Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS BY
THE SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Instrument No.  DI 338   /2001

Pursuant to subsections 5(2) and 17(3) of the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989, 
I revoke the arrangements made in Instrument Number 170 of 2001 and substitute the following arrangements in relation to the employment of staff and the engagement of consultants and contractors by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (“the Speaker”).

The Speaker may employ staff or engage consultants and contractors in the period:
•	beginning on the date of the first sitting day of the fifth ACT Legislative Assembly;
•	and ending on 30 June 2002; only if the total amounts payable in respect of gross annual salary do not exceed the amounts (“the amount”) calculated in accordance with the formula:

  X	
260	x	WD = Y

Where:

X is the amount allocated for gross annual salary in the Schedule to these arrangements.

WD is the number of working days the relevant Member occupies the position of Speaker in the period, inclusive; and

Y is the Amount.

The Speaker may employ staff outside these allocations, with the written agreement of the 
Chief Minister, where:
•	a staff member takes a period of paid leave exceeding four continuous weeks;
•	the Chief Minister reasonably considers the leave to be beyond the Speaker’s control; and
•	the Speaker will be unable to fulfil his or her parliamentary duties without hiring a replacement.

This Instrument has effect from the date of the first sitting day of the fifth Legislative Assembly.

Schedule.

Speaker	Gross Annual Salary

Mr Berry	$104,326

Dated  ___29th________ day of __November______ 2001.

Jon Stanhope

Chief Minister