Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999

No. 115, 1999

An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952

Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999

No. 115, 1999

An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952

[Assented to 22 September 1999]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ministers of State Amendment Act 1999.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Ministers of State Act 1952

1 Section 5

Repeal the section, substitute:

5 Salaries of Ministers

The annual sum payable under section 66 of the Constitution for the salaries of the Ministers of State must not exceed $1,622,000 in a financial year.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 23 June 1999

Senate on 23 August 1999]

(115/99)