Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1981

1 Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1981.

2 Commencement

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1981.

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3. (1) Determination No. 9 of 1981 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 18 June 1981 relating to the allowances to be paid to members of the

Parliament by reason of their holding particular offices, or performing particular functions, in, or in relation to, the Parliament or either House of the Parliament is modified by omitting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:

1. Additional Salary and Special Allowance of Office

(2) The determination of the Remuneration Tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) as modified by that sub-section has effect as if it were a determination of the Remuneration Tribunal.

Allowances to be paid to members of the Parliament

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4. (1) Determination No. 10 of 1981 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 18 June 1981 relating to the allowances to be paid to members of the Parliament is modified by omitting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:

1. Allowance by way of basic salary

(2) The determination of the Remuneration Tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) as modified by that sub-section has effect as if it were a determination of the Remuneration Tribunal.

5 Principal Act

5. The Ministers of State Act 1952¹ is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

6 Salaries of Ministers

6. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “$400,000” and substituting “$452,000”.

7 Principal Act

7. The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1973² is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

8 Salary and allowances of certain office holders

8. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (4) (b) “or”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (4) (c); and

(c) by omitting “$275” and substituting “$300”.

9 Travelling allowance payable to the Chief Justice and Justices of the High Court

9. Section 13a of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-paragraph (4) (a) (i) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(i) in a case to which sub-paragraph (ii) does not apply—

(A) for an overnight stay in a capital city—$98; or

(B) for any other overnight stay—$75; or”;

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (4) (a) (ii) and from paragraph (4) (b) “$20” and substituting “$25”;

(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (6) (a) (i) “$80” and substituting “$98”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (6) (a) (ii) and from paragraph (6) (b) “$20” and substituting “$25”.

10 Additional allowance payable to certain Justices of the High Court

10. Section 13b of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “$7,500” and substituting “$8,250”.

11 Travelling allowances payable to holders of certain offices

11. Section 13c of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-paragraph (4) (a) (i) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(i) in a case to which sub-paragraph (ii) does not apply—

(A) for an overnight stay in a capital city—$90; or

(B) for any other overnight stay—$70; or”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (4) (a) (ii) and from paragraph (4) (b) “$20” and substituting “$25”.

12 Schedule 3

12. Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 3 Section 13

13 Principal Act

13. The Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973³ is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

14 Exclusion of sub-section 7 (8) of Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973

14. Sub-section 7 (8) of the Principal Act does not apply in relation to—

(a) any determination of the Remuneration Tribunal that was made on 18 June 1981; or

(b) in the case of such a determination that has been modified by a provision of Part II of this Act—that determination as so modified.

1 NOTES

No. 1, 1952, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 1, 1956; No. 18, 1959; Nos. 1 and 71, 1964; No. 93, 1966; No. 1, 1967; No. 102, 1968; No. 43, 1971; Nos. 14 and 216, 1973; No. 82, 1978; No. 141, 1979; and No. 165, 1980.

2. No. 14, 1973, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 203, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 8, 1975; Nos. 83, 170 and 182, 1976; Nos. 81 and 111, 1977; No. 166, 1978; No. 140, 1979; and No. 164, 1980.

3. No. 215, 1973, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 80, 1974; No. 96, 1975; Nos. 60 and 178, 1978; Nos. 26, 108, 136 and 155, 1979; No. 160, 1980; and No. 74, 1981.