Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1990

If a member of Parliament holds an office specified in the

Schedule, additional salary is payable to the member at a rate equal to the percentage of the basic salary (calculated to the nearest dollar) specified in the Schedule in relation to that office.

The Remuneration Tribunal may determine that a member holding an office other than those specified in the Schedule should be paid additional salary.

If the Remuneration Tribunal makes a determination under subsection (2), the Remuneration Tribunal must determine the rate of additional salary (whether calculated as a percentage of the basic salary or otherwise) that will be paid to a member holding the office as additional salary.

A person who holds more than 1 office as a Minister of the Crown may only be paid additional salary and other remuneration in respect of 1 of those offices.

A person who holds more than 1 office specified in the Schedule may only be paid additional salary and other remuneration in respect of 1 of those offices.

The number of shadow Ministers paid additional salary at any time is not to exceed the number of Ministers of the Crown holding office at that time (and, if there are more shadow Ministers than Ministers of the Crown, then the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly is to nominate which of the shadow Ministers are to be paid additional salary).

If a member of Parliament ceases to hold an office specified in the

Schedule and the relevant presiding officer for the member certifies, on the basis of medical evidence provided by the member, that they are satisfied that the cessation is due to the ill health, or a disability, of the member, the member continues to be entitled to additional salary as if they had not ceased to hold the office until—

the member is again appointed to an office specified in the

Schedule; or

the member ceases to be a member of Parliament; or

the relevant presiding officer for the member is no longer satisfied that the member is unable to hold an office specified in the Schedule due to the ill health, or a disability, of the member; or

the House of Assembly is next dissolved by the

Governor, whichever occurs first.

The relevant presiding officer for a member of Parliament who is receiving additional salary in accordance with subsection (7) may, at any time, require the member to provide further medical evidence for the purpose of satisfying the relevant presiding officer that the member continues to be unable to hold an office specified in the Schedule due to the ill health, or a disability, of the member.

In this section—

medical evidence means a report or certificate of a medical practitioner;

relevant presiding officer for a member means—

in the case of a member of the House of Assembly—the Speaker of the House of Assembly; or

in the case of a member of the Legislative Council—the

President of the Legislative Council.