Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
section 5(1) and (1b) of the Judges’ Salaries and Pensions
Act 1950 and section 12(3a) of the District Court of Western
Australia Act 1969 , the Tribunal shall, from time to time as provided by
this Act, inquire into, and report to the Minister on, the question whether
any alterations are desirable in the remuneration to be paid or provided to
judges, District Court judges, masters of the Supreme Court and magistrates
and the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission
appointed under the Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 , and if the
Tribunal reports that any such alterations are desirable it shall, in its
report, recommend the nature and extent of the alterations that should be
made.
(2) The report of the
Tribunal —
(a)
shall be in writing;
(b)
shall be signed by the members; and
(c)
shall be furnished to the Minister.
(3) A copy of every
report made by the Tribunal under this section shall be laid before each House
of Parliament within 5 sitting days of that House after the report is received
by the Minister.
(4) Except as provided
in subsection (5), a recommendation contained in a report made by the
Tribunal under this section shall come into operation or shall be deemed to
have come into operation on such date as is specified in the report of the
Tribunal, and for that purpose the provisions of section 6(4) apply to
and in relation to any remuneration recommended to be payable in such a report
as if it were remuneration payable pursuant to a determination made under
section 6.
(5) Subject to
subsection (6) if either House of Parliament, within 15 sitting days of
that House after a copy of a report has been laid before that House pursuant
to subsection (3), passes a resolution disapproving a recommendation made
by the Tribunal, then —
(a) if
the recommendation has not yet come into operation — the
recommendation shall not come into operation;
(b) if
the recommendation has come into operation — the
recommendation shall cease to have any force or effect in respect of any
period commencing on or after the day on which the resolution is passed.
(6) For the purposes
of applying the provisions of subsection (5) to the report made by the
Tribunal and tabled in each House of Parliament on 16 October 1975,
the reference in that subsection to “within 15 sitting days of that
House after a copy of a report has been laid before that House” shall be
construed as a reference to within 15 sitting days of that House after
7 November 1975.
[Section 7 amended by No. 89 of 1975
s. 3; No. 33 of 1979 s. 3; No. 34 of 1980 s. 6;
No. 68 of 1992 s. 4(3) and 6; No. 14 of 1994 s. 20;
No. 29 of 1996 s. 26; No. 23 of 1997 s. 19; No. 48 of 2003
s. 62; No. 78 of 2003 s. 74(2); No. 45 of 2004 s. 37; No.
8 of 2009 s. 114.]