Cabinet Protocol Act (04/09)

Cabinet Protocol Act (04/09) Parliament of eAustralia Purpose: This Cabinet Protocol Act, outlines requirements that need to be met by the Prime Minister and / or his Cabinet Members as outlined herein. Process: 1. Cabinet Announcement a) The Prime Minister (or his appointed Cabinet representative) shall within not more than 3 days of his election, place an announcement on The Senate Forum as his notification to the Senate of his Cabinet for the term, in the form below: i. The Announcement shall be titled [month/year ie: 04/09] Departments and Ministers; ii. The list shall contain, at the least, the Department Names and the Ministers and Deputy Ministers responsible for said Departments. Any Department that has Interns, these interns names should be listed and titled as such. iii. Where the Cabinet consists of other members not specifically allocated to a set Department, these people will be listed with their Section. iv. Should any of the allocations change throughout the term the document should be updated. 2. The Lodge a) The decision was made by the Parliament that a Quality 5 House was to be bought at the Government’s expense and this House was to be known as The Lodge. b) The Lodge was to be handed to the Prime Minister (Cottus Arci at the time of enactment) to hold in his eRepublik Inventory for the time that he was Prime Minister. c) The Lodge belongs to the eAustralian People and is the Private Residence of the current serving Prime Minister only for as long as he is in office. d) It was also agreed that each outgoing Prime Minister is required to “Donate” the Quality 5 House “The Lodge” to the new incoming Prime Minster on the 1st Day that he takes Office. 3. Code of Conduct.[/u] a) All Cabinet Ministers shall agree to abide to a code of conduct related to the performance of their duties. This is detailed in this section: i. Given Cabinet Members are clearly perceived as directly representing the government of eAustralia, they are required to clearly state when commenting any personal or private views in public that are not necessarily the views of the eAustralian government or their elected

representatives. ii. Cabinet Members have a duty of care to ensuring any risk of perceived direct Conflict of Interest from legislation or executive government decisions (as handed down by the PM) is minimised. In the event of a potential or perceived direct Conflict of Interest, Cabinet Members should declare this to the PM and Inspector General as soon as such a Conflict becomes apparent. Responsibility:

Responsibility for each section will be outlined in each section.

References: 1. Cabinet Announcement Proposal Discussion: [Proposal] Government Cabinet. Proposal Vote: [Vote] Government Cabinet Proposed by: Xavier Griffith Law enacted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 @ 6:50 pm 2. The Lodge Proposal Discussion: [Proposal] Duty Pay. Proposal Vote: [Vote] Duty Pay or The Lodge. Proposed by: Haugenmatt Law enacted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 @ 4:25 pm Amendments: 1. Cabinet Protocol Act - 05/09 (Addition of Part 3. Code of Conduct) References: Amendment Discussion: 1. [Amendment] Cabinet Protocol Act - <04/05 - 09> Amendment Vote: [Vote] Cabinet Protocol Amendment - PASSED Amendment Proposed by: Ranger Bob Amendment enacted: Fri May 29, 2009 @ 9:06 pm