Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999
No. 115, 1999
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999
No. 115, 1999
An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952
Contents
1 Short title...................................
2 Commencement...............................
3 Schedule(s)..................................
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Ministers of State Act 1952
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999
No. 115, 1999
An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952
[Assented to 22 September 1999]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Ministers of State Act 1952
1 Section 5
Repeal the section, substitute:
5 Salaries of Ministers
The annual sum payable under section 66 of the Constitution for the salaries of the Ministers of State must not exceed $1,622,000 in a financial year.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 23 June 1999
Senate on 23 August 1999]
(115/99)