Governor-General
Amendment Act 1982
No.
44 of 1982
An Act to amend
the Governor-General Act 1974 with
respect to the salary of the Governor-General
[Assented to 9 June 1982]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Governor-General Amendment Act 1982.
(2) The Governor-General Act 19741 is in this Act referred to as
the Principal Act.
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
Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:
Salary
of Governor-General
“3. The annual salary payable out
of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the salary of the Governor-General shall
be $70,000.”.
NOTE
1. No.
16, 1974, as amended. For previous amendment, see No. 118, 1977.