Terms and conditions of service of Solicitor-General
5 Terms and conditions of service of Solicitor-General
The Solicitor-General is entitled to be paid – for the period 26 June 1995 to 30 September 1996, both days inclusive, a salary at the rate of 90% of the salary payable to a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania for the same period; and after 30 September 1996, a salary equivalent to the salary payable to a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania; and such travelling and other allowances as the Governor from time to time determines in respect of him and, if there is for the time being no such determination, such travelling and other allowances as are applicable to a person who is a Head of a State Service Agency.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Solicitor-General may elect, in writing to the Secretary, at any time but not more than once in a period of one year, that the salary determined in accordance with subsection (1)(ab) may be provided – in part by the payment of salary to the Solicitor-General; and in part by the payment of employer superannuation contributions to an RSA or a complying superannuation scheme, which may include the accumulation scheme.
If the Solicitor-General elects to sacrifice some or all of his or her salary under subsection (1A) – the election has effect from the date of the election or from a later date specified in the election for that purpose; and the Solicitor-General is taken, for any purpose related to superannuation, to have received the salary determined in accordance with subsection (1)(ab), notwithstanding the salary sacrifice.
A Solicitor-General is an employee for the purposes of the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994.
The terms and conditions of employment of a Solicitor-General (other than those to which subsections (1) and (2) relate) shall be such as the Governor from time to time determines in respect of him and, if there is for the time being no such determination, shall be those applicable to a State Service employee.
The Solicitor-General is a worker for the purposes of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011.
The Solicitor-General is entitled to be paid out of the Public Account.
Any allowance payable to the Solicitor-General under this Act is to be paid out of the Public Account.
The Public Account is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of subsections (5) and (6).
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