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Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1981

No. 121 of 1981

An Act relating to certain remuneration and allowances

[Assented to 9 September 1981]

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

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1981.

Commencement
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1981.

PART II—MODIFICATIONS OF DETERMINATIONS OF THE REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

Allowances to be paid to office holders of the Parliament
3. (1) Determination No. 9 of 1981 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 18 June 1981 relating to the allowances to be paid to members of the

Parliament by reason of their holding particular offices, or performing particular functions, in, or in relation to, the Parliament or either House of the Parliament is modified by omitting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:
1. Additional Salary and Special Allowance of Office
Column 1                                                                                           Column 2                                                                           Column 3                                                                         Column 4
Office                                                                                             Rate per annum of additional salary in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1982  Rate per annum of additional salary in respect of any period after 30 June 1982  Rate per annum of special allowance
                                                                                                   $                                                                                  $                                                                                $
  Leader of the Opposition..............                                                           17,216                                                                             20,700                                                                           8,500
  President of the Senate................                                                          16,486                                                                             20,700                                                                           7,250
  Speaker of the House of Representatives....                                                      16,486                                                                             20,700                                                                           7,250
  Deputy Leader of the Opposition.........                                                         10,917                                                                             11,900                                                                           7,250
  Leader of the Opposition in the Senate                                                           10,917                                                                             11,900                                                                           7,250
  Leader of a minority non-Government party recognised in the Senate or House of Representatives   3,150                                                                              6,300                                                                            7,250
  Chairman of Committees in the Senate                                                             5,780                                                                              6,300                                                                            1,500
  Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives                                           5,780                                                                              6,300                                                                            1,500
  Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate                                                    5,458                                                                              5,950                                                                            1,500
  Government Whip in the House of Representatives                                                  5,458                                                                              5,950                                                                            1,500
  Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives                                                  4,817                                                                              5,250                                                                            1,500
  Government Whip in the Senate.........                                                           4,495                                                                              4,900                                                                            1,500
  Opposition Whip in the Senate..........                                                          4,495                                                                              4,900                                                                            1,500
  Chairman of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts                                               4,495                                                                              4,900                                                                            1,500
  Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works                                 4,495                                                                              4,900                                                                            1,500
  Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence                                   1,606                                                                              1,750                                                                            1,500
  Third Party Whip in the House of Representatives                                                 3,211                                                                              3,500
  Deputy Government Whip in the House of Representatives                                           1,606                                                                              1,750
  Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee not otherwise specified herein                             776                                                                                850
  Second non-Government Party Whip in the Senate                                                   425                                                                                850
  Deputy Government Whip in the Senate....                                                         776                                                                                850
  Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate.....                                                        776                                                                                850
  Deputy Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives                                           776                                                                                850
  Deputy Chairman of Committees in the Senate                                                      776