Trade Union Training Authority Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978 (Cth)

TRADE UNION TRAINING AUTHORITY AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1978

No. 209 of 1978

An Act to amend the Trade Union Training Authority Act 1975.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Trade Union Training Authority Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978.

(2) The Trade Union Training Authority Act 1975 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 August 1978.

3. After section 8d of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

National Director not entitled to salary if member of Commission

“8da. If the National Director is a member of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, he is not entitled to receive any remuneration or allowances in respect of his office of member of the Commission, but his holding of that office is not affected by reason of his holding office as the National Director.”.

 

4. After section 20 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Remuneration of Chairman of State Council

“20a. (1) Subject to this section, the Chairman of a State Council shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal, but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, he shall be paid such remuneration as is prescribed.

“(2) The Chairman of a State Council shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.

“(3) Sub-sections (1) and (2) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.”.

Allowances of members and deputy members of councils

5. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

“(2) In this section, ‘member of a council’ does not include the

6. After section 25 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Member of Parliament, &c.

“25a. If a member of the Executive Board or a member, or a deputy member, of a council is also a member of, or a candidate for election to, the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State, he is not entitled to be paid any remuneration or allowances under this Act, but shall be reimbursed such expenses as he reasonably incurs by reason of his attendance at meetings of the Executive Board, a council or a committee set up for the purposes of this Act or of his engagement, whether in Australia or overseas, with the approval of the Executive Board, on business of the Authority.”.