Remuneration Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1998 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Remuneration Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1998

No. 3 of 1998

An Act to amend the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995

[Notified in ACT Gazette S120: 5 May 1998]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

   This Act may be cited as the Remuneration Tribunal (Amendment)  Act 1998.

2. Commencement

   This Act shall be taken to have commenced on 21 February 1998.

3. Principal Act

   In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995. 1

4. Inquiries in relation to members of the Legislative Assembly

   Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

5. For the purposes of paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘office’ in subsection 73 (1) of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth, each of the following offices is declared to be an office to which section 73 of that Act applies:

   (a)Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly;

(b)Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly;

(c)Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly;

(d)Opposition Whip in the Legislative Assembly;

(e)the presiding member (however designated) of a committee of the Legislative Assembly.”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 31 December 1997.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 30 April 1998]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1998