State Electricity Commission Act Amendment Act 1973 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

STATE ELECTRICITY

COMMISSION.

No. 41 of 1973.

AN ACT to amend section fourteen and section twenty-two of the State Electricity Commission Act, 1945-1973.

[Assented to 18th October, 1973.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the State $hort title

Electricity Commission Act Amendment Act, 1973. and citation.

(2) In this Act the State Electricity Commission Approved

Act, 1945-1973, is referred to as the principal Act.	for reprint
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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may amended 1970, as

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Section 14

amended. 2. Section 14 of the principal Act is amended by

adding two new subsections as follows

(3) The salary or remuneration determined by the Governor on the appointment or reappointment of a person under this section may be reviewed as necessary from time to time during the term for which he is appointed and he shall thereupon be paid such rate per annum as the Governor shall determine.

(4) A commissioner may be paid such allow-

ances as the Governor shall determine. .

Section 22

amended. 3. Section 22 of the principal Act is amended by repealing paragraph (d) and re-enacting it as follows

(d) A contract made by the Commission where the consideration exceeds ten thousand dollars is void unless-

(i)    it is ratified by the Minister; and

(ii)   if the consideration exceeds thirty thousand dollars or the performance of it may extend over a period of more than three years, it is ratified by the Governor,

prior to its commencement. .