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Parliament, the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly or the A.C.T. Legislative Assembly

  29. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

      "(1) Subject to this section, if:

      (a) a person is entitled to a retiring allowance or annuity; and

        (b) the person is or becomes a person in receipt of a salary, or an allowance in the nature of a salary, as:

            (i) a member of the Parliament of a State (whether by virtue of holding some special position in that Parliament or not); or

            (ii) a Minister of State of a State;

    the rate of retiring allowance or annuity otherwise payable to the person is to be reduced by the rate of the salary or allowance, as the case requires.

      "(1AA) Subject to this section, if:

      (a) a person is entitled to a retiring allowance or annuity; and

        (b) the person is or becomes a person in receipt of a pension arising out of:

            (i) former membership of the Parliament of a State (whether by virtue of holding some special position in that Parliament or not); or

            (ii) having been a Minister of State of a State; and

      (c) either:

            (i) the person is in receipt of the pension immediately before the commencement of this subsection; or

            (ii) the person is an eligible member (within the meaning of section 20A) who has not made an election under subsection 20A(1AC);

    the rate of retiring allowance or annuity otherwise payable to the person is to be reduced by the rate of the pension.";

  (b) by inserting in subsections (1A) and (2) "or (1AA)" after "(1)".

Division 7—Amendments relating to A.C.T. self-government

Object

30. The object of this Division is to make certain amendments consequent upon A.C.T. self-government. The amendments are identical to modifications made by regulations under the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988.

Amendments

  31. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

Division 8—Amendments to update the definition of "parliamentary allowance"

Object

32. The object of this Division is to update the definition of "parliamentary allowance".

Interpretation

33. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of "parliamentary allowance" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

      "; or (c) an allowance by way of salary under clause 1 of Schedule 3 to the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990;".

Division 9—Amendment relating to spouse benefits

Object

34. The object of this Division is to abolish the rule restricting access to spouse benefits in cases where a spouse becomes a member.

Re-election to the Parliament

35. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4).

PART 3—AMENDMENT