Salaries
No. 120 of 1968
An Act relating to the Salaries and Allowances
payable to the Holders of certain Offices.
[Assented
to 2 December 1968]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate,
and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1.This Act may be cited
as the Salaries Act 1968.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent but the
amendments made by this Act shall be deemed to have taken effect on the first
day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight.
Amendment
of certain Acts.
3.The Acts specified in
the first column of the First Schedule to this Act (being Acts containing
provisions relating to the salaries payable to the holders of the offices
respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule) are amended as
respectively specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Citation
of Acts.
4.—(1.) An
Act specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to this Act, as
amended by this Act, may be cited in the manner specified in the second column
of that Schedule opposite to the reference to that Act in the first column.
(2.) Section 1 of the Commonwealth Railways Act 1968 is amended by omitting sub-section
(3.).
(3.) Section 1 of the Post and Telegraph Act (No. 2)
1968 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) Section 1 of the Public Service Act (No. 2)
1968 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(5.) Section 1 of the Repatriation Act 1968 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
THE
SCHEDULES
—
FIRST
SCHEDULE Section 3.
First
Column | Second
Column | Third
Column |
Acts
amended | Offices | Amendments |
Audit Act 1901–1966.................... | Auditor-General for the Commonwealth | Section 4— Omit “Fifteen thousand dollars and such
salary”, insert “Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars and an annual
allowance of One thousand dollars, and that salary and allowance”.
|
Acting Auditor-General for the Commonwealth | Section 9a— Omit “and that remuneration”, insert “and an
allowance at the rate of the allowance payable to the Auditor-General under
that section, and that remuneration and allowance”.
|
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1966, as amended by the Commonwealth Railways Act 1968
| Commonwealth Railways Commissioner | Section 14— Omit sub-sections (1.) and (2.), insert:— “(1.) The Commissioner shall be paid a salary
at the rate of Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars per annum and an annual
allowance of One thousand dollars.”
|
After “salary” in sub-section (3.), insert “and
annual allowance”.
|
Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1966, as amended by the Post and Telegraph Act 1968 and the Post and Telegraph Act (No. 2) 1968
| Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs | Section 6— Omit sub-section (2.), insert:— “(2.) The Director-General shall be paid a
salary at the rate of Twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annum and an annual allowance of One thousand five hundred dollars.”.
|
Public Service Act 1922–1967, as amended by the Public Service Act 1968 and the Public Service Act (No. 2) 1968
| Chairman of the Public Service Board | Section 13— |
Member of the Public Service Board | Section 13— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Fifteen thousand
dollars a year”, insert “Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars a year and an
annual allowance of One thousand dollars”.
|
Office in the First Division of the Public
Service of the Commonwealth
| Section 30— After “salaries” in sub-section (1.), insert “and
annual allowances”.
|
First Schedule—continued
First
Column | Second
Column | Third
Column |
Acts
amended | Offices | Amendments |
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1966 | Public Service Arbitrator | Section 7— |
Repatriation Act 1920–1967, as amended by the Repatriation Act 1968
| Member of the Repatriation Commission | Section 9— After “remuneration” insert “and allowances”. |
Taxation Administration Act 1953–1966 | Commissioner of Taxation | Section 5— Omit from sub-section (6.) “ Seventeen thousand five hundred dollars a year”,
insert “Twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars a year and an
annual allowance of One thousand five hundred dollars”.
|
Second Commissioner of Taxation | Section 5— Omit from sub-section (6.) “Fifteen thousand
dollars a year”, insert “Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars a year and an
annual allowance of One thousand dollars”.
|
Trade Practices Act 1965–1967 | Commissioner of Trade Practices | Section 24— Omit from sub-section (2.) “salary at such
rate as the Governor-General determines, but his salary”, insert “salary at
such rate, and an annual allowance at such rate, as the Governor-General
determines, but the salary and allowance”.
|
SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.
First Column | Second Column |
Acts amended | Citations |
Audit Act 1901–1966................................................
| Audit Act 1901–1968 |
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1966, as amended by the Commonwealth
Railways Act 1968
| Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1968 |
Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1966, as amended by the Post
and Telegraph Act 1968 and the Post
and Telegraph Act (No. 2) 1968
| Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1968 |
Public Service Act 1922–1967, as amended by the Public
Service Act 1968 and the Public
Service Act (No. 2) 1968
| Public Service Act 1922–1968 |
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1966.................
| Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1968 |
Repatriation Act 1920-1967,
as amended by the Repatriation Act 1968
| Repatriation Act 1920–1968 |
Taxation Administration Act 1953–1966....................
| Taxation Administration Act 1953–1968 |
Trade Practices Act 1965–1967.................................
| Trade Practices Act 1965 |