SALARIES (STATUTORY OFFICES) ADJUSTMENT.
No. 39 of 1957.
An Act to increase the Salaries payable to the Holders of certain Statutory Offices, and for purposes connected therewith.
[Assented to 12th September, 1957.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Salaries (Statutory Offices) Adjustment Act 1957.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.
Amendment of certain Acts.
3.—(1.) The Acts specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act (being Acts fixing the salaries 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.
(2.) Section one hundred and eighty-two of the Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1936–1956 is amended by omitting the words “Thirty-five thousand pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Forty-three thousand pounds”.
(3.) Section one of the Public Service Act 1957 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
Citation of Acts.
4. 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.
THE SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE. Section 3.
First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
Acts amended. | Offices. | Amendments. |
Audit Act 1901–1955 | Auditor-General for the Commonwealth | Section 4— |
Omit “Four thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Five thousand pounds” | ||
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1956 | Commonwealth Railways Commissioner | Section 14— |
Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Five thousand pounds” | ||
Public Service Act 1922–1955, as amended by the Public Service Act 1957 | Chairman of the Public Service Board | Section 13— |
Omit from sub-section (1.) “Five thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Six thousand pounds” | ||
| Member of the Public Service Board | Section. 13— |
Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Five thousand pounds” | ||
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1956 | Public Service Arbitrator | Section 7— |
Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Five thousand pounds” | ||
Taxation Administration Act 1953–1955 | Commissioner of Taxation | Section 5— |
Omit from sub-section (6.) “Five thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Six thousand pounds” | ||
| Second Commissioner of Taxation | Section 5— |
Omit from sub-section (6.) “Four thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Five thousand pounds” |
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.
First Column. | Second Column. |
Acts amended. | Citations. |
Audit Act 1901–1955.................. | Audit Act 1901–1957 |
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1956..... | Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1957 |
Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1936–1956 | Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1936–1957 |
Public Service Act 1922–1955, as amended by the Public Service Act 1957 | Public Service Act 1922–1957 |
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1956.... | Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1957 |
Taxation Administration Act 1953–1955..... | Taxation Administration Act 1953–1957 |