Members of Parliament, Reimbursement of Expenses, Act Amendment Act 1959 (WA)

No. 73.] Members of Parliament, [1959.

Reimbursement of Expenses.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT,

REIMBURSEMENT OF

EXPENSES.

8° Elizabeth II., No. LXXIII.

No. 73 of 1959.

AN ACT to amend the Members of Parliament,

Reimbursement of Expenses, Act, 1953-1955.

[Assented to 14th December, 1959.]

BE 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

and citation	1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Members of Parliament, Reimbursement of Expenses, Act Amendment Act, 1959.
(2) In this Act the Members of Parliament, Reimbursement of Expenses, Act, 1953-1955, is referred to as the principal Act.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Members of Parliament,

Reimbursement of Expenses, Act, 1953-1959.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the gir t. ence-

first day of January, one thousand nine hundred

and sixty.

S. 2

3. Section two of the principal Act is amended amended.

(a)	by substituting for the passage, "Except while occupying the office of Minister of the Crown, each" in lines one and two, the word, "Each";
(b)	by substituting for the word, "Schedule" in line seven, the words, "First Schedule".

4. Section two A of the principal Act is amended 2aded.

by substituting for the word, "Schedule" in line six of subsection (1), the words, "First Schedule".

S. 2B

5. The principal Act is amended by adding added.

after section two A the following section-

Entitlement

2B. A Member of Parliament of the State, while occupying an office specified in the first

where

Member

holds certain

column of the Second Schedule to this Act, is

office.

entitled as reimbursement of expenses incurred in discharging the duties of that office, in addition to any reimbursement of expenses to which he is entitled under section two of this Act and to any allowance to which he is entitled under any other Act, to such reimbursement as is specified in the second column of the Second Schedule to this Act and is appropriate to his case.

6. Section three of the principal Act is amended s' ended.

by inserting after the word, "reimbursement" in line two of paragraph (a), the passage, "under section two or section two B of this Act".

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Schedule

amended. 7. The Schedule to the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by substituting for the heading, "SCHEDULE" the headin g, "FIRST SCHEDULE";
(b)	by substituting for the amount, "£200" where it appears in line two and again in line eleven of Item 1, the amount, "£450" in each case;
(c)	by substituting for the amount, "£400" where it appears in line two and again in line five of Item 2, the amount, "£700" in each case;
(d)	by substituting for the amount, "£350" where it appears in line two and again in line four of Item 3, the amount "€650" in each case;
(e)	by substituting for the amount, "£300" where it appears in line two of Item 4, the amount, "£600".

Second

Schedule 8. The principal Act is amended by adding after

added. the Schedule a Second Schedule as follows:—

S. 2B. SECOND SCHEDULE.

Maximum Rate

per Annum of

Office occupied by the Member of Parliament. Reimbursement.

Premier	300
Deputy Premier ...	200
Leader of the Government in the Legisla-

tive Council ... 200

Minister of the Crown (other than the Pre- mier, Deputy Premier, and the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council) 170

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Maximum Rate Per Annum of

Office occupied by the Member of Parliament.	Reimbursement.
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative

Assembly 150

Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the

Legislative Assembly 90

Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative

Council 90

Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the

Legislative Assembly (when there is a

recognised third party in that Assembly) Leader of any third party in the Legisla- tive Assembly when such party is a recognised party under the Parliamen- tary Allowances Act, 1911	70
90

President of the Legislative Council	120
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	120
Chairman of Committees in the Legislative

Assembly 75

Chairman of Committees in the Legislative

Council 75

Government Whip in the Legislative Assem-

bly 200

Opposition Whip in the Legislative Assembly 150