Ministers of State Amendment Act 2010
No. 59, 2010
An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendments
Ministers of State Act 1952
Ministers of State Amendment Act 2010
No. 59, 2010
An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952, and for related purposes
[Assented to 25 June 2010]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ministers of State Amendment Act 2010.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day this Act 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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments
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 the following amount in a financial year:
(a) $3,500,000;
(b) if a higher amount is prescribed by the regulations—that higher amount.
2 At the end of the Act
Add:
7 Regulations
The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
3 Application
The amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule applies to the financial year that started on 1 July 2009 and to later financial years.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 17 March 2010
Senate on 15 June 2010]
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