LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE
NORTHERN TERRITORY (REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1978
No.
104 of 1978
An Act relating to remuneration and allowances of
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.
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 Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory
(Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1978.
Commencement
2. This
Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Certain
payments not to disqualify Members of Legislative Assembly of Northern
Territory
3.
Paragraph 21(2)(e) of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
does not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, to or in relation to
the receipt by a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory
of Australia, before the commencement of this Act, of any remuneration,
allowance or entitlement paid or granted to him, or purporting to have been
paid or granted to him, in pursuance of the determination of the Remuneration
Tribunal expressed to have effect from 1 July 1978 in so far as that
determination determined, or purported to determine, salary, allowances and
entitlements (including additional salary, special allowances and entitlements
in respect of particular offices) of members of the Legislative Assembly for
the Northern Territory of Australia, and a member of the Legislative Assembly
of the Northern Territory of Australia shall not be taken to have vacated his
office by force of paragraph 21(2)(e) of the Northern Territory
(Self-Government) Act 1978 by reason only that he took, or agreed to take,
before the commencement of this Act, any such remuneration, allowance or
entitlement.