PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES.

No. 19 of 1959.

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952-1956.

[Assented to 24th April, 1959.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 and citation.

1.—(1.)     This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1959.

(2.)   The Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952-1956 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)   The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952-1959.

Commencement.

2.  This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.

Allowances to senators.

3.  Section four of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Two thousand three hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “Seven hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight hundred”.

Allowances to members of House of Representatives.

4.  Section five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Two thousand three hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Two thousand seven hundred and fifty”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (2.) the words “Six hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight hundred and fifty”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2.) the words “Eight hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “One thousand and fifty”.

Allowances to President, Speaker and Chairmen of Committees.

5.  Section six of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “One thousand seven hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Two thousand two hundred and fifty”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “Two hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Five hundred”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the words “Nine hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “One thousand”.

Allowances to Leaders of Opposition.

6.  Section seven of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Seven hundred and fifty” (first occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “One thousand five hundred”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “One thousand seven hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Three thousand two hundred and fifty”;

(c) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “Two hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Five hundred”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “One thousand” and inserting in their stead the words “One thousand five hundred”.

Allowances to Deputy Leader of Opposition in Senate.

7.  Section seven a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Three hundred and seventy-five” and inserting in their stead the words “Five hundred”.

Allowances to Deputy Leader of Opposition in House of Representatives.

8.  Section eight of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Seven hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “One thousand five hundred”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “Two hundred and fifty” and inserting in their stead the words “Five hundred”.

Allowances to leader of third party in House of Representatives.

9.  Section nine of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “Five hundred” and inserting in their stead the words “Seven hundred and fifty”; and

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

“(2.) There is payable to a member of the House of Representatives who is in receipt of an allowance under the last preceding sub-section an allowance, in respect of the expenses of discharging the duties of his office, at the rate of Two hundred and fifty pounds a year.”.

Allowances to Whips.

10.   Section ten of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Two hundred and seventy-five” and inserting in their stead the words “Four hundred”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “Three hundred and twenty-five” and inserting in their stead the words “Five hundred”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the words “Two hundred and seventy-five” and inserting in their stead the words “Four hundred”.

Second Schedule.

11.                        The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Hunter” and “Shortland”.