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives; or

                     (d)  a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives; or

                     (e)  a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives; or

                      (f)  any other person to whom remuneration is payable under section 49 of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 .

2  Subsection 247(2)

Omit "A Minister", substitute "Subject to subsection (3), a Minister".

3  At the end of section 247

Add:

             (3)  To avoid doubt, a parliamentarian is an officer of the Commonwealth for the purposes of this Act in respect of the business or undertaking of the Commonwealth constituted by the provision by the Commonwealth of support for the functioning of the Parliament.

             (4)  Subsection (3) does not limit:

                     (a)  who may be an officer of the Commonwealth for the purposes of this Act in respect of the business or undertaking described in that subsection; or

                     (b)  the circumstances in which a parliamentarian may be an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking for the purposes of this Act.