Ministers of State

No. 43 of 1971

An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952-1968.

[Assented to 18 May 1971]

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 1971.

(2.) The Ministers of State Act 1952-1968 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 1952-1971.

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-six” and inserting in its stead the word “twenty-seven”.

Salaries of Ministers.

4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Two hundred and forty-five thousand, five hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “Two hundred and fifty-three thousand”.