MINISTERS OF STATE AMENDMENT ACT 1978
No. 82 of 1978
An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952.
BE IT ENACTED
by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Ministers of
State Amendment Act 1978.
(2) The Ministers of State Act 1952
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on
which it receives the Royal Assent.
Salaries of Ministers
3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting “Three hundred and two thousand dollars” and substituting “$325,000”.
4. Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Principal Act are
repealed and the following section substituted:
Additional allowances
to Ministers of State
“6. There are payable to the
Ministers of State, in addition to their salaries, and in addition to any
allowances payable to them as senators or members of the House of
Representatives, such respective allowances as are determined by the
Remuneration Tribunal in pursuance of the Remuneration
Tribunals Act 1973.”.