Parliament of Queensland Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland PARLIAMENT OF QUEENSLAND AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 2003 Act No. 39 of 2003

Queensland PARLIAMENT OF QUEENSLAND AMENDMENT ACT (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

Queensland Parliament of Queensland Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 Act No. 39 of 2003 An Act to amend the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 [Assented to 6 June 2003]

s1 4 Parliament of Queensland Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s3 No. 39, 2003 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Parliament of Queensland Amendment Act (No. 2) 2003 . 2 Act amended This Act amends the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001. 3 Amendment of s 112 (Additional salary entitlement of some members) (1) Section 112(2)— omit. (2) Section 112(3)— renumber as section 112(2). (3) Section 112— insert— ‘ (3) For subsection (1), a recognised political party is— (a) a registered political party of which at least 10% of the number of Assembly members provided for under the Constitution of Queensland 2001 , section 11 1 (rounded up to the nearest whole number) are members; or (b) a registered political party of which at least 3 of the Assembly members are members if, for the most recent general election, the total number of first preference votes for all candidates who were party members was at least 10% of the total number of first preference votes for all candidates. 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 Act (No. 2) 2003 No. 39, 2003 ‘ (4) However, a political party is not a recognised political party if an Assembly member who is a party member is also a Minister. ‘ (5) A political party stops being a recognised political party under subsection (3)(b) if the total number of Assembly members who are party members is not at least 90% of the total number of Assembly members who were party members for the most recent general election (rounded up to the nearest whole number). ‘ (6) Subsection (5) does not limit another way a political party may stop being a recognised political party. ‘ (7) In this section— “Assembly member” means a member of the Assembly. “first preference vote” see the ElectoralAct1992 , section 3, definition “first preference vote”. “party member” , in relation to a political party, means a member of the political party. “political party” see the Electoral Act 1992 , section 3, definition “political party”. “registered political party” means a political party registered under the Electoral Act 1992 , part 5. 2 ’. © State of Queensland 2003 2 Electoral Act 1992 , part 5