AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Remuneration Tribunal
(Consequential Amendments) Act 1997
No. 41 of 1997
	
An Act to amend certain laws consequent on the enactment of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995
[Notified in ACT Gazette S264: 19 September 1997]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Remuneration Tribunal (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997.
Commencement
2.  (1)  Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.
(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day, or respective days, fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

(3)  If the remaining sections have not commenced before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette, those provisions, by force of this subsection, commence on the first day after the end of that period.
Amendments and repeal
3.  (1)  The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended as set out in Schedule 1.
(2)  The Regulations specified in Schedule 2 are amended or repealed as set out in Schedule 2.

	SCHEDULE 1	Subsection 3 (1)
AMENDMENTS OF ACTS
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989
Section 8—
Repeal the section.
Agents Act 1968
Section 11—
Repeal the section.
Subsection 15 (2)—
Omit “under section 11”.
Architects Act 1959
Section 8—
Repeal the section.
Bookmakers Act 1985
Section 17—
Repeal the section.
Bushfire Act 1936
Section 5J—
Repeal the section.
Canberra Theatre Trust Act 1965
Section 13—
Repeal the section.
Casino Control Act 1988
Section 29—
Repeal the section.

Children’s Services Act 1986
Subsections 19A (6), (7) and (8)—
Omit the subsections.
Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993
Section 6—
Repeal the section.
Discrimination Act 1991
Section 113—
Repeal the section.
Drugs of Dependence Act 1989
Section 135—
Repeal the section.
Electoral Act 1992
Section 14—
Repeal the section.
Electricity Act 1971
Section 14—
Repeal the section.
Essential Services (Continuity of Supply) Act 1992
Section 12—
Repeal the section, substiute the following section:
Payment of remuneration and allowances
“12.  The amount which a member of the Review Committee is entitled to be paid by way of remuneration and allowances is payable to the member by the relevant service provider.”.

Gas Act 1992
Sections 15 and 30—
Repeal the sections.
Section 33—
Omit “amounts referred to in subsection 30 (1) and any other”.
Health Complaints Act 1993
Section 65—
Repeal the section.
Hotel School Act 1996
Schedule 1, section 3—
Repeal the section.
Schedule 2, section 3—
Repeal the section.
Inquiries Act 1991
Section 8—
Repeal the section.
Interpretation Act 1967
Subsection 14 (1)—
Insert the following definition:
“ ‘Remuneration Tribunal’ means the Remuneration Tribunal established by subsection 4 (1) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995;”.
Judicial Commissions Act 1994
Section 9—
Repeal the section.
Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991
Section 102—
Repeal the section.
Section 103—
Omit “(subject to section 102)”.
Section 137—
Repeal the section.
Legal Aid Act 1977
Subsection 5 (1) (definition of “Remuneration Tribunal”)—
Omit the definition.
Section 49—
Repeal the section.
Legal Practitioners Act 1970
Section 39—
Repeal the section.
Liquor Act 1975
Section 12F—
Repeal the section.
Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Act 1981
Section 12—
Repeal the section.
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Section 10—
Repeal the section, substitute the following section:
Terms and conditions of appointment
“10.  A Magistrate holds office on such terms and conditions as the Executive, from time to time, determines.”.
Section 10L—
Repeal the section, substitute the following section:
Terms and conditions of appointment
“10L.  A special magistrate holds office on such terms and conditions as the Executive, from time to time, determines.”.
Milk Authority Act 1971
Section 9—
Repeal the section.
National Exhibition Centre Trust Act 1976
Section 10—
Repeal the section.
Nature Conservation Act 1980
Section 15H—
Repeal the section.
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989
Sections 17 and 26—
Repeal the sections.
Ombudsman Act 1989
Subsections 24 (1), (2) and (3)— 
Omit the subsections, substitute the following subsection:
“(1)  The Ombudsman is entitled to such remuneration, allowances and other entitlements—
	(a)	as are determined by the Remuneration Tribunal in respect of the Ombudsman; or
	(b)	if there is no such determination—as are determined by the Chief Minister in respect of the Ombudsman by an interim determination under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995.”.
Parole Act 1976
Section 10—
Repeal the section.
Plumbers, Drainers and Gasfitters Board Act 1982
Section 12—
Repeal the section.
Public Trustee Act 1985
Section 51—
Repeal the section.
Radiation Act 1983
Section 16A—
Repeal the section.
Remand Centres Act 1976
Subsections 6A (2), (3) and (4)— 
Omit the subsections.
Royal Commissions Act 1991
Section 8—
Repeal the section.
Schools Authority Act 1976
Section 10—
Repeal the section.
Supreme Court Act 1933
Subsection 17 (1) —
Omit the subsection.
Paragraphs 17 (3) (a) and (b)—
Omit “Commonwealth”.
Surveyors Act 1967
Section 8—
Repeal the section.
Vocational Education and Training Act 1995
Section 43—
Repeal the section.

	SCHEDULE 2	Subsection 3 (2)
AMENDMENT or repeal OF Regulations
Discrimination (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations
Repeal the Regulations.
Electoral Regulations
Part II—
Repeal the Part.
Heritage Council (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations
Repeal the Regulations.
Legal Aid (Statutory Officers) Regulations
Repeal the Regulations.
Schools Authority (Allowances) Regulations
Repeal the Regulations.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 26 June 1997]

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