MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952
- Updated as at 8 December 1993 (HISTACT CHAP 1205 #DATE 08:12:1993)
*1* The Ministers of State Act 1952 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No.
1, 1952 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act Date Date of Application
Number and of assent commencement saving or
year transitional
provisions
Ministers of State Act 1952
1, 1952 13 Mar 1952 1 Jan 1952
Ministers of State Act 1956
1, 1956 24 Feb 1956 24 Feb 1956 -
Ministers of State Act 1959
18, 1959 23 Apr 1959 1 Mar 1959 -
Ministers of State Act 1964
1, 1964 4 Mar 1964 4 Mar 1964 -
Ministers of State Act (No. 2) 1964
71, 1964 30 Oct 1964 1 Nov 1964 -
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966
93, 1966 29 Oct 1966 1 Dec 1966 -
Ministers of State Act 1967
1, 1967 27 Feb 1967 27 Feb 1967 -
Ministers of State Act 1968
102, 1968 29 Nov 1968 1 Dec 1968 -
Ministers of State Act 1971
43, 1971 18 May 1971 18 May 1971 -
Remuneration and Allowances Act 1973
14, 1973 1 Apr 1973 1 Apr 1973 -
Statute Law Revision Act 1973
216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973 Ss. 9 (1)
and 10
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1978
82, 1978 22 June 1978 22 June 1978 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1979
141, 1979 23 Nov 1979 23 Nov 1979 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1980
165, 1980 10 Dec 1980 10 Dec 1980 -
Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1981
121, 1981 9 Sept 1981 1 July 1981 -
Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1982
78, 1982 19 Sept 1982 19 Sept 1982 -
Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1983
128, 1983 22 Dec 1983 S. 5 (2): S. 2 (3)
1 July 1984
(see s. 2 (2)
and Gazette 1984,
No. S245)
Remainder:
Royal Assent
Remuneration and Allowances Amendment Act 1984
73, 1984 25 June 1984 25 June 1984 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1985
56, 1985 4 June 1985 4 June 1985 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1986
26, 1986 13 May 1986 13 May 1986 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1987
71, 1987 5 June 1987 5 June 1987 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987
91, 1987 18 Sept 1987 18 Sept 1987 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1988
19, 1988 11 May 1988 11 May 1988 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1989
20, 1989 20 Apr 1989 20 Apr 1989 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1990
109, 1990 18 Dec 1990 15 Jan 1991 -
Ministers of State Amendment Act 1992
50, 1992 17 June 1992 17 June 1992 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
S. 2 am. No. 14, 1973
S. 3 am. No. 14, 1973
rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 4 am. No. 1, 1956; No. 1, 1964; No. 1, 1967;
No. 43, 1971; No. 91, 1987
S. 5 am. No. 1, 1956; No. 18, 1959; Nos. 1 and
71, 1964; No. 93, 1966; No. 1, 1967;
No. 102, 1968; No. 43, 1971; No. 14, 1973;
No. 82, 1978; No. 141, 1979; No. 165,
1980; No. 121, 1981; No. 78, 1982;
No. 128, 1983; No. 73, 1984; No. 56, 1985;
No. 26, 1986; No. 71, 1987; No. 19, 1988;
No. 20, 1989; No. 109, 1990; No. 50, 1992
S. 6 am. No. 71, 1964; No. 93, 1966; No. 102,
1968; No. 14, 1973
rs. No. 82, 1978
S. 7 rs. No. 18, 1959
am. No. 71, 1964; No. 93, 1966; No. 102,
1968
rs. No. 14, 1973
Ss. 8, 9 ad. No. 14, 1973
rep. No. 82, 1978
Heading to rep. No. 14, 1973
The Schedule
Heading to Schedule ad. No. 14, 1973
Schedule rep. No. 216, 1973
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
4. Number of Ministers
5. Salaries of Ministers
6. Additional allowances to Ministers of State
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act to determine the number of the Ministers of State and to
make provision for their Salaries and Allowances
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - SECT 1
Short title
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Ministers of State Act 1952.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - SECT 2
Commencement
SECT
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January,
1952.
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - SECT 4
Number of Ministers
SECT
4. The number of the Ministers of State shall not exceed 30.
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - SECT 5
Salaries of Ministers
SECT
5. The annual sum payable in pursuance of section sixty-six of the
Constitution for the salaries of the Ministers of State must not exceed:
(a) in the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1991 - $1,510,000; or
(b) in a subsequent financial year - $1,538,000.
MINISTERS OF STATE ACT 1952 - SECT 6
Additional allowances to Ministers of State
SECT
6. There are payable to the Ministers of State, in addition to their
salaries, and in addition to any allowances payable to them as senators or
members of the House of Representatives, such respective allowances as are
determined by the Remuneration Tribunal in pursuance of the Remuneration
Tribunals Act 1973.