CHAPTER
10
PARLIAMENTARIANS (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Salaries and allowances of Parliamentarians. |
Payment of salaries and allowances. |
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SCHEDULE. |
CHAPTER 10 |
PARLIAMENTARIANS
(SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) |
An Act to
make provision in respect of the salaries and allowances of senators and
members of The House of Assembly. | 27 of 1992
S.I. 54/1997
29 of 1998 |
[Commencement 1st
October, 1992] |
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Parliamentarians
(Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1992. | Short title. |
2. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2),
there shall be paid to the persons holding the offices and posts specified in
the first column of the Schedule, the salaries and allowances respectively set
forth opposite thereto in the second and third columns of that Schedule. | Salaries and allowances of Parliamentarians. |
(2) A person
holding the office of Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of the
Senate or Vice President of the Senate shall not be paid any salary or
allowance other than the respective salary or allowance specified in the
Schedule in respect of that office. |
3. All salaries and allowances payable under this Act
shall be charged on and shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund by equal
monthly instalments. | Payment of salaries and allowances. |
4. (1) The Prime Minister may by Order subject to
affirmative resolution of the House of Assembly amend the Schedule. | Amendment of Schedule. |
(2) In subsection
(1) the expression "subject to affirmative resolution of the House of
Assembly" in relation to an Order means that any such Order is not to come
into operation until approved by a resolution of the House of Assembly. |
SCHEDULE (Sections 2 and 4) |
|
First Column
Office or Post
|
Second Column
Salary
|
Third Column
Duty Allowance
|
|
Prime Minister
|
$86,000
|
$25,000
|
|
Deputy Prime
Minister
|
$76,000
|
$15,000
|
|
Attorney-General
|
$66,000
|
$5,000
|
|
Minister with
Portfolio
|
$66,000
|
$ 5,000
|
|
Minister of State
|
$60,000
|
$ 5.000
|
|
Speaker
|
$62,000
|
$3,000
|
|
Leader of the
Opposition
|
$50,000
|
--
|
|
Parliamentary
Secretary
|
$45,000
|
$3,000
|
|
Deputy Speaker
|
$32,000
|
--
|
|
Member of the House
of Assembly
|
$28,000
|
--
|
|
Government Whip
|
--
|
$11,550
|
|
Government Deputy
Whip
|
--
|
$ 6,000
|
|
Opposition Whip
|
--
|
$11,250
|
|
President of the
Senate
|
$17,500
|
--
|
|
Vice President of
the Senate
|
$15,000
|
--
|
|
Leader of the Senate
|
$15,000
|
--
|
|
Senator
|
$12,500
|
--
|
|