MINISTERS OF STATE AMENDMENT ACT 1978

No. 82 of 1978

An Act to amend the Ministers of State Act 1952.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Ministers of State Amendment Act 1978.

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

Commencement

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

Salaries of Ministers

3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “Three hundred and two thousand dollars” and substituting “$325,000”.

4. Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following section substituted:

Additional allowances to Ministers of State

“6. There are payable to the Ministers of State, in addition to their salaries, and in addition to any allowances payable to them as senators or members of the House of Representatives, such respective allowances as are determined by the Remuneration Tribunal in pursuance of the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.”.