Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Act 2024 (ACT)

Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Act 2024

A2024-18

An Act to amend the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995

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

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Act 2024.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This Act amends the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995.

4. New section 9A

   insert

9AMembers of Legislative Assembly acting in offices

(1)This section applies if—

(a)the tribunal has determined an additional amount of remuneration payable to a member of the Legislative Assembly in relation to holding 1 of the following offices:

(i)Chief Minister;

(ii)Minister;

(iii)Speaker;

(iv)an office mentioned in section 9 (3); and

(b)another member of the Legislative Assembly acts in the office for a continuous period of 60 days or more.

(2)The additional amount of remuneration is payable to the other member of the Legislative Assembly for the whole of the period the member acts in the office.

(3)However, if the other member of the Legislative Assembly would, apart from this subsection, be entitled to be paid 2 or more amounts of additional remuneration, the member is entitled to be paid only the higher or highest amount of additional remuneration.

(4)For this section, a member of the Legislative Assembly acts in an office if the member exercises the functions of the office in accordance with—

(a)any territory law or law of the Commonwealth that applies to the office; and

(b)the instrument by which the member was appointed, engaged, authorised or requested to exercise the functions of the office.

1. Dictionary, note 2

   insert

   ·     exercise

   ·     function

   ·     Speaker

Endnotes

1. Presentation speech

   Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 20 March 2024.

2. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 24 May 2024.

3. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see certify that the above is a true copy of the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Bill 2024, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 15 May 2024.

   Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

   © Australian Capital Territory 2024