Queensland Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1988

- As at 1 February 2024 
- Act 67 of 1988 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      (Repealed)
   3.      (Repealed)
   4.      Definitions
   4A.     (Repealed)
   4B.     (Repealed)

   PART 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE SPEAKER

   5.      Administration under Speaker’s control
   6.      Speaker’s role for parliamentary service
   7.      Speaker’s powers for administrative functions
   8.      Delegation by Speaker
   9.      Advisory committee to Speaker
   10.     Speaker’s annual report
   11.     (Repealed)
   12.     (Repealed)
   13.     (Repealed)
   14.     (Repealed)
   15.     (Repealed)
   16.     (Repealed)
   17.     (Repealed)

   PART 3 - THE CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT

   18.     The Clerk of the Parliament
   19.     Functions of the Clerk of the Parliament other than as chief executive of parliamentary service
   20.     Functions of the Clerk of the Parliament as chief executive of parliamentary service
   20A.    (Repealed)
   21.     Tenure of office of the Clerk of the Parliament
   22.     Performance of functions of the Clerk of the Parliament in the Clerk’s absence

   PART 4 - PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

   23.     Parliamentary service
   24.     Functions of parliamentary service

   PART 5 - MANAGEMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

   25.     Delegation by Clerk as chief executive of parliamentary service
   26.     Appointment of parliamentary service officers and employees
   26AA.   Electorate office staff
   26A.    Officers and employees employed under this Act
   27.     Bases of employment of officers in parliamentary service
   28.     Conditions of employment on contract
   29.     Salaries and conditions of employment
   30.     Superannuation
   31.     Contributions by Clerk
   32.     Vacancies to be advertised
   33.     Publication of appointments
   34.     Engagement of staff other than officers
   35.     Appointment on probation
   36.     Resignation from parliamentary service
   37.     Retirement from parliamentary service
   38.     Mode of resignation or retirement
   39.     Retrenchment
   40.     Discipline
   41.     Suspension
   42.     Mode of dismissal or suspension
   43.     Appeals against promotional appointments and disciplinary action
   44.     Reinstatement following dismissal
   45.     (Repealed)
   46.     (Repealed)
   47.     (Repealed)

   PART 5A - ASSESSING SUITABILITY TO BE AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   45.     Definitions for part
   46.     Meaning of relevant duties

           Division 2 - Obtaining criminal histories

   47.     Clerk may ask for consent to obtain criminal history
   47A.    Refusing consent
   47B.    Obtaining criminal history with consent
   47C.    Criminal history no longer required to be obtained
   47D.    Police commissioner must not use information given under this part

           Division 3 - Use of criminal histories

   47E.    Assessment of suitability
   47F.    Destruction of reports and notices

           Division 4 - Other matters

   47G.    Prosecuting authority to notify Clerk about committal, conviction etc.
   47H.    False or misleading statements in consent
   47I.    Confidentiality

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   48.     Service with parliamentary service and public service
   49.     Clerk and parliamentary service officers and employees are employees in industrial law
   50.     Behaviour in parliamentary precinct at discretion of Speaker
   51.     Proceeding for offence against s 50
   52.     Protection from liability
   53.     Mode of service
   54.     (Repealed)
   55.     Rules
   55A.    Explanatory notes and human rights certificates for by-laws and rules to be prepared by Speaker
   56.     Regulation-making power

   PART 7 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1 - Transitional provision for Act No. 38 of 1995

   57.     Parliamentary service commission references
   58.     Clerk of the Legislative Assembly references

           Division 2 - (Repealed)

           Division 3 - Transitional provisions for Parliamentary Service and Other Acts Amendment Act 2011

   60.     Definitions for div 3
   61.     Annual reports
   62.     Parliamentary service officers and employees
   63.     Approval of office open to part-time employment
   64.     Declaration of office open to appointment on contract
   65.     Conditions of employment on contract
   66.     Approval of code of conduct
   67.     Suspension from duty
   68.     Rules

           Division 4 - Transitional provisions for Parliament of Queensland and Other Acts Amendment Act 2015

   69.     Definitions for div 4
   70.     Annual reports
   71.     Appeals against promotional appointments and disciplinary action
   72.     Rules