Remuneration
and Allowances Amendment Act 1981
No.
121 of 1981
An
Act relating to certain remuneration and allowances
[Assented to 9 September 1981]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
PART
I—PRELIMINARY
Short
title
1. This Act may be cited
as the Remuneration and Allowances
Amendment Act 1981.
Commencement
2. This Act shall be
deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1981.
PART
II—MODIFICATIONS OF DETERMINATIONS OF THE REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Allowances
to be paid to office holders of the Parliament
3. (1) Determination No. 9 of 1981 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated
18 June 1981 relating to the allowances to be paid to members of the
Parliament
by reason of their holding particular offices, or performing particular
functions, in, or in relation to, the Parliament or either House of the
Parliament is modified by omitting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:
1. Additional Salary and
Special Allowance of Office
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Office | Rate per annum of additional salary in respect of
the year ending on 30 June 1982 | Rate per annum of additional salary in respect of
any period after 30 June 1982 | Rate per annum of special allowance |
$ | $ | $ |
Leader
of the Opposition......................................
| 17,216 | 20,700 | 8,500 |
President
of the Senate..........................................
| 16,486 | 20,700 | 7,250 |
Speaker
of the House of Representatives.......... | 16,486 | 20,700 | 7,250 |
Deputy
Leader of the Opposition........................
| 10,917 | 11,900 | 7,250 |
Leader
of the Opposition in the Senate | 10,917 | 11,900 | 7,250 |
Leader
of a minority non-Government party recognised in the Senate or House of
Representatives.............
| 3,150 | 6,300 | 7,250 |
Chairman
of Committees in the Senate | 5,780 | 6,300 | 1,500 |
Chairman
of Committees in the House of Representatives............................................................................
| 5,780 | 6,300 | 1,500 |
Deputy
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | 5,458 | 5,950 | 1,500 |
Government
Whip in the House of Representatives | 5,458 | 5,950 | 1,500 |
Opposition
Whip in the House of Representatives | 4,817 | 5,250 | 1,500 |
Government
Whip in the Senate.........................
| 4,495 | 4,900 | 1,500 |
Opposition
Whip in the Senate...........................
| 4,495 | 4,900 | 1,500 |
Chairman
of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts
| 4,495 | 4,900 | 1,500 |
Chairman
of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.................................................................
| 4,495 | 4,900 | 1,500 |
Chairman
of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.............................................................
| 1,606 | 1,750 | 1,500 |
Third
Party Whip in the House of Representatives | 3,211 | 3,500 |
Deputy
Government Whip in the House of Representatives............................................................................
| 1,606 | 1,750 |
Chairman
of a Parliamentary Committee not otherwise specified herein................................................
| 776 | 850 |
Second
non-Government Party Whip in the Senate | 425 | 850 |
Deputy
Government Whip in the Senate........... | 776 | 850 |
Deputy
Opposition Whip in the Senate............. | 776 | 850 |
Deputy
Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives............................................................................
| 776 | 850 |
Deputy
Chairman of Committees in the Senate | 776 | 850 |
Deputy
Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives................................................
| 776 | 850 |
(2)
The
determination of the Remuneration Tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) as
modified by that sub-section has effect as if it were a determination of the
Remuneration Tribunal.
Allowances
to be paid to members of the Parliament
4.
(1) Determination
No. 10 of 1981 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 18 June 1981 relating to the
allowances to be paid to members of the Parliament is modified by omitting
paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:
1. Allowance by way of
basic salary
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Office | Rate per annum of basic salary in respect of the
year ending on 30 June 1982 | Rate per annum of basic salary in respect of any
period after 30 June 1982 |
$ | $ |
Senator or member of the House of
Representatives | 33,013 | 36,000 |
(2) The determination of the
Remuneration Tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) as modified by that
sub-section has effect as if it were a determination of the Remuneration
Tribunal.
PART III—SALARIES
OF MINISTERS OF STATE
Principal
Act
5. The Ministers of State Act 19521
is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Salaries
of Ministers
6. Section 5 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting “$400,000” and substituting “$452,000”.
PART
IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1973
Principal
Act
7. The Remuneration and Allowances Act 19732
is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Salary
and allowances of certain office holders
8. Section 13 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a) by adding at the end of
paragraph (4) (b) “or”;
(b) by omitting paragraph (4) (c);
and
(c) by omitting “$275” and
substituting “$300”.
Travelling
allowance payable to the Chief Justice and Justices of the High Court
9. Section 13a of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-paragraph (4)
(a) (i) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
“(i)
in a case to which sub-paragraph (ii) does not apply—
(A) for an overnight stay in a
capital city—$98; or
(B) for any other overnight stay—$75;
or”;
(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph
(4) (a) (ii) and from paragraph (4) (b) “$20” and substituting “$25”;
(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph
(6) (a) (i) “$80” and substituting “$98”; and
(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph
(6) (a) (ii) and from paragraph (6) (b) “$20” and substituting “$25”.
Additional
allowance payable to certain Justices of the High Court
10. Section 13b of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting from sub-section (1) “$7,500” and substituting “$8,250”.
Travelling
allowances payable to holders of certain offices
11. Section 13c of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-paragraph (4)
(a) (i) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
“(i)
in a case to which sub-paragraph (ii) does not apply—
(A) for an overnight stay in a
capital city—$90; or
(B) for any other overnight
stay—$70; or”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph
(4) (a) (ii) and from paragraph (4) (b) “$20” and substituting “$25”.
Schedule
3
12. Schedule 3 to the
Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule is substituted:
SCHEDULE
3 Section
13
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Office | Rate per annum of salary | Rate per annum of annual allowance |
$ | $ |
PART I |
Chief
Justice of the High Court....................................................................... | 87,000 | 4,400 |
Justice
(other than the Chief Justice) of the High Court............................. | 79,000 | 3,675 |
PART II |
Chief
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.............................................. | 73,000 | 3,375 |
Chief
Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | 69,000 | 3,375 |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Office | Rate per annum of salary | Rate per annum of annual allowance |
$ | $ |
Chief
Judge of the Family Court of Australia...................................................
| 67,000 | 3,375 |
President
of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal...........................................
| 67,000 | 3,375 |
President
of the Trade Practices Tribunal..........................................................
| 67,000 | 3,375 |
Director-General
of Security................................................................................
| 67,000 | 3,375 |
Chairman
of the Commonwealth Grants Commission....................................
| 67,000 | 3,375 |
Judge
(other than the Chief Judge) of the Federal Court of Australia..........
| 67,000 | 3,075 |
Judge
(other than the Chief Judge) of the Supreme Court of Australian.....
| 67,000 | 3,075 |
Chief
Judge of the Australian Industrial Court.................................................
| 59,000 | 3,075 |
Senior
Judge of the Family Court of Australia.................................................
| 59,000 | 3,075 |
Judge
(other than the Chief Judge) of the Australian Industrial Court.........
| 56,000 | 3,075 |
Judge
of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy........................................................
| 56,000 | 3,075 |
Judge
(other than the Chief Judge or a Senior Judge) of the Family Court of
Australia
| 55,000 | 3,075 |
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS
Principal
Act
13. The Remuneration Tribunals Act 19733
is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Exclusion
of sub-section 7 (8) of Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973
14. Sub-section 7 (8) of
the Principal Act does not apply in relation to—
(a) any determination of the
Remuneration Tribunal that was made on 18 June 1981; or
(b) in the case of such a
determination that has been modified by a provision of Part II of this Act—that
determination as so modified.
NOTES
1. No. 1, 1952,
as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 1, 1956; No. 18, 1959; Nos. 1 and
71, 1964; No. 93, 1966; No. 1, 1967; No. 102, 1968; No. 43, 1971; Nos. 14 and
216, 1973; No. 82, 1978; No. 141, 1979; and No. 165, 1980.
2. No. 14, 1973,
as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 203, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as
amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 8, 1975; Nos. 83, 170 and 182, 1976; Nos. 81 and
111, 1977; No. 166, 1978; No. 140, 1979; and No. 164, 1980.
3. No. 215,
1973, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 80, 1974; No. 96, 1975; Nos.
60 and 178, 1978; Nos. 26, 108, 136 and 155, 1979; No. 160, 1980; and No. 74,
1981.