Appendix 1
Senators’ Interests
Resolution 1
1.
Registration
of Senators’ Interests
- Within:
- 28 days after the first meeting of the Senate after 1 July first occurring after a general election; and
-
28 days after the first meeting of the Senate after a simultaneous dissolution of the
Senate and the House of Representatives; and
-
28 days after making and subscribing an oath or affirmation
of allegiance as a senator for a Territory or appointed or
chosen to fill a vacancy in the Senate;
- each senator shall provide to
the Registrar of Senators’ Interests a statement of:
-
the senator’s registrable
interests; and
-
the registrable interests of which the senator is aware:
-
of the senator’s spouse or partner,
and
- off any children who
are wholly or mainly dependent on the
senator for support;
- in accordance with this resolution and in a form determined by the Committee of Senators’ Interests from time to time, and shall also notify any alteration of those interests to the Registrar within 35 days of that alteration occurring.
- Any senator who:
- knowingly fails to provide a statement of registrable
interests to the Registrar of Senators’ Interests by the due date;
- knowingly fails to notify any alteration of those interests to the Registrar of Senators’ Interests
within 35 days of the change
occurring; or
- knowingly provides false or
misleading information to the Registrar of Senators’ Interests;
- shall
be guilty of a serious contempt of
the Senate and shall be dealt
with by the Senate accordingly,
but the question whether any senator has committed such a serious
contempt shall first be referred to
the Privileges Committee for inquiry and report and may
not be considered by any other committee.
2.
Citizenship
Register
- That not later than 5 pm on Friday, 1
December 2017 (and within 21 days of making and subscribing an oath or
affirmation as a Senator) each Senator shall provide to the Registrar of
Senators’ Interests a statement containing the following:
- a declaration by the Senator
that, at the time the Senator nominated for election to the Senate in this 45th
Parliament he or she was an Australian citizen;
- a declaration that the Senator
is not a citizen of any country other than Australia;
- a
declaration stating:
- the place and
date of the Senator’s birth;
-
the citizenship
that the Senator held at the time of birth; and
-
if he or she did
not obtain Australian citizenship at birth, the date he or she was naturalised
as an Australian citizen;
- so
far as the Senator is aware:
-
the place and date
of birth of the Senator’s parents and grandparents;
- whether the Senator has ever
been a citizen of another country and if so which country or countries;
- what steps the Senator has
taken to assure him or herself that they have not inherited citizenship of
another country from a parent or grandparent;
- if the Senator has answered
the question in paragraph (e) in the affirmative, then provide details and
evidence of the date and manner in which the Senator’s citizenship of that
other country was renounced (if it was renounced) or the date and manner in
which it came to an end in accordance with the laws of that other country;
- if the Senator’s citizenship
of that other country had not come to an end at the date of his or her
nomination for the Senate, detail and provide evidence of any steps the Senator
has taken to renounce the citizenship of that other country prior to the date
of nomination; and
- if the Senator has declared
that he or she was at the time of nomination or is now a citizen of a country
other than Australia, on what basis the Senator contends that he or she is,
nonetheless, not disqualified under section 44(i).
- If at any time the Senator
becomes aware that information provided in their statement is no longer
accurate they shall update their statement as soon as practicable but not later
than 21 days of being so aware.
- Statements shall be made in
accordance with this resolution and in a form determined by the Committee of
Senators’ Interests. The Registrar shall, in accordance with procedures
determined by the committee, maintain a Citizenship Register comprising statements provided under this resolution. Other than
as specifically provided for in this resolution, the committee has the same
powers and functions in relation to the
citizenship register as it does in relation to the Register of Senator’s
Interests.
- The Registrar shall, upon
the expiry of the time for providing statements under this resolution, and at
other times determined by the committee, publish the register and any
alterations or additions to the register on the Parliament’s website.
- Any
Senator who:
- knowingly fails to provide
the statement and evidence required by this resolution to the Registrar of
Senators’ Interests by the due date; or
- knowingly fails to correct an
inaccuracy in his or her statement within the required timeframe; or
- knowingly provides false or
misleading information to the Registrar of Senators’ Interests;
- shall be guilty of a serious contempt
of the Senate and shall be dealt with by the Senate accordingly, but the
question whether any senator has committed such a serious contempt shall first
be referred to the Privileges Committee for inquiry and report.
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