Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04592:schedule:2:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04592
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 9/13)
Character Range: 33756–36630

104(2);

  (e) subsection 130(3);

  (f) paragraph 132(1)(b);

  (g) section 133.

Start of election period for 1994

"(6) Subsection 106(1A) applies in relation to the Torres Strait Regional Council as if a reference in that subsection to the round of Regional Council elections for 1993 were a reference to the Torres Strait Regional Council election for 1994.

Application of amendments

"(7) Subsections 20(1) and 32(2) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 apply in relation to the Torres Strait Regional Council as if a reference in the subsection to the round of Regional Council elections for 1993 were a reference to the Torres Strait Regional Council election for 1994.

Zone election

"(8) Division 7 applies in relation to the zone election for the Torres Strait zone that is required to be held as soon as practicable after the Torres Strait Regional Council election for 1994 as if the zone election were a round in its own right.

Definition

"(9) In this section:

'Queensland Act' means the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 of Queensland as amended and in force from time to time, and includes any law of Queensland that replaces that Act.".

PART 7—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE REMUNERATION
AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO CERTAIN OFFICE HOLDERS

Insertion of new section

34. After section 194 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Global limit on remuneration and allowances payable to certain office holders

Object

"194A.(1) The object of this section is to enable the Commission to set a global limit on the remuneration and allowances payable to the holders of certain offices. The purpose of the global limit is to assist the Commission to manage its finances effectively.

Bodies to which this section applies

  "(2) This section applies to the following bodies:

  (a) an advisory committee established under section 13;

     (b) the Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board established under section 82;

  (c) an advisory committee established under section 96;

  (d) a Regional Council.

Opening remuneration credit

"(3) The Commission may make a written determination fixing an opening remuneration credit of a specified body for a specified period. Subject to subsection (9), the period must not begin before the determination is made.

When opening remuneration credit arises

"(4) The opening remuneration credit of the body arises, or is taken to have arisen, at the start of the period.

Supplementary remuneration credit

"(5) The Commission may make a written determination fixing a supplementary remuneration credit of the body for the period.

When supplementary remuneration credit arises

"(6) A supplementary remuneration credit arises at the start of the day specified in the determination. The day must be within the period. The day must not be earlier than