Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1990 - SECT 3

             (1)  This Part has effect in spite of:

                     (a)  anything in any Determination of the Remuneration Tribunal made on or before 1 June 1990; or

                     (b)  any provision of an Act, being a provision providing for the remuneration or allowances of the holder of an office to be determined by the Remuneration Tribunal (including section 21 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 ); or

                     (c)  any provision in the Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1984 that is inconsistent with this Part.

             (2)  Where, after 1 June 1990, the Remuneration Tribunal has made, or makes, a Determination that is inconsistent with a provision of this Act:

                     (a)  subject to subsection (3), the Determination operates according to its terms in spite of the provision of this Act; and

                     (b)  the provision of this Act ceases to operate.

             (3)  A Determination referred to in subsection (2) that purports to take effect from a day earlier than 1 June 1990 takes effect on 1 June 1990.

             (4)  Where a resolution disapproving of a Determination referred to in subsection (2) is passed as mentioned in subsection 7(8) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 , the provision of the Act overriden by the Determination operates with effect from the day on which the resolution is passed.

             (5)  Nothing in this Part affects the operation of:

                     (a)  the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 ; or

                     (b)  Determinations Nos. 15, 16 and 22 of 1989 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 16 November 1989.