Judges' Remuneration Act 1969 (Cth)

Judges’ Remuneration

No. 40 of 1969

An Act relating to the Remuneration of the Judges of Courts created by the Parliament, of the Presidential Members of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and of the Members of the Trade Practices Tribunal.

[Assented to 14 June 1969]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Judges’ Remuneration Act 1969.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Amendment of Acts.

3. The Acts specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act are amended as respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule.

Citation of Acts.

4.An Act specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to this Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited in the manner specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite to the reference to that Act in the first column.

 

THE SCHEDULES

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FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.

First Column	Second Column
Acts amended	Amendments
Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933-1968	Section 8b—
	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seventeen thousand dollars a year”, insert “Twenty-two thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand dollars” Insert in sub-section (1a.), after “salary”, “and annual allowance” Insert in sub-section (7.), after “salary”, “and annual allowance”
Bankruptcy Act 1966-1968...............................	Section 25—
Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seventeen thousand dollars a year and that salary”, insert “Twenty-two thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand dollars and that salary and annual allowance” Omit sub-section (2.), insert the following sub-section:— “(2.) The salary and annual allowance of a Judge grow due from day to day, but are payable monthly.”

First Schedule—continued

First Column	Second Column
Acts amended	Amendments
Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1968, as amended by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1969 and by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2) 1969	Section 8—
	Insert in sub-section (1.), after “salary”, “and annual allowance”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “salary as” insert “salary and annual allowance as” Add at the end of sub-section (2.) “and an annual allowance of Five hundred dollars” Insert in sub-section (3.), after “salaries”, “and annual allowances”.
	Section 93—
	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Nineteen thousand dollars a year “, insert “Twenty-four thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand five hundred dollars “
	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seventeen thousand dollars a year “, insert “Twenty-two thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand dollars” Insert in sub-section (2.), after “salaries”, “and annual allowances”
	Section 102—
	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Nineteen thousand dollars a year”, insert “Twenty-four thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand five hundred dollars “ Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seventeen thousand dollars a year”, insert “Twenty-two thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand dollars” Insert in sub-section (2.), after “salaries”, “and annual allowances”
	Section 103a—
	Insert in sub-section (2.), after “salary”, “and annual allowance”
Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2) 1969.....................	Section 1— Omit sub-section (3.)
Norfolk Island Act 1957-1966...............................................	Section 21a— Insert in sub-section (l.), after “salary”, “and annual allowance”
Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961-1968	Section 9—
Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seventeen thousand dollars a year and that salary”, insert “Twenty-two thousand dollars a year and an annual allowance of One thousand dollars and that salary and annual allowance” Insert in sub-section (2.), after “salary”, “and annual allowance”
Trade Practices Act 1965-1968.............................................	Section 11—
Omit from sub-section (2.) “at such rate as the Governor-General determines, but the rate shall not”, insert “and an annual allowance at such rates as the Governor-General determines, but neither rate shall”
Omit from sub-section (3.) “such allowances in respect of travelling expenses”, insert “sums in respect of travelling expenses at such rate”

 

SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.

First Column	Second Column
Acts amended	Citations
Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933-1968	Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933-1969
Bankruptcy Act 1966-1968...............................	Bankruptcy Act 1966-1969
Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1968, as amended by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1969 and by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2) 1969	Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1969
Norfolk Island Act 1957-1966..........................	Norfolk Island Act 1957-1969
Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961-1968	Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961-1969
Trade Practices Act 1965-1968........................	Trade Practices Act 1965