Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GOVERNOR-GENERAL ACT 1974 - SECT 4

             (1)  Subject to subsection (4), where, after the commencement of this Act, a person ceases to hold office as Governor-General, an allowance is payable under this section to him or her during his or her life-time at such rate as is from time to time payable under paragraph (3)(a).

             (2)  Subject to subsection (4) and section 4A, where, after the commencement of this Act, a person who is Governor-General dies, or a person who has at any time after the commencement of this Act held office as Governor-General dies, an allowance is payable under this section to a spouse of the person during the life-time of the spouse at such rate as is from time to time payable under paragraph (3)(b).

             (3)  The rate of the allowance payable to a person under this section at any time is:

                     (a)  in the case of a person who has held office as Governor-General--60% of the rate of the salary payable to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia at that time; or

                     (b)  in the case of a person who is a spouse of a deceased person who held office as Governor-General--five-eighths of the rate applicable under paragraph (a) at that time to a person who has held office as Governor-General.

             (4)  The amount of the allowance that, but for this subsection, would be payable to a person under this section in respect of any period is reduced by the amount of any pension or retiring allowance payable to that person, whether by virtue of a law or otherwise, in respect of that period out of money provided in whole or in part by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.