Parliamentary and Judicial Retiring Allowances Act 1973 (Cth)

Parliamentary and Judicial Retiring Allowances Act 1973

No. 47 of 1973

AN ACT

Relating to Parliamentary and Judicial Retiring Allowances.

[Assented to 8 June 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Part I—Preliminary

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary and Judicial Retiring Allowances Act 1973.

Commencement. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Part II—Parliamentary Retiring Allowances

Citation. 3. (1) The Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Part, may be cited as the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1973.

Parts. 4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is repealed.

5. Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—

Interpretation. "4. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— 'annuity' means annuity under this Act; 'Commonwealth supplement' means the amount of the Commonwealth supplement ascertained in accordance with section 16; 'contributions' means contributions under Part IV, 'House' means a House of the Parliament; 'life policy' means a life policy as defined by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Life Insurance Act 1945-1965; 'member' means a member of either House; 'parliamentary allowance' means the allowance paid to a member— (a) under section 3 of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920 or of that Act as amended; or (b) under sub-section (1) of section 4 or sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952 or of that Act as amended, and includes the allowance so paid, to a person who has been a member, from and including the day of dissolution or expiration of the House of which he was a member to and including the day to which the allowance was reckoned by virtue of section 4 or section 5 of the Act referred to in paragraph (a) or is reckoned by virtue of sub-section (4) of section 4 or sub-section (5) of section 5 of the Act referred to in paragraph (b); 'participant', in relation to a superannuation scheme applying in relation to any employment, means any person employed in that employment in respect of whom benefits are applicable under the scheme by reason of his being so employed, whether or not he has made contributions under the scheme; 'period of service', in relation to a member or former member, means (subject to section 20) the period, or the sum of the periods (whether continuous or not), whether before or after the commencement of this Act, during which the member or former member was entitled to a parliamentary allowance, and includes— (a) any period that is deemed to be included in the period of service of the member or former member by virtue of section 20a; and (b) any period by which the period of service of the member or former member is deemed to be increased by virtue of sub-section (4) of section 22q;