Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 2979 together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:

(2) Page 90 (after line 11), at the end of the Bill, add:

Schedule 8 — Penalties imposed by the Parliament

Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987

1 Subsection 7(5)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(5) A House may impose on a person a fine:

(a) not exceeding 50 penalty units, in the case of a natural person; or

(b) not exceeding 250 penalty units, in the case of a corporation;

for an offence against that House determined by that House to have been committed by that person.

(5A) The Consolidated Revenue Fund must not be appropriated for the purposes of paying a fine imposed under subsection (5).