Members of Parliament, Reimbursement of Expenses Act 1953 (WA)

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT,

REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.

2° Elizabeth II., No. XLVII.

No. 47 of 1953.

AN ACT to authorise reimbursement of expenses to

Members of Parliament.

[Assented to 29th December, 1953.]

13E it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Members of Parliament, Reimbursement of Expenses, Act, 1953.

1.

Entitlement.

Except while occupying the office of Minister of the Crown, each Member of Parliament of the State is entitled, as reimbursement of expenses 'incurred in discharging Parliamentary duties, in addition to any allowance to which he is entitled under any other Act, to such reimbursement as is specified in the Schedule to this Act and is appro- priate to his case.

2.

3.     (a) The Treasurer shall, upon application by a 7,1ateetgi

Member for reimbursement at the maximum rate or mak rf	unrsemet.	-
less than the maximum rate, as the case may be,

No. 47.] Members of Parliament [1953.

Reimbursement of

Expenses.

cause the reimbursement to be made to the Member at the rate applied for by him in such manner and at such time or times as the Treasurer determines.

(b) If a person does not, while he is a Member of Parliament, make claim in writing to the Treasurer during any year, commencing on the first day of January and ending on the next following thirty- first day of December, for the reimbursement for that year, he is regarded as having renounced the claim for, and is not entitled to, the reimbursement for that year.

Appropria-

tion. 4. To the extent necessary to give effect to this Act the public moneys of the State are, without other authorisation than this Act, hereby perman- ently appropriated.

8. 2, SCHEDULE.

Maximum rate

Province or District for which the Member per annum of

of Parliament is elected. reimbursement.

Item 1.

Province

Metropolitan, Suburban, West £200

District

Canning, Claremont, Cottesloe, East

Perth, Fremantle, Guildford-Mid-

land, Leederville, Maylands, Melville,

Middle Swan, Mount Hawthorn,

Mount Lawley, Nedlands, North

Perth, South Fremantle, South

Perth, Subiaco, Victoria Park,

Wembley Beaches, West Perth .. £200

Item 2.

Province

North £400

District-

Gascoyne, Kimberley, Murchison,

Pilbara . £400

Item 3.

Province

North-East, South-East £350

District

Eyre, Merredin-Yilgarn, Roe £350

Item 4.

Province or District not mentioned in

Items 1, 2 or 3 of this Schedule .... £300