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SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1975 - SECT 11A

11A .         Arrangements for payment of travelling expenses by Treasurer

        (1)         The Treasurer of the State may from time to time make arrangements under which, in such circumstances, and subject to such conditions, restrictions and limitations, as the Treasurer determines, —

            (a)         the fares of a member of Parliament for travel in this State or elsewhere; and

            (b)         the fares of a member of the family of a member of Parliament for travel in this State or elsewhere associated with travel by that member of Parliament; and

            (c)         accommodation or other expenses incurred by a member of Parliament in the course of or in connection with travel by him in this State or elsewhere,

                shall be payable by the Treasurer.

        (2)         Arrangements made under subsection (1)(c) shall not authorise the payment of expenses in respect of which an allowance is payable or reimbursement may be obtained pursuant to a determination made under Part I.

        (3)         Any moneys payable under arrangements made under subsection (1) —

            (a)         may be paid directly or by way of reimbursement or, in the case of expenses referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection, by way of an allowance in respect of those expenses; and

            (b)         shall be charged to the Consolidated Account, which is appropriated accordingly.

        (4)         Subject to this section, where a person ceases to be a member of the Legislative Assembly by reason of the dissolution of that House or the expiry thereof by effluxion of time arrangements made under subsection (1) shall continue to apply to and in relation to him during the period between the dissolution or expiry and the day fixed for the taking of the poll next following the dissolution or expiry.

        (5)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) the Treasurer may determine that arrangements made under that subsection —

            (a)         shall not apply; or

            (b)         shall apply to a restricted or limited extent,

                in relation to the period between the issue of the writ for a general election or writs for a conjoint election pursuant to the Electoral Act 1907 and the day fixed by the writ or writs for the taking of the poll.

        [Section 11A inserted: No. 34 of 1980 s. 7; amended: No. 6 of 1993 s. 11; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 36 of 2000 s. 26; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]



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