Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and Improving Parliamentary Standards Act 2019

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 6 February 2019

Legislative Council: 21 February 2019

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to reform the current system relating to salaries, allowances and standards for Members of Parliament by establishing the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and making amendments to the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Act 1968, the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1978 and the Parliamentary Administration Act 2005, and to make related amendments to the Public Administration Act 2004 and consequential amendments to certain other Acts and for other purposes."

The Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and Improving Parliamentary Standards Act 2019 was assented to on 19 March 2019 and came into operation as follows:

Section 61 on 1 July 2018: section 2(2); section 55 on 29 October 2018: section 2(3); Parts 1 to 5 (sections 1–45), sections 46, 47, Parts 7 and 8 (sections 63–79), sections 83–85 on 20 March 2019: section 2(1); sections 48–54, 56–60, 62, 80–82 on 16 September 2019: section 2(4).

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

• Headings

All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).

• Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).

• Punctuation

All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).

• Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).

• Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.

• Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.

See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).