Parliamentary Remuneration (Non-monetary Benefits) Amendment Act 2004 (SA)

South Australia

Parliamentary Remuneration (Non-monetary Benefits) Amendment Act 2004

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1990.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Remuneration (Non-monetary Benefits) Amendment Act 2004.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1990

3—Amendment of section 4A—Non-monetary benefits

1. (1)

   Section 4A(3)—after "members" second occurring insert:

   or the provision of any monetary reimbursement in accordance with subsection (5)(b)

2. (2)

   Section 4A(4)—delete ", and to the terms and conditions on which such benefits are to be provided" and substitute:

   (and must, in determining the terms and conditions which are applicable to a non-monetary benefit, adopt, so far as is reasonably possible, the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the same or a similar non-monetary benefit provided under the law of the Commonwealth to senators and members of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Commonwealth)

3. (3)

   Section 4A(5)—delete subsection (5) and substitute:

   1. (5)

      A determination of the Remuneration Tribunal providing for the provision of a motor vehicle must—

      1. (a)

         specify a motor vehicle, or range of motor vehicles, that will constitute the standard motor vehicle to be provided to members of Parliament in accordance with the determination; and

      2. (b)

         allow a member of Parliament who elects not to be provided with a motor vehicle to instead be provided with a conveyance allowance or some other form of monetary reimbursement with respect to motor vehicle expenses.

4—Insertion of section 4B

After section 4A insert:

4B—Sittings of Tribunal

The Remuneration Tribunal must sit at least once in each year for the purpose of determining, or reviewing the previous determinations of, remuneration under this Act.

Schedule 1—Transitional provisions

The Remuneration Tribunal must, within 4 months after the commencement of this clause, make a determination in accordance with section 4A of the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1990