PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES.

No. 9 of 1928.

An Act to amend sections four and five of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920.

[Assented to 2nd April, 1928.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1928.

(2.) The Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920-1928.

Reckoning of allowance to Senators.

2. Section four of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920 is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) the words “on which his name is certified by the Governor of a State to the Governor-General”, and inserting in their stead the words “of his choice or appointment”; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(2.) The allowance to a senator who is a member of the Senate immediately prior to the dissolution of the Senate, and who is a candidate at the next following Senate election, shall be reckoned to the day of the said Senate election”.

Reckoning of allowance to Members.

3. Section five of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection:—

“(2.) The allowance to a member of the House of Representatives, who is a member of the House immediately prior to the dissolution or expiration of the House, and who is a candidate for election as a member of the House of Representatives at the next following general election, shall be reckoned to the day of his re-election or of the election of his successor, as the case may be”.