TARIFF BOARD.
No. 69 of 1933.
An Act to amend the Tariff Board Act 1921–1929.
[Assented to 15th December, 1933.]
BE it enacted by the King’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 Tariff Board Act 1933.
(2.) The Tariff Board Act 1921–1929 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Tariff Board Act 1921–1933.
Remuneration of members of Board.
2. Section eight of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-sections:—
“(1.) Subject to this section, the Chairman shall receive a salary of Sixteen hundred pounds a year.
“(1a.) If the Chairman is a member who holds an administrative office in the Department of Trade and Customs, he shall receive a salary (inclusive of such salary, if any, as is payable to him as an officer of the Public Service) equal to the salary for the time being payable to the Comptroller-General of Customs:
Provided that no reduction shall be made in the salary of a Chairman by reason of a reduction in the salary for the time being payable to any Comptroller-General of Customs.”; and
(b) by inserting after sub-section (3.) the following sub-section:—
“(3a.) The salaries, fees and expenses payable under this section shall be subject to reduction in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Emergency Act 1931–1933, and in accordance with any Act amending or in substitution for that Act.”.