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Queensland PARLIAMENT OF QUEENSLAND AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2003
Queensland PARLIAMENT OF QUEENSLAND AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of s 112 (Additional salary entitlement of some members) . . . 4
2003 A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
s1 4 s3 Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003 The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 1 Short title Clause 2 This Act may be cited as the Parliament of Queensland Amendment Act 3 (No. 2) 2003. 4 2 Act amended Clause 5 This Act amends the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001. 6 3 Amendment of s 112 (Additional salary entitlement of some Clause 7 members) 8 (1) Section 112(2)-- 9 omit. 10 (2) Section 112(3)-- 11 renumber as section 112(2). 12 (3) Section 112-- 13 insert-- 14 `(3) For subsection (1), a recognised political party is-- 15 (a) a registered political party of which at least 10% of the number 16 of Assembly members provided for under the Constitution of 17 Queensland 2001, section 111 (rounded up to the nearest whole 18 number) are members; or 19 (b) a registered political party of which at least 3 of the Assembly 20 members are members if, for the most recent general election, 21 the total number of first preference votes for all candidates who 22 were party members was at least 10% of the total number of first 23 preference votes for all candidates. 24 1 Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 11 (Number of members of Legislative Assembly)-- The Legislative Assembly is to consist of 89 members.
s3 5 s3 Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003 `(4) However, a political party is not a recognised political party if an 1 Assembly member who is a party member is also a Minister. 2 `(5) A political party stops being a recognised political party under 3 subsection (3)(b) if the total number of Assembly members who are party 4 members is not at least 90% of the total number of Assembly members who 5 were party members for the most recent general election (rounded up to the 6 nearest whole number). 7 `(6) Subsection (5) does not limit another way a political party may stop 8 being a recognised political party. 9 `(7) In this section-- 10 "Assembly member" means a member of the Assembly. 11 "first preference vote" see the Electoral Act 1992, section 3, definition 12 "first preference vote". 13 "party member", in relation to a political party, means a member of the 14 political party. 15 "political party" see the Electoral Act 1992, section 3, definition "political 16 party". 17 "registered political party" means a political party registered under the 18 Electoral Act 1992, part 5.2'. 19 20 © State of Queensland 2003 2 Electoral Act 1992, part 5 (Registration of political parties)
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