Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 2012 (Tas)

Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 2012

An Act to make provision with respect to the salaries, superannuation and allowances to be paid to members of Parliament [Royal Assent 3 July 2012]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 2012 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 2012 but if this Act does not receive the Royal Assent by that date it is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2012.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – additional salary means the additional salary that is payable to certain members of Parliament under Part 2 of Schedule 1 ; allowances and benefits means the allowances and benefits to which members of Parliament are entitled under Schedule 2 ; amending Act means the Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Amendment Act 2015; basic salary means the amount payable to members of Parliament under Part 1 of Schedule 1 as the basic salary; Commission means a Full Bench of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission constituted under sections 5 and 14 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 ; determination means a determination contained in a report under section 3D ; House means a House of Parliament; member of Parliament means a member of either House; Opposition means the recognised non-government party with the greatest number of members in the House of Assembly; parliamentary salary means the basic salary that is payable to a member of Parliament and any additional salary payable to the member of Parliament; President of the Commission means the person who is, under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 , the President of the Commission; recognised non-government party means a political party that has 4 or more members of Parliament in the House of Assembly, being a political party of which no member is the Premier; relevant officer means the Clerk of the House of Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Council or the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Constitution Act 1934 , as the case may require; RSA means a Retirement Savings Account within the meaning of the Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997 of the Commonwealth; transfer day means the day specified in a notice under section 7(5) of the Public Sector Superannuation Reform Act 1999 .