Parliamentary Allowances

No. 101 of 1968

An Act relating to Parliamentary Allowances.

[Assented to 29 November 1968]

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 Parliamentary Allowances Act 1968.

(2.) The Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1968.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight.

Allowances to President, Speaker and Chairmen of Committees.

3. Section 6 of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952-1966 is amended by omitting sub-sections (4.) and (5.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-sections:—

“(4.) The allowances to a President of the Senate or to a Chairman of Committees of the Senate who is re-elected at an election of the Senate shall be reckoned to and including the day next before the day on which his successor as President or Chairman, as the case may be, is chosen.

“(5.) The allowances to a Speaker of the House of Representatives or to a Chairman of Committees of that House who is re-elected at a general

election of that House shall be reckoned to and including the day next before the day on which his successor as Speaker or Chairman, as the case may be, is chosen.”.

Amendments of Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1966.

4. The Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1966 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act.

5. After section 8 of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952–1966 the following section is inserted:—

Allowance to leader of second non-Government party in Senate.

“8a. There is payable to the leader in the Senate of the second non-Government recognized political party in the Senate an allowance at the rate of One thousand dollars a year, and a further allowance, in respect of the expenses of discharging the duties of his office, at the rate of Five hundred dollars a year.”.

THE SCHEDULE

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AMENDMENTS Section 4.

Provisions amended	Amendments
Section 4.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seven thousand”, insert “Nine thousand five hundred”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “Two thousand one hundred”, insert “Two thousand six hundred and fifty”
Section 5.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Seven thousand”, insert “Nine thousand five hundred”
	Omit from paragraph (a) of sub-section (2.) “Two thousand two hundred”, insert “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty”
	Omit from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2.) “Two thousand six hundred”, insert “Three thousand three hundred and fifty”
Section 6.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Six thousand”, insert “Seven thousand five hundred”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “Four thousand”
	Omit from sub-section (3.) “Two thousand five hundred”, insert “Three thousand one hundred and twenty-five”
Section 7.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand”, insert “Five thousand”
	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Eight thousand five hundred”, insert “Ten thousand five hundred”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “One thousand five hundred”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “Three thousand six hundred”, insert “Four thousand six hundred”
Section 7a.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “One thousand three hundred”, insert “One thousand six hundred and twenty-five”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “Six hundred”, insert “Seven hundred and fifty”
Section 8.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand”, insert “Five thousand”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “One thousand five hundred”
Section 9.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand”, insert “Two thousand five hundred”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “Six hundred”, insert “Seven hundred and fifty”
Section 10.................	Omit from sub-section (1.) “One thousand”, insert “One thousand two hundred and fifty”
	Omit from sub-section (2.) “One thousand two hundred”, insert “One thousand five hundred”
	Omit from sub-section (3.) “One thousand”, insert “One thousand two hundred and fifty”