Salaries (Statutory Offices)
Adjustment
No. 136 of 1971
An Act relating to the Remuneration
and Allowances payable to the Holders of certain Statutory Offices.
[Assented to 16 December 1971]
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 (Statutory Offices) Adjustment Act 1971.
Commencement.
2.—(1.) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on
the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2.) The amendment made by this Act to the Criminology
Research Act 1971 shall take effect on the day on which that Act comes into
operation.
Amendment of certain Acts.
3.—(1.) The Acts
specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act (being Acts
containing provisions relating to the remuneration and allowances 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.
(2.) Section 1 of the Broadcasting and
Television Act (No. 2)1971 is amended by omitting
sub-section (4.).
Citation of Acts.
4. 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.
THE
SCHEDULES
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FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.
First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
Acts amended | Offices | Amendments |
Australian
Wool Commission Act 1970 | Member
and deputy of member of the Australian Wool Commission
| Section 12— Omit sub-section (1.), insert— “(1.) The Chairman shall be paid,
out of the funds of the Commission, such remuneration, and such annual
allowance (if any), as the Parliament fixes. “(1a.) A member of the Commission, other than
the Chairman and the member representing the Commonwealth, shall be paid, out
of the funds of the Commission, remuneration at the rate of Two thousand six hundred dollars per year. “(1b.)
For each day on which the deputy of a member, other than the deputy of the
member representing the Commonwealth, attends a meeting of the Commission,
there is payable to the deputy, out of the funds of the Commission, such
remuneration as is prescribed.”. Omit from sub-section (2.) “other
allowances”, insert “allowances other than annual allowances”.
|
Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1969, as amended by the Broadcasting
and Television Act 1971 and by the Broadcasting and Television Act (No.
2) 1971
| Chairman and members of the
Australian Broadcasting Control Board
| Omit
section 11, insert— “11.—(1.) The Chairman of the
Board shall be paid remuneration at the rate of Seventeen thousand nine
hundred and forty-seven dollars a year. “(2.) A member other than the
Chairman or a part-time member shall be paid remuneration at the rate of
Fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy dollars a year. “(3.) A part-time member shall be
paid remuneration at the rate of One thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars
a year. “(4.) A member shall be paid such
prescribed allowances, not including an annual allowance, as are applicable
to him.”.
|
Chairman and members of the
Australian Broadcasting Commission
| Omit
section 33, insert— “33.—(1.) The Chairman of the
Commission, or a person, including the Vice-chairman of the Commission,
appointed by the Governor-General to act as Chairman for a period, shall be
paid remuneration at the rate of
Six thousand four hundred and fifty dollars a year. “(2.) The Vice-chairman of the
Commission (except when the last preceding sub-section is applicable to him),
or a person appointed by the Governor-General to perform the
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First Schedule—continued
First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
Acts amended | Offices | Amendments |
functions of the Vice-chairman,
shall be paid a remuneration at the rate of Two thousand six hundred dollars
a year. “(3.) Except where either of the
last two sub-sections is applicable, a Commissioner shall be paid
remuneration at the rate of One thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars a
year. “(4.) A Commissioner shall be paid
such prescribed allowances, not including an annual allowance, as are
applicable to him.”.
|
General manager of the Australian
Broadcasting Commission
| Section
43— Omit sub-section (7.), insert— “(7.) The general manager shall be
paid salary at the rate of Nineteen
thousand five hundred dollars a year and an annual allowance at the rate of
One thousand dollars a year.”.
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Compensation (Commonwealth Employees)
Act 1971 | Commissioner for Employees’
Compensation | Section
11— Omit sub-section (1.), insert— “(1.) The Commissioner shall be
paid salary at the rate of Fourteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven
dollars per year and such annual allowance (if any) as the Parliament
provides.”. In sub-section (2.), after
“allowances”, insert “other than annual allowances”.
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Person constituting a Commonwealth
Employees’ Compensation Tribunal
| Section
66— Omit sub-section (1.), insert— “(1.) A person constituting a Compensation
Tribunal shall— (a) in the case of a person
appointed for a period of not less than one year—be paid remuneration at the
rate of Seventeen thousand one hundred and seventy-two dollars per year and
such annual allowance (if any) as the Parliament provides; and (b) in any other case—be
paid such remuneration as is prescribed.”.
In sub-section (2.), after
“allowances”, insert “other than annual allowances”.
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Criminology Research Act 1971 | Director of the Australian
Institute of Criminology
| Section
18— Omit
sub-section (1.), insert— “(1.) The Director shall be paid
salary at the rate of Fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy dollars per
year and such annual allowance (if any) as the Parliament fixes.”. Omit from sub-section (2.) “other
allowances”, insert “allowances other than annual allowances”.
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SECOND
SCHEDULE Section 4.
First Column | Second Column |
Acts amended | Citations |
Australian Wool Commission Act 1970............. Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1969, as amended by the Broadcasting and
Television Act 1971 and by the Broadcasting and Television Act (No.
2) 1971
Compensation (Commonwealth Employees)
Act 1971 Criminology Research Act 1971.......................
| Australian Wool Commission Act 1970–1971 Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1971 Compensation (Commonwealth
Employees) Acts 1971 Criminology Research Acts |