Parliamentary Allowances Act 1907 (Cth)

PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES.

No. 5 of 1907.

An Act relating to the Allowance to Members of each House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.

[Assented to 28th August, 1907.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1907.

Repeal.

2. The Parliamentary Allowances Act 1902 is hereby repealed.

Amount of allowance.

3. Each senator and each member of the House of Representatives shall receive an allowance of Six hundred pounds a year.

Provided that in the case of a senator or member of the House of Representatives who holds any of the following offices, namely, Minister of State, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chairman of Committees of the Senate, or Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives, the allowance shall be Four hundred pounds a year in addition to the emoluments of his office.

Reckoning of allowance to senator.

4. The allowance to a senator shall be reckoned—

(a) in the case of a senator chosen at the first election after a dissolution of the Senate—from the day of his election;

(b)in the case of a senator chosen to fill a place which is to become vacant in rotation—from the first day of July following the day of his election;

(c) in the case of a senator chosen or appointed to fill a casual vacancy—from the day on which his name is certified by the Governor of a State to the Governor-General.

Reckoning of allowance to member.

5.The allowance to a member of the House of Representatives shall be reckoned from the day of

his election.

Commencement of application of Act.

6. In relation to the allowances of senators and members of the House of Representatives holding their seats at the commencement

 

of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply as from the date of the assent to the Act.

Appropriation.

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