SALARIES (STATUTORY OFFICES) ADJUSTMENT.

No. 52 of 1947.

An Act to increase the Salaries payable to the Holders of certain Statutory Offices, and for other purposes.

[Assented to 1st November, 1947.]

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.

1. This Act may be cited as the Salaries (Statutory Offices) Adjustment Act 1947.

Commencement.

2.—(1.) This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2.) Where, under any Act as amended by this Act, the rate of salary or allowance payable to the holder of an office is increased, salary or allowance at that increased rate shall be deemed to have been payable from and including the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.

Repeal of Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1911.

3. The Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1911 is repealed.

Amendment of certain Acts.

4. The Acts specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act (being Acts fixing the salaries or allowances payable to the holders of the offices respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule) are amended as respectively specified in the third column of that Schedule.

Citation of Acts.

5.—(1.) Each Act specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to this Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited in the manner specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite to the reference to that Act in the first column.

(2.) Section one of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1947 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(3.) Section fifteen of the War Service Homes Act 1947 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

THE SCHEDULES.

Sec. 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

First Column	Second Column.	Third Column.
Act.	Office.	Provision amended, and nature of amendment.
Judiciary Act 1903–1946 ‘	Chief Justice of the High Court	Section 47— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand five hundred pounds”, insert” Four thousand five hundred pounds”
	Justice of the High Court	Section 47— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand pounds”, insert “Four thousand pounds”
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1946, as amended by the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1947	Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration	Section 21— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand pounds”, insert “Four thousand pounds”
	Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration	Section 21— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Three thousand five hundred pounds”
Bankruptcy Act 1924–1946	Judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy	Section 18bb— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Three thousand five hundred pounds”
Seat of Government Supreme Court Act 1933–1945	Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Section 8b— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Three thousand pounds”
Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920–1934	Public Service Arbitrator	Section 7— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand pounds”, insert “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds “
Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1946, as amended by the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1947 and by the War Service Homes Act 1947	Chairman of the Public Service Board	Section 13— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Three thousand five hundred pounds”
	Member of the Public Service Board	Section 13— Omit “Two thousand pounds”, insert “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds”
Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1946	Commissioner of Land Tax	Section 5— Omit from sub-section (5.) “Two thousand pounds “, insert “Three thousand pounds”
	Assistant Commissioner of Land Tax	Section 5— Omit from sub-section (5.) “One thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds”

First Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
Act.	Office.	Provision amended, and nature of amendment.
Audit Act 1901–1934	Auditor-General...........	Section 4— Omit “One thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds”, insert “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds”
Tariff Board Act 1921–1934	Chairman of the Tariff Board	Section 8— Omit from sub-section (1.) “of Sixteen hundred pounds “, insert “(inclusive of the salary, if any, payable to him as an officer of the Public Service) of Two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds “ Omit sub-section (1a.)
	Member of the Tariff Board	Section 8— Omit from sub-section (2.) “six guineas per sitting, with a maximum in any one year of fifteen hundred pounds”, insert “seven guineas per sitting, with a maximum in any one year of One thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds” Omit from the proviso to that sub-section “six guineas per sitting, with a maximum of fifteen hundred pounds a year”, insert “seven guineas per sitting, with a maximum of One thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds a year”

Sec. 5. SECOND SCHEDULE.

First Column.	Second Column.
Acts Amended.	Citations.
Judiciary Act 1903–1946.................. Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1946, as amended by the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1947	Judiciary Act 1903–1947 Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1947
Bankruptcy Act 1924–1946................. Seat of Government Supreme Court Act 1933–1945	Bankruptcy Act 1924–1947 Seat of Government Supreme Court Act 1933–1947
Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920–1934 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1946, as amended by the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1947 and by the War Service Homes Act 1947	Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920–1947 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1947
Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1946..........	Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1947
Audit Act 1901–1934.....................	Audit Act 1901–1947
Tariff Board Act 1921–1934................	Tariff Board Act 1921–1947