Governors (Salary and Pensions) Act 2003 (Qld)

Governors (Salary and Pensions) Act 2003

An Act to provide for salary and pensions for the Governor of the State of Queensland, and for related purposes

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Governors (Salary and Pensions) Act 2003.

2 Dictionary The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act.

Part 2 Salary

3 Salary of Governor A salary is payable to the Governor at the rate prescribed under a regulation.

4 Salary of Acting Governor (1) For the period when a person is an Acting Governor, a salary is payable to the person at the rate payable to the Governor. (2) However, the amount of the salary payable under subsection (1) to a person is to be reduced, including to zero, by the amount of salary payable for the same period to the person as the Lieutenant-Governor, the Chief Justice or a Supreme Court judge. Editor's note— See the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 41(3) for the persons who must administer the Government of the State as Acting Governor.

Part 3 Pensions

Division 1 Introductory

4A Application of part This part does not apply in relation to a person appointed as Governor who elected, under section 20C, to have the superannuation arrangements under part 3A, division 2 apply to the person's appointment as Governor.

5 Purposes of part The purposes of this part are to provide for— (a) the entitlement of a former Governor to a pension; and (b) the entitlement of a surviving partner of a deceased Governor to a pension; and (c) the rates of the pensions payable; and (d) other matters relevant to the entitlement to pensions and the rate of pensions.

6 Other divisions in this part (1) Division 2 sets out the entitlement to, and rates of, pensions payable. (2) Division 3 sets out provisions that may affect the entitlement to, and amounts of, pensions payable. (3) Division 4 sets out provisions that may result in the ending of an entitlement to a pension. (4) The provisions in division 2 are subject to the provisions in divisions 3 and 4, and the provisions in division 3 are subject to the provisions in division 4.