SALARIES (STATUTORY OFFICES) ADJUSTMENT.
No. 51 of 1950.
An Act to increase the Salaries payable to the Holders of certain Statutory Offices.
[Assented to 14th December, 1950.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Salaries (Statutory Offices) Adjustment Act 1950.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty.
Amendment of certain Acts.
3. The Acts specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act (being Acts fixing the salaries payable to the holders of the offices respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule) are amended as respectively specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Citation of Acts.
4. Each Act specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to this Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited in the manner specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite to the reference to that Act in the first column.
THE SCHEDULES.
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Sec. 3. FIRST SCHEDULE.
| First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
| Acts amended. | Offices. | Amendments. |
| Judiciary Act 1903–1948 | Chief Justice of the High Court | Section 47— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Five thousand pounds” |
| | Justice of the High Court | Section 47— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand pounds”, insert “Four thousand five hundred pounds” |
| Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1949 | Chief Conciliation Commissioner and Conciliation Commissioner | Section 10— Omit sub-section (1.), insert the following sub-sections:— “(1.) The salary of the Chief Conciliation Commissioner shall be at the rate of Two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds a year and the salary of each other Conciliation Commissioner shall be at the rate of One thousand eight hundred pounds a year. “(1a.) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, hereby appropriated accordingly.” |
| | Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration | Section 21— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Four thousand pounds”, insert “Four thousand five hundred pounds” |
| | Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration | Section 21— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Four thousand pounds” |
| Bankruptcy Act 1924–1948 | Judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy | Section 18bb— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand five hundred pounds”, insert “Four thousand pounds” |
| Seat of Government Supreme Court Act 1933–1947 | Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | Section 8b— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand pounds”, insert “Three thousand five hundred pounds” |
First Schedule—continued.
| First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
| Acts amended. | Offices. | Amendments. |
| Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920–1947 | Public Service Arbitrator | Section 7— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds”, insert “Three thousand two hundred and fifty pounds” |
| Audit Act 1901–1948..... | Auditor-General............. | Section 4— Omit “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds”, insert “Three thousand two hundred and fifty pounds” |
| Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1943 | Chairman of the Public Service Board | Section 13— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand five hundred pounds”, insert” Four thousand pounds” |
| | Member of the Public Service Board | Section 13— Omit “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds” insert “Three thousand two hundred and fifty pounds” |
| Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1936 | Commonwealth Railways Commissioner | Section 14— Omit from sub-section (1.) “Three thousand pounds”, insert “Three thousand five hundred pounds” |
| Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1949 | Commissioner of Land Tax | Section 5— Omit from sub-section (5.) “Three thousand pounds”, insert “Three thousand five hundred pounds” |
| | Assistant Commissioner of Land Tax | Section 15— Omit from sub-section (5.) “Two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds”, insert “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds” |
Sec. 4. SECOND SCHEDULE.
| First Column. | Second Column. |
| Acts amended. | Citations. |
| Judiciary Act 1903–1948 | Judiciary Act 1903–1950 |
| Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1949 | Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1950 |
| Bankruptcy Act 1924–1948 | Bankruptcy Act 1924–1950 |
| Seat of Government Supreme Court Act 1933–1947 | Seat of Government Supreme Court Act 1933–1950 |
| Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920–1947 | Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920–1950 |
| Audit Act 1901–1948 | Audit Act 1901–1950 |
| Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1948 | Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1950 |
| Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1936 | Commonwealth Railways Act 1917–1950 |
| Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1949 | Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1950 |