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Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Amendment Bill 2011
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Clause Notes
Clause 1 sets out the purpose of the Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to
amend the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act
1968 to provide for a fine to be imposed on a member who is
suspended after being named.
Clause 2 is the commencement provision. The Bill will come into
operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Clause 3 inserts sections 7B to 7D into the Parliamentary Salaries and
Superannuation Act 1968. These sections provide that--
Section 7B: If a member is suspended from the service of the
Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly after being
named under the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council or
the Legislative Assembly, a fine is imposed on the member.
The amount of the fine is to be determined by multiplying the
daily rate of the basic salary of the member by the number of
days in the sitting period during which the member is suspended
from the service of the Legislative Council or the Legislative
Assembly.
The Clerk of the Council or the Clerk of the Assembly must
notify the member in writing of the amount of the fine. Although
the fine is deducted from a member's salary, it is explicitly
provided that the fine does not constitute a reduction in salary.
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Sections 7C and 7D: Separate Fines Funds are to be established
for the Legislative Assembly (Assembly Suspension Fines Fund)
and Legislative Council (Council Suspension Fines Fund), into
which fines of members are to be paid. The Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly and the President of the Legislative
Council administer the Fines Fund for their House.
The Speaker must distribute the amount standing to the credit of
the Assembly Suspension Fines Fund as at 30 June each year to
one or more charitable institutions nominated by the Speaker in
each year, and table a report specifying the amount distributed
and the name of the charitable institution or charitable institutions
to which the amount was distributed. The President must do the
same in respect of the Council Suspension Fines Fund.
Clause 4 inserts a definition of charitable institution into the Act.
Clause 5 provides that the amending Act is to be repealed on the first
anniversary of the day on which the amending Act receives the
Royal Assent.
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