Parliamentary
Allowances
No. 101 of 1968
An
Act relating to Parliamentary Allowances.
[Assented
to 29 November 1968]
BE
it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1968.
(2.) The Parliamentary
Allowances Act 1952–1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1968.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into
operation on the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-eight.
Allowances
to President, Speaker and Chairmen of Committees.
3. Section 6 of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952-1966
is amended by omitting sub-sections (4.) and (5.) and inserting in their stead
the following sub-sections:—
“(4.) The allowances to a President of the Senate
or to a Chairman of Committees of the Senate who is re-elected at an election
of the Senate shall be reckoned to and including the day next before the day on
which his successor as President or Chairman, as the case may be, is chosen.
“(5.) The allowances to a Speaker of the House of
Representatives or to a Chairman of Committees of that House who is re-elected
at a general
election
of that House shall be reckoned to and including the day next before the day on
which his successor as Speaker or Chairman, as the case may be, is chosen.”.
Amendments
of Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1966.
4. The Parliamentary
Allowances Act 1952–1966 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act.
5. After section 8 of the Parliamentary
Allowances Act 1952–1966 the following section is inserted:—
Allowance
to leader of second non-Government party in Senate.
“8a. There
is payable to the leader in the Senate of the second non-Government recognized
political party in the Senate an allowance at the rate of One thousand dollars
a year, and a further allowance, in respect of the expenses of discharging the
duties of his office, at the rate of Five hundred dollars a year.”.
THE
SCHEDULE
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AMENDMENTS
Section
4.
Provisions amended | Amendments |
Section
4.......................................... | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Seven thousand”, insert “Nine thousand five hundred”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “Two thousand one hundred”, insert “Two thousand six hundred
and fifty”
|
Section
5.......................................... | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Seven thousand”, insert “Nine thousand five hundred”
|
Omit from
paragraph (a) of sub-section (2.) “Two
thousand two hundred”, insert “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty”
|
Omit from
paragraph (b) of sub-section (2.) “Two
thousand six hundred”, insert “Three thousand three hundred and fifty”
|
Section
6.......................................... | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Six thousand”, insert “Seven thousand five hundred”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “Four thousand”
|
Omit from
sub-section (3.) “Two thousand five hundred”, insert “Three thousand one
hundred and twenty-five”
|
Section
7.......................................... | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Four thousand”, insert “Five thousand”
|
Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Eight thousand five hundred”, insert “Ten thousand five
hundred”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “One thousand five
hundred”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “Three thousand six hundred”, insert “Four thousand six
hundred”
|
Section
7a........................................ | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “One thousand three hundred”, insert “One thousand six
hundred and twenty-five”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “Six hundred”, insert “Seven hundred and fifty”
|
Section
8.......................................... | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Four thousand”, insert “Five thousand”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “One thousand five
hundred”
|
Section
9.......................................... | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “Two thousand”, insert “Two thousand five hundred”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “Six hundred”, insert “Seven hundred and fifty”
|
Section
10........................................ | Omit from
sub-section (1.) “One thousand”, insert “One thousand two hundred and fifty”
|
Omit from
sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “One thousand five
hundred”
|
Omit from
sub-section (3.) “One thousand”, insert “One thousand two hundred and fifty”
|