Health Services (Amendment) Act 1991 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Health Services (Amendment) Act 1991

No. 116 of 1991

An Act to amend the Health Services Act 1990

[Notified in ACT Gazette S162: 10 January 1992]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Health Services (Amendment) Act 1991.

Principal Act

2.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Health Services Act 1990.1

Insertion

3.  After section 16 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Remuneration and allowances

“16A.  (1)  An appointed member shall be paid such remuneration and allowances as are prescribed.

“(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply—

(a)    in relation to remuneration—if there is a subsisting determination relating to the remuneration to be paid to the member; or

(b)    in relation to an allowance of a particular kind—if there is a subsisting determination relating to an allowance of that kind to be paid to the member.

“(3)  In subsection (2)—

‘determination’ means a determination of the Remuneration Tribunal of the Commonwealth.”.

Expenses

4.  Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to expenses to which a determination referred to in paragraph 16A (2) (b) applies.”.

NOTE

1. Act No. 62, 1990.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 11 December 1991]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1991