Common allowance
4AA Common allowance
The Remuneration Tribunal must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the commencement of this section—
ascertain the full value of the following components of remuneration payable to members of Parliament immediately before the commencement of this section (being remuneration that is, on the commencement of section 3B, no longer payable):
annual travel allowance;
metrocard special pass;
remuneration consisting of subsidised or free interstate rail travel; and
determine an amount of remuneration that reasonably compensates members of Parliament for the abolition of each of those components.
The Remuneration Tribunal must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the commencement of this section, determine the amount of remuneration payable to all members of Parliament for their service as ordinary members on parliamentary committees, comprising—
an amount equal to the quotient of the total amount of additional salary paid to ordinary members of all parliamentary committees for the financial year immediately preceding the commencement of this section, divided by the number of members of both Houses of Parliament; and
if the Remuneration Tribunal considers that the amount calculated under paragraph (a) does not adequately remunerate members for their service as ordinary members on parliamentary committees—an additional amount determined by the Remuneration
Tribunal.
The Remuneration Tribunal must, at least once in each
12 month period, review the remuneration referred to in subsection (1)(b) and subsection (2) and may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, determine to increase an amount of remuneration payable by a specified amount.
The aggregated amount (up to a maximum of $42 000) of the remuneration referred to in subsection (1)(b) and subsection (2) as varied from time to time will be taken to be the common allowance payable to all members of Parliament.
In this section—
ordinary member, of a parliamentary committee, means a member who is not a presiding member.
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