Acts Amendment (Allowances and Salaries Adjustment) Act 1947 (WA)

No. 52.] Acts Amendment (Allowances and [1947.

Salaries Adjustment).

ACTS AMENDMENT (ALLOWANCES

AND SALARIES ADJUSTMENT).

11° and 12° GEO. VI., No. LII.

No. 52 of 1947.

AN ACT to amend certain Acts so as to provide for the adjustment of certain allowances and salaries.

[Assented to 19th December, ,1947 .]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Acts Amendment

(Allowances and Salaries Adjustment) Act, 1947.

AGENT GENERAL.

Construction. 2. (1) This section shall be read as one with The

Agent General Act, 1895 (59 Victorite No. 7) referred to in this section as the principal Act.

Citation of

principal Act	(2) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be
as amended

by this Act.	cited as The Agent General Act, 1895-1947.
Amendment	(3) Section three of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words "One thousand five hundred pounds per annum" in line two, the words "at the rate of one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds per annum on and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven."
of s. 3.

1947.] Acts Amendment (Allowances and [No. 52.

Salaries Adjustment).

AUDIT.

3. (1) This section shall be read as one with the thmstru to

Audit Act, 1904 (No. 12 of 1904 as amended by No. 24 of 1927), referred to in this section as the principal Act.

Citation of

(2) The principal Act as amended by tins Act may be principal Act

as amended

cited as the Audit Act, 1904-1947. by tins"Act..

(3) Section six of the principal Act is amended b y °Arse:rent

substituting for the words "of one thousand pounds" in lines one and two the words "at the rate of one thousand two hundred pounds per annum on and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty. seven."

CONSTITUTION.

4. (1) This section shall be read as one with the Con- Construction.

stitution Acts Amendment Act, 1899-1947 (No. 19 of 1899 as amended by Nos. 21 of 1904, 6 of 1911, 31 of 1911, 34 of 1921, 25 of 1927, 1 of 1929, 26 of 1929, 25 of 1933, 40 of 1934, 29 of 1942, 52 of 1945, 2 of 1947, and 4 of 1947), referred to in this section as the principal Act.

The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Constitution Acts Amendment Act, 1899-1947.	principal Act
Citation of
as amended
by this Act.

(2)

(3) The principal Act is amended by

(a)	substituting for the words "twenty-two thousand two hundred pounds" in section forty-five, line three the words "twenty-four thousand six hundred pounds on and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ;"	Amendment
of s. 45.
(b)	inserting after the word "Act" in section forty-	Amendment
of s. 45.

five, line five, the words "at the rate per

annum specified in that Schedule;"

No. 52.] Acts Amendment (Allowances and [1947.

Salaries Adjustment).

Amendment

of Fourth (c) substituting for the Fourth Schedule the

Schedule. following :-

"Schedule IV. Section 45.

Rate per

annum.

Governor .. 4,000

Private Secretary 500

Clerk of the Executive Coun cil 350

Chief Justice	2,600
First Puisne Judge	2,300
Second Puisne Judge	2,300
Third Puisne Judge	2,300
Eight Ministerial Salaries	10,250
£24,600
PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES.

Construction. 5. (1) This section shall be read as one with the Par-

liamentary Allowances Act, 1911 (No. 33 of 1911 as amended by Nos. 63 of 1919, 32 of 1925, 28 of 1927, 6 of 1930 and 34 of 1944), referred to in this section as the principal Act.

Citation of

principal Act	(2)	The principal Act as amended by this Act may be
by this Act.

as amended	cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act, 1911-1947.
Amendment

Section three of the principal Act is repealed and substituted by the following section:-

of s. 3. (3)

3. On and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and subject to the proviso to this section

(a) each member of the Legislative Council shall be entitled to receive an allowance at the rate of nine hundred and sixty pounds a year, and

(b) each member of the Legislative Assembly

shall be entitled to receive an allowance at

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Salaries Adjustment).

the rate of nine hundred and sixty pounds

a year :

Provided that-

(i)    a member of the Legislative Council or a member of the Legislative Assembly, who is elected for an Electoral Province or an Electoral District, as the ease may be, ally part of the boundaries of either of which is outside the area of an imaginary circle having a radius of fifty miles from Parliament House at Perth in the State, shall be entitled to receive an allowance at the rate of fifty pounds a year, in addition to the respective allowance, to which he is entitled under para- graph (a) or paragraph (b) of this. section,

(ii) one member of the Legislative. Assembly, namely, the member,. who, for the time being, is recog- nised as the Leader of the Opposi- tion, shall be entitled to receive an allowance at the rate of five hundred pounds a year in addition to the allowance referred to in paragraph (b) of this section and, when paragraph (i) of this proviso is applicable, in addition to the allowance referred to in that para- graph, and

(iii)    while holding any of the eight prin- cipal executive offices of the Gov- ernment, liable to be vacated on political grounds, a member of the Legislative Council or a member of the Legislative Assembly shall be entitled. to receive all the allow- ances to which he is entitled under this Act in addition to Ministerial salary to which he is entitled under the Constitution Acts Amendment Act, 1899-1.947.

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Salaries Adjustment).

Amendment

Section four of the principal Act is amended by inserting before the words "The allowance" in line one, the words "Subject to the provisions of section three of this Act."

of s. 4. (4)

Amendment

Section five of the principal Act is amended by inserting before the words "The allowance" in line one, the words "Subject to the provisions of section three of this Act."

of s. 5. (5)

Amendment

Section six of the principal Act is repealed and substituted by the following section:—

of s. 6. (6)

6. (1) On and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly shall each be entitled to receive an allowance at the rate of one thousand three hundred and sixty pounds a year but while entitled to receive that allowance shall not be entitled to receive any of the allowances referred to in section three of this Act, save and except the allowance referred to in paragraph (i) of the proviso to that section when that paragraph is applicable.

(2) On and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven the Chair- man of Committees of the Legislative Council and the Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly shall each be entitled to receive an allowance at the rate of one thousand one hundred and sixty pounds a year but while entitled to receive that allow- ance shall not be entitled to receive any of the allowances referred to in section three of this Act, save and except the allowance referred to in para- graph (i) of the proviso to that section when that paragraph is applicable.

Repeal of s.

GA (added by

No. 34 of	(7)	Section six A of the principal Act is repealed.
1944).
Amendment
of s. 7.	(8)

Section seven of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word "Act" in line one, the words, ", subject to the provisions of the Acts Amendment (Allowances and Salaries Adjustment) Act, 1947,".

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PUBLIC SERVICE.

6. (1) This section shall be read as one with the construction.

Public Service Act, 1904-1947 (No. 4 of 1904, reprinted as amended in the Appendix to the Sessional Volume of the Statutes for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty and further amended by Nos. 28 of 1935 and 17 of 1947) referred to in this section as the principal Act.

(2) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be ilintcji°113fAct

cited as the Public Service Act, 1904-1947.	as amended
by this Act.

(3) Section six, subsection (5) of the principal Act is Amendment of

amended by substituting for the words "twelve hundred and fifty pounds per annum," in line two, the words "one thousand four hundred and seventy-five pounds a year on and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven."