Ministers of State
No. 43 of 1971
An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952-1968.
[Assented to 18 May 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 and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Ministers of State Act 1971.
(2.) The Ministers of State Act 1952-1968 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Ministers of State Act 1952-1971.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Number of Ministers.
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word “twenty-six” and inserting in its stead the word “twenty-seven”.
Salaries of Ministers.
4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Two hundred and forty-five thousand, five hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “Two hundred and fifty-three thousand”.