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certain superannuation purposes

      2.6 For paragraph 45(3)(b) of the PBR Act, the portion of office holder's salary that is not allowance by way of salary for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is 20%.

  Ministerial salary: superannuation

      2.7 For subsection 45(5) of the PBR Act, the portion of Ministerial salary that is not salary for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is 20%.

      Note: The Remuneration Tribunal does not determine Ministerial salary.

  Electorate allowance

      2.8 For paragraph 14(3)(a) of the PBR Act, the following amounts are determined as
      'electorate allowance':
            2.8.1 For all senators and members of the House of Representatives – $39,700 per annum.

            2.8.2 For a member of the House of Representatives for an electoral division the area of which is at least 2,000km2 and less than 5,000km2 – an additional $7,500 per annum.

            2.8.3 For a member of the House of Representatives for an electoral division the area of which is 5,000km2 or more – an additional $17,400 per annum.

  PART 3 – REMUNERATION OF MEMBERS: OTHER REMUNERATION

  Provision of private plated vehicles: PBR Act, paragraph 14(4)(a)

      3.1 A senator or member of the House of Representatives is, upon request, to be provided with a private plated standard vehicle that is generally made available by the Commonwealth for the purpose and is not a luxury car.

      3.2 A senator or member of the House of Representatives for an electoral division the area of which is less than 300,000km2 is, upon request, to be provided with a private plated vehicle that is not generally made available by the Commonwealth for the purposes of clause 3.1 but which is made available by the Commonwealth for the purposes of this clause. Despite anything else in this Determination, the following amount (the 'excess lease cost') is to be applied in accordance with clause 3.3:

      A – B

      where

      A = the cost, per annum, of the lease of the vehicle

      B = the cost, per annum, of the lease of the most expensive vehicle made available by the Commonwealth for the purposes of clause 3.1.

      3.3 The excess lease cost is to be applied in accordance with the following method:

            a. first, to reduce one of the following amounts:
                i. the amount applicable in subsection 14(1) of the PBR Regulations for the senator or member;
                ii. the electorate allowance determined in clause 2.8 for the senator or member; and

            b. if that amount is reduced to zero—to reduce the other amount.

      3.4 A vehicle provided in accordance with clause 3.2 is provided instead of a vehicle provided in accordance with clause 3.1.

      3.5 A member of the House of Representatives for an electoral division the