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ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND STATUTORY OFFICERS (REMUNERATION AND OTHER ENTITLEMENTS) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2015

Serial 141
Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
Mr Giles

A Bill for an Act to amend the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act and Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Regulations

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND STATUTORY OFFICERS (REMUNERATION AND OTHER ENTITLEMENTS) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2015

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Act No. [ ] of 2015

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Table of provisions

4AA Tribunal's power in relation to former Assembly member

4AB Circumstances of disentitlement

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2015

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An Act to amend the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act and Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Regulations

[Assented to [ ] 2015]

[Second reading [ ] 2015]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Legislation Amendment Act 2015.

Part 2 Amendment of Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act
2 Act amended

This Part amends the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act.

3 Section 2 amended

Section 2

insert (in alphabetical order)

former member, for Part 2, see section 4AA.

4 Section 4 amended

Section 4(1A)

omit

5 Sections 4AA and 4AB inserted

After section 4

insert

4AA Tribunal's power in relation to former Assembly member

The Tribunal must also, on the Administrator's request, inquire into, or inquire into and determine, an entitlement for a person (a former member) who, after the commencement of this section, ceases to hold office as an Assembly member; and

(a) who was first elected as an Assembly member at the general election held in 2005 or a later election; and

(b) who is not, after ceasing to be an Assembly member, entitled to receive payment of a pension or superannuation benefit related to the former member's office as an Assembly member.

4AB Circumstances of disentitlement

A former member is not entitled to receive an entitlement mentioned in section 4AA in any of the following circumstances:

(a) the former member has, under section 21(2) of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth), vacated office as an Assembly member because section 21(1)(c) of that Act applies to the former member;

(b) the former member retires from office as an Assembly member to be a candidate for another seat in the Assembly, or in any other Australian parliament, and is elected to the other seat.

6 Section 4A amended

(1) Section 4A(1)

omit

or 4

insert

, 4 or 4AA

(2) Section 4A(2)

omit, insert

(2) However, if inquiries are conducted together under any of the following provisions, the Tribunal need only prepare one report for those inquiries:

(a) section 3A;

(b) section 4;

(c) section 4AA.

7 Section 5 amended

Section 5(1)

omit

additional salary of office

insert

an entitlement of a former member

Part 3 Amendment of Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Regulations
8 Regulations amended

This Part amends the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Regulations.

9 Regulation 2 repealed

Regulation 2

repeal

Part 4 Expiry of Act
10 Expiry of Act

This Act expires on the day after it commences.

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