Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Amendment Act 2011


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Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Amendment Act 2011

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 1973

[Royal Assent 13 July 2011]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Amendment Act 2011 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on 1 July 2011 but if it does not receive the Royal Assent by that date it is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2011.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 1973 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Salaries payable to members)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by inserting after clause 3E the following clause:
3EA.   Notwithstanding clause 3E, the amount that the Auditor-General is to determine under clause 3E(a) and which is to have effect on and from 1 July 2011 is to be 102 per cent of the amount that was determined by the Auditor-General to have effect on and from 1 July 2010.

5.   Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from the day on which it commences.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 23 JUNE 2011

Legislative Council on 6 JULY 2011]