REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984
REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 1. Short title.
An Act relating to certain remuneration and allowances (Assented to 25 June 1984) PART I-PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1984. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 2. Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 3. Principal Act
PART II-AMENDMENTS OF THE REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1973 3. The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1973*1* is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 4. Salaries and allowances of certain office holders
4. (1) Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''Schedule 3'' and substituting ''the Schedule''; (b) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''that'' (wherever occurring) and substituting ''the''; (c) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) ''annual allowance'' and substituting ''expenses of office allowance''; (d) by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or while he was a member of the Inter-State Commission'' after ''Parliament''; (e) by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or as a member of the Inter-State Commission, as the case may be'' after ''courts'' (second occurring); (f) by omitting from sub-section (2) ''annual allowance'' and substituting ''expenses of office allowance''; (g) by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or as a member of the Inter-State Commission, as the case may be'' after ''courts'' (last occurring); (h) by omitting from sub-section (2) ''judicial''; (j) by omitting from sub-section (2) ''annual allowances'' and substituting ''expenses of office allowance''; (k) by omitting from sub-sections (3) and (4) ''annual allowance'' (wherever occurring) and substituting ''expenses of office allowance''; (m) by omitting from sub-section (4) ''$500'' and substituting ''$540''; and (n) by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section: ''(5) If the person who holds the office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'relevant office') of- (a) President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; (b) President of the Trade Practices Tribunal; or (c) Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, also holds the office of a Judge (other than the Chief Judge) of the Federal Court of Australia (in this sub-section referred to as the 'judicial office') he shall, while he continues to hold both the judicial office and the relevant office, receive, in respect of the relevant office, in addition to the salary and expenses of office allowance by which he is remunerated in respect of the judicial office, an expenses of office allowance of $540 per annum.''. (2) The persons who, during the period that commenced on 6 October 1983 and ended on 30 April 1984 (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant
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period''), held the office (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant office'') of- (a) President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; (b) President of the Trade Practices Tribunal; or (c) Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, are each entitled to receive, in respect of the relevant period in respect of the relevant office, in addition to the salary and annual allowance by which he was remunerated in respect of the relevant period in respect of the office of a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia held by him, an annual allowance of $500 per annum. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 5. Travelling allowances payable to holders of certain offices
5. Section 13C of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting ''Schedule 3'' from paragraph (a) of the definition of ''office to which this section applies'' in sub-section (1) and substituting ''the Schedule (other than the office of a member (including the President) of the Inter-State Commission)''; (b) by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d) of the definition of ''office to which this section applies'' in sub-section (1) and substituting the following word and paragraph: ''; or (c) Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.''; and (c) by omitting sub-section (9). REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 6. Schedule
6. Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule is substituted: ''SCHEDULE Sub-section 13 (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Rate per Rate per annum of annum of expenses office of Office allowance salary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ PART I Chief Justice of the High Court . . . . . . . . . . 100,976 5,430 Justice (other than the Chief Justice) of the High Court 91,747 4,885 PART II Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Australia . . . 84,690 4,885 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,804 4,885 Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia . . . . 77,633 4,885 Chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission . . . 77,633 4,885 Judge (other than the Chief Judge) of the Federal Court of Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,633 4,345 Judge (other than the Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory . . . . . 77,633 4,345 President of the Inter-State Commission . . . . . . 77,633 4,345 Senior Judge of the Family Court of Australia . . . 70,032 3,800 Judge (other than the Chief Judge or a Senior Judge) of the Family Court of Australia . . . . . . . . . 65,689 3,800 Member (other than the President) of the Inter-State Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,417 1,900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------'' REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 7. Allowances to be paid to Ministers of State
PART III-MODIFICATIONS OF DETERMINATIONS OF THE REMUNERATION TRIBUN 7. (1) Determination Number 5 of 1984 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 5 April 1984 relating to the allowances to be paid to Ministers of State is modified by omitting the table and substituting the following table: ''------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rate per annum of
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expenses of office Office allowance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ Prime Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,170 Deputy Prime Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,485 Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,585 Leader of the House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,585 Leader of the Government in the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,585 Other Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,685 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------'' (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. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 8. Allowances to be paid to office holders of the Parliament
8. (1) Determination Number 6 of 1984 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 5 April 1984 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 expenses of office allowance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rate per Rate per annum annum of of expenses additional of office -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ $ Leader of the Opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,104 10,585 President of the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,104 8,685 Speaker of the House of Representatives . . . . . . 24,104 8,685 Deputy Leader of the Opposition . . . . . . . . . . 13,789 8,685 Leader of the Opposition in the Senate . . . . . . . 13,789 8,685 Leader of a minority non-Government party recognised in the Senate or House of Representatives . . . . . 7,329 8,685 Chairman of Committees in the Senate . . . . . . . . 7,329 1,790 Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives 7,329 1,790 Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate . . . 6,949 1,790 Government Whip in the House of Representatives . . 6,949 1,790 Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives . . 6,080 1,790 Government Whip in the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . 5,701 1,790 Opposition Whip in the Senate . . . . . . . . . . . 5,701 1,790 Chairman of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts . 5,429 1,790 Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,429 1,790 Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Australian Capital Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Education and the Arts 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on National Resources . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Science and the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Social Welfare . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee on Trade and Commerce . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing
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Committee on Road Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,790 Third Party Whip in the House of Representatives . . 4,071 Deputy Government Whip in the House of Representatives 2,036 Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee not otherwise specified in this paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 Second non-Government Party Whip in the Senate . . . 977 Deputy Government Whip in the Senate . . . . . . . . 977 Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate . . . . . . . . 977 Deputy Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives 977 Deputy Chairman of Committees in the Senate . . . . 977 Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------'' (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. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 9. Allowances to be paid to members of the Parliament
9. (1) Determination Number 7 of 1984 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 5 April 1984 relating to the allowances (including allowances in accordance with section 48 of the Constitution) to be paid to members of the Parliament by reason of their membership of the Parliament is modified by omitting paragraph 2 and substituting the following paragraph: ''2. Electorate Allowance (i) A Senator shall receive an electorate allowance at the rate of $15,200 per annum. (ii) A member of the House of Representatives shall receive the following electorate allowance: ^ electorate of less than 5,000 square kilometres - at the rate of $15,200 per annum ^ electorate of population of 140,000 or more - at the rate of $18,460 per annum ^ electorate of 5,000 square kilometres or more - at the rate of $22,040 per annum.''. (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. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 10. Maximum amount to be paid to Parliamentary Secretaries
10. (1) Determination Number 8 of 1984 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 5 April 1984 relating to the maximum amounts to be paid to Parliamentary Secretaries by way of reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred by them in respect of their holding appointments as, or performing the functions of, Parliamentary Secretaries to Ministers of State is modified by omitting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph: ''1. Expenses of Office A Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to be reimbursed for expenses of office reasonably and necessarily incurred in respect of his holding an appointment as, or performing the functions of, a Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister of State, up to a maximum amount of $4,180 per annum.''. (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. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 11. Remuneration to be paid to holders of offices in First Division of Australian Public Service, &c.
11. (1) Determination Number 10 of 1984 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 5 April 1984 relating to the remuneration to be paid to the holders of offices in the First Division of the Australian Public Service and to the holders of public offices is modified by omitting clause (e) of paragraph 1 and substituting the following clause: ''(e) Rate per annum of Allowance $ p.a. $ p.a. 500 545 750 815 900 975 1,025 1,115
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1,250 1,355 1,300 1,410 1,325 1,440 1,400 1,520 1,500 1,630 1,675 1,820 1,750 1,900 1,925 2,090 2,200 2,390 2,500 2,715 2,550 2,770 2,750 2,985 3,500 3,800 4,050 4,395 4,750 5,155 12,000 13,030''. (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. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 12. Principal Act
PART IV-AMENDMENT OF THE MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 12. The Ministers of State Act 1952*2* is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 13. Salaries of Ministers
13. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ''$590,000'' and substituting ''$610,000''. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 14. Principal Act
PART V-AMENDMENT OF THE INTER-STATE COMMISSION ACT 1975 14. The Inter-State Commission Act 1975*3* is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act. REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT. 15. Remuneration and allowances
15. (1) Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section: ''(1) The members shall be paid remuneration at such respective rates as are fixed by the Parliament.''. (2) Notwithstanding sub-section 19 (1) of the Principal Act- (a) the President shall, in respect of the period that commenced on 15 March 1984 and ended on 18 April 1984 (in paragraph (b) referred to as the ''relevant period''), be paid salary at the rate of $74,575 per annum and an annual allowance at the rate of $4,000 per annum; and