Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF
AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS 
BY THE SPEAKER 2002

Instrument No. DI2002-122

Pursuant to subsections 5(2) and 17(3) of the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989, 
(“the Act”), I REVOKE Determination Number 338 of 2001, signed on 29 November 2001.

Pursuant to subsections 5(2) and 17(3) of the Act I DETERMINE the arrangements and conditions within which the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (“the Speaker”) may respectively employ staff under subsection 5(1) of the Act, or engage consultants or contractors under subsection 17(1) of the Act, as follows:

1.	The Speaker may employ staff or engage consultants or contractors in the period                 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 inclusive 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	
261	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.

2.	Notwithstanding numbered clause 1 above, the Speaker may employ staff outside the gross annual salary allocation, 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.

Schedule.

This Instrument has effect from 1 July 2002.

Position/Office	Gross Annual Salary

Speaker	$111,767

Dated  _____27th__________ day of _____June__________ 2002.

Chief Minister