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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Salaries and allowances of Parliamentarians. 3. Payment of salaries and allowances. 4. Amendment of Schedule.

SCHEDULE

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An Act to make provision in respect of the salaries and allowances of senators and members of The House of Assembly.

[Commencement 1st October, 1992] 1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentarians

(Salaries and Allowances) Act. 2. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2),

there shall be paid to the persons holding the offices and posts specified in the first column of the Schedule, the salaries and allowances respectively set forth opposite thereto in the second and third columns of that Schedule.

(2) A person holding the office of Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate or Vice President of the Senate shall not be paid any salary or allowance other than the respective salary or allowance specified in the Schedule in respect of that office.

3. All salaries and allowances payable under this Act shall be charged on and shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund by equal monthly instalments.

4. (1) The Prime Minister may by Order subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Assembly amend the Schedule.

(2) In subsection (1) the expression “subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Assembly” in relation to an Order means that any such Order is not to come into operation until approved by a resolution of the House of Assembly.

27 of 1992 S.I. 54/1997 29 of 1998 S.I. 78/2007

Short title.

Salaries and allowances of Parliamentarians. Schedule.

29 of 1998, s. 2.

Payment of sal- aries and allow- ances.

Amendment of Schedule.

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.I. 54/1997. SCHEDULE (Sections 2 and 4)

First Column Office or Post

Second Column Salary

Third Column Duty Allowance

Prime Minister $86,000 $25,000

Deputy Prime Minister $76,000 $15,000

Attorney-General $66,000 $5,000

Minister with Portfolio $66,000 $ 5,000

Minister of State $60,000 $ 5,000

Speaker $80,000 $3,000

Leader of the Opposition $50,000 –

Parliamentary Secretary $45,000 $3,000

Deputy Speaker $32,000 –

Member of the House of Assembly

$28,000 –

Government Whip – $11,550

Government Deputy Whip – $ 6,000

Opposition Whip – $11,250

President of the Senate $17,500 –

Vice President of the Senate $15,000 –

Leader of the Senate $15,000 –

Senator $12,500 –

S.I. 54/1997 S.I. 78/2007