Ministers of State

No. 1 of 1967

An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952-1966.

[Assented to 27 February 1967]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 Ministers of State Act 1967.

(2.) The Ministers of State Act 1952–1966 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Ministers of State Act 1952–1967.

Commencement.

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

Number of Ministers.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word “twenty-five” and inserting in its stead the word “twenty-six”.

Salaries of Ministers.

4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “One hundred and ninety-one thousand three hundred dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “One hundred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred dollars”.