Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal (Special Provisions) Act 1989 (NSW)

PARLIAMENTARY REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

(SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1989 No. 70

NEW SOUTH WALES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Special determination
5. Operation of determination

6. Application of Principal Act

PARLIAMENTARY REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL (SPECIAL

PROVISIONS) ACT 1989 No. 70

NEW SOUTH WALES

Act No. 70, 1989

An Act to provide for the making of a special determination of Parliamentary remuneration by the Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal. [Assented to 23 May 1989]

Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal (Special Provisions) 1989

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal (Special Provisions) Act 1989.

Commencement

2.     This Act commences on the date of assent.

Principal Act

3. (1) The Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal Act 1975 is referred to in this Act as the Principal Act.

(2) Words and expressions in this Act have the same meanings as they have in the Principal Act.

Special determination

4. (1) The Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal is required to make a determination of what classes or kinds of remuneration should be paid to Ministers of the Crown, recognised office holders and members or any of them or any class of them as on and from 1 July 1989 and the rates of any such remuneration.

(2) The Tribunal is required, as far as practicable, to complete any necessary inquiry in connection with the determination, and to make the determination, and to make a report to the Chief Justice of the determination, before 1 July 1989.

Operation of determination

5. (1) The determination comes into force on 1 July 1989 or is to be taken to have come into force on that date (if the report of the

determination is published after that date).

(2) The determination is to be taken to be a determination within the
meaning of the Principal Act, and is effective to entitle Ministers of the
Crown, recognised office holders and members to payment of remuneration.

(3) The determination continues in force until another determination made under section 5 or 5B of the Principal Act comes into force.

(4) Any other determination made under the Principal Act and in force immediately before 1 July 1989 ceases to be in force when the determination under this Act comes into force.

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(6) Nothing in this Act prevents payment of remuneration for any period commencing on 1 July 1989 at the rates previously applicable, but any adjustments as a result of the coming into force of the determination on that date are to be made as soon as practicable.

Application of Principal Act

6.     (1) Subject to this Act, the provisions of the Principal Act apply to

the determination in the same way as they apply to annual determinations
under the Principal Act.

(2) A reference in section 7A or 8 of the Principal Act to a report of a determination includes a reference to a report of the determination under section 4 of this Act.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

Legislative Assembly on 9 May 1989 Legislative Council on 11 May 1989]