Law Officers Amendment Bill 1997

Law Officers Amendment Act 1998

No. 39, 1998

An Act to amend the Law Officers Act 1964, and for related purposes

[Assented to 4 June 1998]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Law Officers Amendment Act 1998.

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

Law Officers Act 1964

1 Before subsection 16(1)

Insert:

(1AA) This section does not apply in relation to a person appointed as Solicitor-General after 31 December 1997.

2 After subsection 16(11)

Insert:

(11A) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate current salary in relation to a person at a particular time (the calculation time) is calculated as follows:

For the purposes of the calculation:

Judge’s 1997 salary means salary at the rate that was payable on 31 December 1997 to a Judge (other than the Chief Justice) of the Federal Court of Australia.

Judge’s salary at the calculation time means salary at the rate that is payable at the calculation time to a Judge (other than the Chief Justice) of the Federal Court of Australia.

Solicitor-General’s 1997 salary means salary at the rate that was payable on 31 December 1997 to the Solicitor-General.

3 Subsection 16(12) (definition of appropriate current salary)

Repeal the definition.

4 Before subsection 16A(1)

Insert:

(1AA) This section does not apply in relation to a person appointed as Solicitor-General after 31 December 1997.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 3 December 1997

Senate on 12 March 1998]

(243/97)