Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

Part 2--Remuneration and allowances                                                                     2

3............ Operation of Part ................................................................................. 2

3A......... Operation of Remuneration Tribunal Determination ........................... 3

4............ Remuneration and allowances of holders of judicial offices etc. ......... 3

5............ Remuneration and allowances of Secretaries of Departments and holders of public offices      3

6............ Senators and Members of the House of Representatives .................... 3

7............ Ministers and office holders of the Parliament .................................... 3

8............ Appropriation ...................................................................................... 3

8A......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 3

Part 3--Amendments of Industrial Relations Act 1988 (sections 9, 10) 5

Schedule 1--Holders of Judicial and other offices                                             6

Part 1                                                                                                                                               6

Part 2                                                                                                                                               6

Part 3                                                                                                                                               7

Part 4                                                                                                                                               8

Part 5                                                                                                                                               8

Schedule 2--Secretaries of Departments and holders of public offices 10

Part 1--Secretaries of Departments of State                                                       11

Part 2--Secretaries of Parliamentary Departments                                        12

Part 3--Full-time holders of public offices                                                            12

Schedule 3--Senators and Members of the House of Representatives 15

Part 1--Salary sacrifice                                                                                                     15

1A......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 15

1B......... Meaning of complying superannuation fund .................................... 16

1C......... When may a person elect to salary sacrifice? ..................................... 16

1D......... The nature of the salary sacrifice election .......................................... 17

1E.......... How to make an election ................................................................... 17

1F.......... Duration of an election ...................................................................... 18

1G......... Effect of an election ........................................................................... 18

1H......... Variation of an election ..................................................................... 20

1I........... Revocation of an election .................................................................. 21

Part 2--Electorate and other allowances                                                               22

2............ Electorate allowance .......................................................................... 22

3............ Other allowances ............................................................................... 22

Schedule 4--Ministers and office holders of the Parliament                     23

Notes                                                                                                                                              27

An Act relating to certain remuneration and allowances

  

Notes to the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990

Note 1

The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 71, 1990 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50). The amendments are incorporated in this compilation.

For application, saving or transitional provisions made by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005, see Act No. 45, 2005.

All other relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990	71, 1990	20 June 1990	Part 3 (ss. 9, 10): 1 July 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent
Remuneration and Allowances (Amendment) Act 1990	72, 1990	20 June 1990	20 June 1990 (see s. 2)	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990	108, 1990	18 Dec 1990	Ss. 8, 13 and 21: 1 Feb 1991 (see  s. 2(4) and Gazette 1991, No. S18) Ss. 22-24: 1 Mar 1989 S. 26: 1 Jan 1990 S. 33: 25 Mar 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S73) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Remuneration and Allowances Legislation Amendment Act 1992	52, 1992	22 June 1992	Part 3 (ss. 13, 14): 27 June 1991 Ss. 16 and 17(1): 20 June 1990 S. 17(2): 1 July 1990 S. 19(1): 1 Jan 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994	158, 1994	15 Dec 1994	Schedule 2: Royal Assent (a)	--
Competition Policy Reform Act 1995	88, 1995	20 July 1995	S. 77: 6 Nov 1995 (see Gazette 1995, No. S423) (b)	--
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996	60, 1996	25 Nov 1996	Schedule 19 (item 42): Royal Assent (c)	S. 2(2) and (6) (am. by 77, 1996, Sch. 3 [items 1, 2])
as amended by
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996	77, 1996	19 Dec 1996	Schedule 3 (items 1, 2): (d)	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997	1, 1997	19 Feb 1997	Schedules 1 and 3: 30 Apr 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S91) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 1144-1148): 1 Jan 1998 (e)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 772-775): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (f)	--
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999	161, 1999	10 Dec 1999	Schedule 3 (items 1, 54, 55): (g)	--
Intelligence Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001	153, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001 (see s. 2)	S. 4 and Sch. 1 (items 7-9) [see Table A]
Parliamentary Superannuation and Other Entitlements Legislation Amendment Act 2004	87, 2004	25 June 2004	26 June 2004	--
Australian Communications and Media Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005	45, 2005	1 Apr 2005	Schedule 1 (items 119, 120) and Schedule 4: 1 July 2005 (see s. 2(1))	Sch. 4 [see Note 1]
Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005	111, 2005	6 Sept 2005	Schedule 2 (item 710): 1 Oct 2005	--
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Act 2007	15, 2007	15 Mar 2007	Schedule 1 (items 276, 406(1)-(3)): (h)	Sch. 1 (item 406(1)-(3)) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 443-445): 4 July 2008	--
Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011	75, 2011	25 July 2011	Schedule 2 (items 8-16, 21): 5 Aug 2011 (see F2011L01603)	Sch. 2 (item 21) [see Table A]

(a)     The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 only of the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by section 77 only of the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Part 3 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if Part 3 does not commence by Proclamation within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, then it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

(c)     The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 19 (item 42) only of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1 and 2) only of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   The items of Schedule 3 are taken to have commenced immediately after the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 received the Royal Assent.

         The Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 received the Royal Assent on 25 November 1996.

(e)     The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 1144-1148) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

         The Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 commenced on 1 January 1998.

(f)      The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 772-775) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(g)     The Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1, 54 and 55) only of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Subject to subsections (3) to (6), Schedule 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the other Schedules to this Act.

         The other Schedules commenced on 10 December 1999.

(h)     Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Act 2007 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2.  Schedule 1	Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Act 2007.	15 March 2007

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 2
S. 3 .....................................	am. No. 72, 1990; No. 52, 1992; No. 60, 1996; No. 75, 2011
S. 3A ..................................	ad. No. 158, 1994
S. 6......................................	rs. No. 75, 2011
S. 8......................................	am. No. 87, 2004
S. 8A...................................	ad. No. 146, 1999
Schedule 1 ........................	am. No. 108, 1990; No. 52, 1992; No. 88, 1995; No. 146, 1999; SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 73, 2008
Schedule 2 ........................	am. No. 72, 1990; No. 88, 1995; Nos. 1 and 152, 1997; Nos. 146 and 161, 1999; Nos. 45 and 111, 2005; SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 73, 2008
Schedule 3 ........................	am. No. 72, 1990; No. 158, 1994; No. 146, 1999; No. 87, 2004; No. 15, 2007; No. 75, 2011
Schedule 4 ........................	am. No. 158, 1994; No. 152, 1997; No. 161, 1999; No. 153, 2001

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Intelligence Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 153, 2001)

4  Regulations

                   The Governor-General may make regulations providing for matters of a transitional nature (including any saving or application provision) arising out of the enactment of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, or the amendments made by this Act.

Schedule 1

7  Definitions

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

commencement day means the day on which Part 1 commences.

new committee means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD established under the Intelligence Services Act 2001.

old committee means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation constituted under Part VA.

Part VA means Part VA of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979, as in force immediately before the commencement day.

transfer time means the time at which the new committee is first established.

8  Continuation of old committee

Despite the repeal of Part VA:

                     (a)  the old Committee continues in existence until the transfer time, under the name it had immediately before the commencement day, as if the amendments made by Part 1 had not been made; and

                     (b)  the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 and the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 continue to operate in respect of the old committee until the transfer time as if the amendments made by Part 1 had not been made.

9  Records etc.

At the transfer time, any records that were in the custody, or under the control, of the old committee immediately before the transfer time are transferred to the new committee by force of this item.

Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Act 2007
(No. 15, 2007)

Schedule 1

406  Application

(1)       The amendments made by this Schedule apply to the 2007-2008 income year and later years.

(2)       Despite subitem (1), those amendments apply to the 2007-2008 financial year and later years, to the extent that they relate to Division 292 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

(3)       Despite subitem (1), those amendments apply on and after 1 July 2007, to the extent that they relate to any of the following:

                     (a)  Divisions 82 and 83 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997;

                     (b)  Divisions 301 to 307 of that Act.

Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 75, 2011)

Schedule 2

21  Transitional--temporary saving of old law allowances

(1)       This item applies to the following provisions as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule:

                     (a)  clause 1 of Schedule 3 to the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990;

                     (b)  regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(b) of that Schedule;

                     (c)  the definition of parliamentary allowance in clause 1A of that Schedule;

                     (d)  subsection 5(2C) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

(2)       Despite the repeals and amendments made by this Schedule, those provisions continue in force until the coming into force of the first determination:

                     (a)  that is made under subsection 7(1) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 at or after the commencement of this Schedule; and

                     (b)  that determines the annual allowance payable for the purposes of section 48 of the Constitution.