SALARIES (STATUTORY OFFICES) ADJUSTMENT.

No. 17 of 1960.

An Act to increase the Salaries payable to the Holders of certain Statutory Offices.

[Assented to 17th May, 1960.]

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 1960.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent but the amendments made by this Act shall be deemed to have taken effect on the third day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.

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 1936-1959 is amended by omitting the words “Forty-three thousand pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Fifty thousand pounds”.

(3.) Section one of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1960 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).

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 1901-1959.....	Auditor-General for the Commonwealth	Section 4—
	Auditor-General for the Commonwealth	Omit “Five thousand pounds”, insert “Five thousand nine hundred pounds”
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1957	Commonwealth Railways Commissioner	Section 14—
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1957	Commonwealth Railways Commissioner	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Five thousand pounds”, insert “Five thousand nine hundred pounds”
Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1959, as amended by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1960	Senior Commissioner....	Section 16—
	Senior Commissioner....	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Four thousand four hundred pounds”
	Commissioner.........	Section 16—
		Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand pounds”, insert “Three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds”
	Conciliator...........	Section 21—
		Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds”, insert “Three thousand four hundred and sixty-five pounds”
Public Service Act 1922-1958	Chairman of the Public Service Board	Section 13—
Public Service Act 1922-1958	Chairman of the Public Service Board	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Six thousand pounds”, insert “Six thousand nine hundred pounds “
	Member of the Public Service Board	Section 13—
	Member of the Public Service Board	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Five thousand pounds”, insert “Five thousand nine hundred pounds “
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1959	Public Service Arbitrator	Section 7—
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1959	Public Service Arbitrator	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Five thousand pounds “, insert “Five thousand nine hundred pounds”
Taxation Administration Act 1953-1959	Commissioner of Taxation	Section 5—
Taxation Administration Act 1953-1959	Commissioner of Taxation	Omit from sub-section (6.) “Six thousand pounds”, insert “Six thousand nine hundred pounds”
	Second Commissioner of Taxation	Section 5—
	Second Commissioner of Taxation	Omit from sub-section (6.) “Five thousand pounds”, insert “Five thousand nine hundred pounds”

SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

First Column. Acts amended.	Second Column. Citations.
Audit Act 1901-1959..................	Audit Act 1901-1960
Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1957	Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1960
Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1959, as amended by the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1960	Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1960
Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1936-1959	Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1936-1960
Public Service Act 1922-1958............	Public Service Act 1922-1960
Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1959....	Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1960
Taxation Administration Act 1953-1959......	Taxation Administration Act 1953-1960