Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
Chairman means Chairman of the Tribunal and
includes a member appointed to act temporarily in place of the Chairman under
the Interpretation Act 1984 section 52;
GTE has the meaning given in the
Government Trading Enterprises Act 2023 section 3(1);
member means a member of the Tribunal and includes
a person appointed to act temporarily in place of a member under the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 52;
Minister of the Crown means a person who holds any
of the principal executive offices of the Government liable to be vacated on
political grounds that are referred to in section 43 of the Constitution Acts
Amendment Act 1899 ;
remuneration includes salary, allowances, fees,
emoluments and benefits (whether in money or not);
section means section of this Act;
Tribunal means the Tribunal established by
section 5.
(2) For the purposes
of this Act a person is an officer of Parliament if he is the holder for the
time being of the office of —
(a)
President of the Legislative Council;
(b)
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly;
(c)
Chairman and deputy of Committees in either House;
(d)
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council;
(e)
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly;
(f)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly;
(g)
Government Whip in the Legislative Council;
(h)
Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council;
(i)
Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly;
(j)
Opposition Whip in the Legislative Assembly;
(k) the
person who not being a Minister of the Crown is the leader in the Parliament
of a party of at least 5 members of Parliament other than a party whose leader
is the Premier or the Leader of the Opposition;
(l) the
person who is the Whip in the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly
of a party of at least 7 members other than a party whose leader is the
Premier or the Leader of the Opposition and the first mentioned party in the
case of the Whip in the Legislative Council has 7 members or more in that
House or in the case of the Whip in the Legislative Assembly has 7 or more
members in that House.
[Section 4 amended: No. 78 of 1984 s. 20; No. 34
of 1986 s. 4; No. 19 of 1989 s. 8; No. 38 of 1990 s. 7; No. 68 of 1992 s. 4(1)
and (2); No. 56 of 2006 s. 6; No. 46 of 2016 s. 4; No. 13 of 2023 s. 248.]
[Heading inserted: No. 1 of 2018 s. 5.]