Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 73, 1984 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''Schedule 3'' and substituting ''the
Schedule'';

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''that'' (wherever occurring) and
substituting ''the'';

(c) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) ''annual allowance'' and substituting
''expenses of office allowance'';

   (d)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or while he was a member of the
Inter-State Commission'' after ''Parliament'';

   (e)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or as a member of the Inter-State
Commission, as the case may be'' after ''courts'' (second occurring);

   (f)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''annual allowance'' and substituting
        ''expenses of office allowance'';

   (g)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or as a member of the Inter-State
Commission, as the case may be'' after ''courts'' (last occurring);

   (h)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''judicial'';

   (j)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''annual allowances'' and
        substituting ''expenses of office allowance'';

   (k)  by omitting from sub-sections (3) and (4) ''annual allowance''
        (wherever occurring) and substituting ''expenses of office
        allowance'';

   (m)  by omitting from sub-section (4) ''$500'' and substituting ''$540'';
        and

   (n)  by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section:

''(5) If the person who holds the office (in this sub-section referred to as
the 'relevant office') of-

   (a)  President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;

   (b)  President of the Trade Practices Tribunal; or

   (c)  Chairman of the Law Reform Commission,

also holds the office of a Judge (other than the Chief Judge) of the Federal
Court of Australia (in this sub-section referred to as the 'judicial office')
he shall, while he continues to hold both the judicial office and the
relevant office, receive, in respect of the relevant office, in addition to
the salary and expenses of office allowance by which he is remunerated in
respect of the judicial office, an expenses of office allowance of $540 per
annum.''.

(2) The persons who, during the period that commenced on 6 October 1983 and
ended on 30 April 1984 (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant
period''), held the office (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant
office'') of-

   (a)  President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;

   (b)  President of the Trade Practices Tribunal; or

   (c)  Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, are each entitled to receive,
        in respect of the relevant period in respect of the relevant office,
        in addition to the salary and annual allowance by which he was
        remunerated in respect of the relevant period in respect of the office
        of a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia held by him, an
        annual allowance of $500 per annum.