GOVERNOR-GENERAL
AMENDMENT ACT 1977
No.
118 of 1977
An
Act to amend the Governor-General Act 1974 with respect to the salary of
the Governor-General.
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
1.
This Act may be cited as the Governor-General Amendment Act 1977.
Commencement
2.
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent, but the amendment made by section 3 does not have effect during the
continuance in office of the person holding office as Governor-General
immediately before the commencement of this Act.
3.
Section 3 of the Governor-General Act 1974 is repealed and the following
section substituted:
Salary of Governor-General
“3.
The annual sum payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the salary of
the Governor-General shall be $37,000.”.