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provisions\nPart 1 Introduction\n1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1\n2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1\nPart 2 Entitlements of Assembly members\n3 Basic salary and additional salary of office ...................................... 2\n3A Tribunal's power in relation to salaries............................................. 3\n4 Tribunal's powers except for basic salary or additional salary\nof office ............................................................................................ 3\n4AA Tribunal's power in relation to former Assembly member ................ 4\n4AB Circumstances of disentitlement ...................................................... 5\n4A Report following inquiry ................................................................... 5\n5 Minister's power ............................................................................... 5\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 1 Local Court Judges\n6 Application ....................................................................................... 6\n7 Entitlements ..................................................................................... 6\nDivision 1A Members of local government council\n7A Application ....................................................................................... 6\n7B Allowances ...................................................................................... 7\nDivision 1B Members of a local authority\n7C Meaning of local authority ................................................................ 8\n7D Application ....................................................................................... 8\n7E Allowances ...................................................................................... 8\nDivision 2 Members of statutory bodies\n8 Tribunal's power ............................................................................ 10\n9 Administrator's power .................................................................... 10\n10 Responsible Minister's power ........................................................ 11\n10A Decision under section 10 to continue in some circumstances...... 12\n\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 ii\n11 Special power of Administrator ...................................................... 12\n12 Publication ..................................................................................... 13\n13 Administrative guidelines ............................................................... 13\nDivision 3 Other statutory officers\n14 Application ..................................................................................... 13\n15 Entitlements ................................................................................... 14\n16 Administrator's power .................................................................... 14\nPart 4 Administration\n17 Establishment of Tribunal .............................................................. 15\n18 Chairperson of Tribunal ................................................................. 16\n19 Tribunal's power to inquire or determine........................................ 16\n20 Determinations by Tribunal ............................................................ 16\n21 Tabling of determinations .............................................................. 17\n22 Conduct of inquiry .......................................................................... 17\n23 Assistance ..................................................................................... 17\n24 Regulations.................................................................................... 17\nPart 5 Repeals and transitional matters for\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act\n2006\n25 Repeal of Acts ............................................................................... 18\n26 Definitions ...................................................................................... 18\n27 Remuneration Tribunal .................................................................. 18\n28 Determinations under Remuneration Tribunal Act 1981 ................ 18\n29 Determinations under Remuneration (Statutory Bodies)\nAct 1979 ........................................................................................ 19\nPart 6 Transitional matters for later enactments\nDivision 1 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2009\n30 Administrative arrangements continue .......................................... 19\nDivision 2 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2011\n30A Further amount of basic salary for period on and after\n19 August 2010 until commencement ........................................... 19\n31 Additional salary of office for 2011 calendar year .......................... 20\n\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 iii\n32 Stopping operation of 2009 Tribunal determination ....................... 21\nDivision 3 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2015\n33 Existing entitlements continue until new determination takes\neffect .............................................................................................. 21\nSchedule 1 Repealed Acts\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 3 March 2023\n____________________\nASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND STATUTORY OFFICERS (REMUNERATION\nAND OTHER ENTITLEMENTS) ACT 2006\nAn Act to provide for the remuneration and other entitlements of\nAssembly members and statutory officers, and for related purposes\nPart 1 Introduction\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Assembly Members and Statutory\nOfficers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006.\n2 Definitions\nIn this Act:\nadditional salary of office means salary paid to an Assembly\nmember, in addition to basic salary, because the member holds or\noccupies a prescribed office.\nadministrative guidelines means the administrative guidelines\nmade under section 13.\nAssembly means the Legislative Assembly.\nAssembly member means a member of the Assembly.\nbasic salary means salary paid to an Assembly member for being\nan Assembly member.\nNote for definition basic salary\nAn Assembly member may also be paid other salary because, for example, the\nAssembly member holds or occupies a certain office or is a Minister.\nchairperson, of a statutory body, means the presiding officer of\nthat body (whether called the chairperson or not).\nclass, for statutory bodies, means a class of statutory bodies\nspecified in the classification determination.\nclassification determination means the determination made\nunder section 9 that is in force.\n\nPart 2 Entitlements of Assembly members\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 2\nclassification structure for statutory bodies, see section 8(2).\nentitlement includes a salary, an allowance and any other\nremuneration or benefit (including, for example, a reimbursement of\nexpenses incurred, and the provision of goods, services, facilities\nand any other assistance).\nformer member, for Part 2, see section 4AA.\nlocal authority, for Part 3, Division 1B, see section 7C.\nmember, of a statutory body, means a member of that body\n(whether called a member or not), and includes the chairperson of\nthat body.\nprescribed office means an office that is determined under\nsection 3A(1)(b) to be an office in respect of which additional salary\nof office is to be paid.\nresponsible Minister, for a statutory body, means the Minister\nadministering the law that establishes the body.\nstatutory body means a body (whether incorporated or not)\nestablished by a law of the Territory for a public purpose.\nstatutory officer means:\n(a) a Local Court Judge; or\n(b) a member of a statutory body; or\n(c) a person holding or occupying an office established by a law\nof the Territory.\nTribunal means the Remuneration Tribunal established by\nsection 17(1).\nNote for section 2\nThe Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be\nrelevant to this Act.\nPart 2 Entitlements of Assembly members\n3 Basic salary and additional salary of office\n(1) An Assembly member is entitled to be paid a salary for being an\nAssembly member.\n\nPart 2 Entitlements of Assembly members\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 3\n(2) For any period that an Assembly member holds or occupies a\nprescribed office, the member is entitled to be paid additional salary\nfor holding or occupying the office.\n3A Tribunal's power in relation to salaries\n(1) The Tribunal must, on the Administrator's request, inquire into and\ndetermine the following:\n(a) the amount of basic salary;\n(b) the amount of additional salary of office and the offices in\nrespect of which additional salary of office is to be paid;\n(c) the basis on which the amounts mentioned in paragraphs (a)\nand (b) have been or should be determined.\n(2) A request under subsection (1) may relate to:\n(a) an inquiry for a specified time; or\n(b) inquiries for specified intervals.\n4 Tribunal's powers except for basic salary or additional salary\nof office\n(1) The Tribunal must, on the Administrator's request, inquire into, or\ninquire into and determine, an entitlement (other than the basic\nsalary or additional salary of office) of an Assembly member for:\n(a) performing the functions of an Assembly member; or\n(b) performing a function for the Assembly; or\n(c) holding or occupying any of the following offices:\n(i) the Speaker of the Assembly;\n(ii) the Leader of the Opposition;\n(iii) any other office in the Assembly;\n(iv) a Minister;\n(v) a member of the Executive Council.\n\nPart 2 Entitlements of Assembly members\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 4\n(1B) Without limiting subsection (1), the Tribunal may, under the request,\ninquire into, or inquire into and determine, other entitlements,\nincluding, for example, the following:\n(a) an entitlement for establishing or maintaining offices for an\nAssembly member, including:\n(i) the provision of staff and equipment for the offices; and\n(ii) the payment or reimbursement of amounts to cover\nexpenses incurred in relation to the offices;\n(b) an entitlement for official travel undertaken by:\n(i) an Assembly member; and\n(ii) a person who, under a determination, may accompany\nan Assembly member for the travel;\n(c) the provision of a motor vehicle to an Assembly member;\n(d) an entitlement relating to child care services required because\nof the performance of official functions by an Assembly\nmember.\n(1C) However, the Tribunal does not have power to inquire into, or\ninquire into and determine, an entitlement for a matter prescribed\nby regulation.\n(2) The request may relate to:\n(a) an inquiry for a specified time; or\n(b) inquiries for specified intervals.\n4AA Tribunal's power in relation to former Assembly member\nThe Tribunal must also, on the Administrator's request, inquire into,\nor inquire into and determine, an entitlement for a person (a former\nmember) who, after the commencement of this section, ceases to\nhold office as an Assembly member; and\n(a) who was first elected as an Assembly member at the general\nelection held in 2005 or a later election; and\n(b) who is not, after ceasing to be an Assembly member, entitled\nto receive payment of a pension or superannuation benefit\nrelated to the former member's office as an Assembly\nmember.\n\nPart 2 Entitlements of Assembly members\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 5\n4AB Circumstances of disentitlement\nA former member is not entitled to receive an entitlement\nmentioned in section 4AA in any of the following circumstances:\n(a) the former member has, under section 21(2) of the Northern\nTerritory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth), vacated office as\nan Assembly member because section 21(1)(c) of that Act\napplies to the former member;\n(b) the former member retires from office as an Assembly\nmember to be a candidate for another seat in the Assembly, or\nin any other Australian parliament, and is elected to the other\nseat.\n4A Report following inquiry\n(1) The Tribunal must prepare a report for each inquiry conducted\nunder section 3A, 4 or 4AA.\n(2) However, if inquiries are conducted together under any of the\nfollowing provisions, the Tribunal need only prepare one report for\nthose inquiries:\n(a) section 3A;\n(b) section 4;\n(c) section 4AA.\n(3) The report:\n(a) if the Tribunal is requested to inquire into and determine an\namount of salary or entitlement – must include a determination\nof the amount of salary or entitlement; or\n(b) otherwise – may include recommendations on the entitlement\nto which the inquiry relates.\n(4) The Tribunal must give the Administrator and Minister a copy of the\nreport as soon as practicable after it is made.\n(5) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Assembly within\n6 sitting days after receiving it.\n5 Minister's power\n(1) The Minister may determine an entitlement of an Assembly member\nif no determination for that entitlement has been made by the\nTribunal.\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 1A Members of local government council\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 6\n(2) The determination ceases to have effect when a determination by\nthe Tribunal for that entitlement takes effect.\n(2A) Before determining an entitlement under subsection (1), the\nMinister must seek written advice in relation to the entitlement from\nthe Tribunal.\n(3) The Minister must table a copy of each determination under\nsubsection (1), and the written advice from the Tribunal in relation\nto the entitlement, in the Assembly within 6 sitting days after making\nthe determination.\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 1 Local Court Judges\n6 Application\nThis Division applies to Local Court Judges.\n7 Entitlements\n(1) Subject to section 55(2) of the Local Court Act 2015, the Tribunal\nmust, at least once a year, inquire into and determine the\nentitlements of Local Court Judges and Local Court Judges who\nhold a statutory office in addition to that of Local Court Judge.\nNote for subsection (1)\nSection 55(2) of the Local Court Act 2015 provides that the salary, allowances\nand other benefits to which a Local Court Judge is entitled must not be altered to\nthe Judge's detriment during the Judge's term of office.\n(2) The Tribunal must prepare a report for each inquiry conducted\nunder subsection (1).\n(3) The report must include a determination of the entitlements.\n(4) The Tribunal must give the Minister a copy of the report as soon as\npracticable after the report is made.\n(5) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Assembly within\n6 sitting days after receiving it.\nDivision 1A Members of local government council\n7A Application\nThis Division applies to members of local government councils.\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 1A Members of local government council\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 7\n7B Allowances\n(1) The Tribunal must, on the Administrator's request, inquire into and\ndetermine the allowance or allowances payable to a member of a\nlocal government council.\n(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the Tribunal may, under the request,\ninquire into and determine any of the following:\n(a) differential allowances for principal members, deputy principal\nmembers and other members of a local government council;\n(b) a fixed amount, a minimum amount or a maximum amount of\nan allowance;\n(c) different categories of allowances;\n(d) whether an allowance should be indexed and, if so, the basis\nof, and method for, indexation;\n(e) any rules that apply to eligibility for, or payment or application\nof, an allowance.\n(1B) If the Tribunal determines a minimum amount of an allowance\nunder subsection (1A)(b), it must also determine a maximum\namount of that allowance.\n(2) The Tribunal may determine different amounts of allowances for the\nmembers of different local government councils.\n(3) The Tribunal must prepare a report for each inquiry conducted\nunder subsection (1).\n(4) The report must include a determination of the allowances.\n(5) The Tribunal must give the following a copy of the report as soon as\npracticable after the report is made:\n(a) the Administrator;\n(b) the Minister.\n(6) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Assembly within\n6 sitting days after receiving it.\n(7) The allowances determined under subsection (1) apply as follows:\n(a) if the report is made on or before 1 February – from the next\nfinancial year;\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 1B Members of a local authority\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 8\n(b) if the report is made after 1 February – from the financial year\nafter the next financial year.\nExamples for subsection (7)\n1 If a report is made on 1 February 2019, the allowances apply from\n1 July 2019.\n2 If a report is made on 2 February 2019, the allowances apply from\n1 July 2020.\n(7A) If the Tribunal is requested to inquire into and determine the\nallowance or allowances payable to a member of a local\ngovernment council affected by the exercise of a power under\nsection 16(1)(a), (b), (c), (j) or (n) of the Local Government\nAct 2019, the Administrator may:\n(a) specify the date by which the report under subsection (3) must\nbe completed by the Tribunal; and\n(b) despite subsection (7), specify the financial year from which\nthe determined allowances apply.\n(8) In this section:\ndeputy principal member, see section 7 of the Local Government\nAct 2019.\nprincipal member, see section 7 of the Local Government\nAct 2019.\nDivision 1B Members of a local authority\n7C Meaning of local authority\nIn this Division:\nlocal authority, see section 7 of the Local Government Act 2019.\n7D Application\nThis Division applies to members of a local authority.\n7E Allowances\n(1) The Tribunal must, on the Administrator's request, inquire into and\ndetermine the allowance or allowances payable to a member of a\nlocal authority.\n(2) An allowance determined under subsection (1) must be a fixed\namount.\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 1B Members of a local authority\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 9\n(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Tribunal may, under the request,\ninquire into and determine any of the following:\n(a) differential allowances for the chairperson and other members\nof a local authority;\n(b) different categories of allowances;\n(c) whether an allowance should be indexed and, if so, the basis\nof, and method for, indexation;\n(d) any rules that apply to eligibility for, or payment or application\nof, an allowance.\n(4) The Tribunal may determine different amounts of allowances for the\nmembers of different local authorities.\n(5) The Tribunal must prepare a report for each inquiry conducted\nunder subsection (1).\n(6) The report must include a determination of the allowances.\n(7) The Tribunal must give the following a copy of the report as soon as\npracticable after the report is made:\n(a) the Administrator;\n(b) the Minister.\n(8) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Assembly within\n6 sitting days after receiving it.\n(9) The allowances determined under subsection (1) apply as follows:\n(a) if the report is made on or before 1 February – from the next\nfinancial year;\n(b) if the report is made after 1 February – from the financial year\nafter the next financial year.\nExamples for subsection (9)\n1 If a report is made on 1 February 2023, the allowances apply from\n1 July 2023.\n2 If a report is made on 2 February 2023, the allowances apply from\n1 July 2024.\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 2 Members of statutory bodies\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n10\nDivision 2 Members of statutory bodies\n8 Tribunal's power\n(1) The Tribunal must, on the Administrator's request, inquire into and\nmake recommendations on any of the following matters as\nspecified in the request:\n(a) the classification structure for statutory bodies;\n(b) a matter relating to the entitlements of members of statutory\nbodies.\n(2) The classification structure for statutory bodies is a set of\nprovisions that specify the following without specifying any\nindividual statutory body:\n(a) classes of statutory bodies;\n(b) the entitlements of members of statutory bodies for any of the\nclasses.\n(3) A request under subsection (1) may relate to:\n(a) an inquiry for a specified time; or\n(b) inquiries at specified intervals.\n(4) The Tribunal must prepare a report for each inquiry conducted\nunder subsection (1).\n(5) The report must include any recommendations made by the\nTribunal on the matter specified in the request for the inquiry.\n(6) The Tribunal must give the Administrator and Minister a copy of the\nreport as soon as practicable after the report is made.\n(7) Without limiting subsection (1)(b), the Administrator may specify\nany of the following inquiries for subsection (1)(b):\n(a) an inquiry into the level of entitlements of members of\nstatutory bodies;\n(b) an inquiry into the legislative framework for the entitlements of\nmembers of statutory bodies.\n9 Administrator's power\n(1) The Administrator may determine the classification structure for\nstatutory bodies (whether or not as a result of an inquiry under\nsection 8).\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 2 Members of statutory bodies\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n11\n(2) In providing for an entitlement in relation to a class of statutory\nbodies, the determination may:\n(a) specify the amount of the entitlement; or\n(b) specify a range of amounts from which the amount of the\nentitlement for a particular statutory body must be decided by\na responsible Minister under section 10(1)(b).\n(3) The determination may apply, adopt or incorporate the whole or\npart of a document as in force or existing at a particular time or from\ntime to time.\n(4) The determination does not have effect in relation to a statutory\nbody until a decision under section 10(1) for that body takes effect.\nNote for subsection (4)\nSee section 10A.\n10 Responsible Minister's power\n(1) The responsible Minister for a statutory body may, in accordance\nwith the classification determination, decide:\n(a) the class of statutory bodies to which the body belongs; and\n(b) if the determination provides for the responsible Minister to\ndecide the amount of an entitlement as referred to in\nsection 9(2)(b) – the amount of the entitlement.\n(2) The responsible Minister must do so having regard to:\n(a) the administrative guidelines; and\n(b) any recommendations made by the Minister administering this\nAct.\n(3) The responsible Minister must notify the Minister administering this\nAct of each decision under subsection (1) as soon as practicable\nafter the decision is made.\n(4) This section has effect subject to the law establishing the statutory\nbody.\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 2 Members of statutory bodies\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n12\n10A Decision under section 10 to continue in some circumstances\n(1) The purpose of this section is to provide for what happens in\nrelation to a statutory body if:\n(a) a classification determination (applying determination) has\neffect in relation to the body as mentioned in section 9(4)\nbecause a decision, that applies to the body, has taken effect\nunder section 10 (applying decision); and\n(b) after the applying determination has effect in relation to the\nbody, it is amended by a further classification determination or\nreplaced by another classification determination (the result of\neither the amendment or the replacement being a new\ndetermination).\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), after the new determination is made but\nuntil it takes effect in relation to the statutory body as mentioned in\nsection 9(4), both the applying determination and applying decision\ncontinue to have effect in relation to the body.\n(3) If the new determination increases the amount of the entitlement as\nmentioned in section 9(2)(a) for the class of statutory bodies to\nwhich the statutory body belongs under the applying decision, the\nchange of the amount (as specified in the new determination) takes\neffect in relation to the body on the starting date for the new\ndetermination despite section 9(4).\n(4) For subsection (3), the starting date, for a new determination, is:\n(a) the date specified in the new determination as the date the\nnew determination is to start operating in relation to statutory\nbodies that are already the subject of an applying decision; or\n(b) if no date is specified under paragraph (a) – the date the new\ndetermination is made.\n(5) Subsections (2) and (3) apply even if the new determination also\nchanges other matters in the applying determination.\n11 Special power of Administrator\n(1) The Administrator may determine the entitlements of a member of a\nstatutory body.\n(2) To the extent to which the determination is inconsistent with any of\nthe following provisions, the determination has effect and that\nprovision does not have effect:\n(a) a provision in the classification determination;\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 3 Other statutory officers\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n13\n(b) a provision in a decision for members of the statutory body\nunder section 10(1);\n(c) a provision in the administrative guidelines.\n(3) The determination may apply, adopt or incorporate the whole or\npart of a document as in force or existing at a particular time or from\ntime to time.\n(4) This section has effect subject to the law establishing the statutory\nbody.\n12 Publication\n(1) The Minister must, in a manner that the Minister considers\nappropriate, publish a document that incorporates so much of the\nfollowing as is in force:\n(a) the classification determination;\n(b) each decision under section 10(1);\n(c) each determination under section 11(1);\n(d) each provision in force under section 29.\n(2) The Minister must update the document as soon as practicable\nafter a determination or decision referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b)\nor (c) is made, amended or revoked.\n(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may publish the\ndocument in an electronic form.\n13 Administrative guidelines\n(1) The Minister may make administrative guidelines for this Division.\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the guidelines may provide for the\nmatters that should be taken into account in making a decision\nunder section 10(1).\nDivision 3 Other statutory officers\n14 Application\nThis Division:\n(a) applies to a statutory officer whose entitlements are not\nprovided under Division 1, 1A or 2; and\n\nPart 3 Entitlements of statutory officers\nDivision 3 Other statutory officers\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n14\n(b) has effect subject to the law establishing the office held or\noccupied by the officer.\n15 Entitlements\n(1) The Tribunal must, on the Administrator's request, inquire into and\nmake recommendations on an entitlement of a statutory officer to\nwhom this Division applies as specified in the request.\n(2) The request may relate to:\n(a) an inquiry for a specified time; or\n(b) inquiries for specified intervals.\n(3) Without limiting subsection (1), an inquiry covered by that\nsubsection may be:\n(a) an inquiry into the level of the entitlement; or\n(b) an inquiry into the legislative framework for the entitlement.\n(4) The Tribunal must prepare a report for each inquiry conducted\nunder subsection (1).\n(5) The report must include any recommendations made by the\nTribunal on the matter specified in the request for the inquiry.\n(6) The Tribunal must give the Administrator and Minister a copy of the\nreport as soon as practicable after the report is made.\n(7) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Assembly within\n6 sitting days after receiving it.\n16 Administrator's power\n(1) If no provision is made under a law of the Territory for an\nentitlement of a statutory officer to whom this Division applies, the\nAdministrator may determine that entitlement.\n(2) The determination ceases to have effect when a provision for that\nentitlement takes effect under another law of the Territory.\n(3) The determination may apply, adopt or incorporate the whole or\npart of a document as in force or existing at a particular time or from\ntime to time.\n\nPart 4 Administration\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n15\nPart 4 Administration\n17 Establishment of Tribunal\n(1) The Remuneration Tribunal is established.\n(2) The Tribunal may be constituted by one member, or 2 or\n3 members, appointed by the Administrator.\n(3) A member holds office for a period of 5 years and is eligible for\nre-appointment.\n(4) A member may resign the office by writing given to the\nAdministrator.\n(5) The Administrator may remove a member from office:\n(a) for incompetence or misbehaviour; or\n(b) for mental or physical incapacity to carry out the member's\nduties satisfactorily.\n(6) The office of a member becomes vacant if the member:\n(a) dies; or\n(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed; or\n(c) resigns the office; or\n(d) is removed from office under subsection (5); or\n(e) is convicted in the Territory of an offence punishable by\nimprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere\nof an offence that, if committed in the Territory, would be an\noffence so punishable; or\n(f) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for\nthe relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with the\nmember's creditors or makes an assignment of the member's\nremuneration for their benefit.\n(7) The Administrator may appoint a person to act as a member during\na period or all periods when:\n(a) the member's office becomes vacant; or\n(b) the member is absent from duty or from the Territory; or\n(c) the member is unable to perform the member's duties.\n\nPart 4 Administration\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n16\n18 Chairperson of Tribunal\n(1) The Administrator must appoint a member of the Tribunal to be the\nchairperson of the Tribunal if the Tribunal has more than\none member.\n(2) The chairperson must preside at all meetings of the Tribunal.\n(3) The chairperson holds office for the period specified in the\nappointment.\n(4) The chairperson may resign the office by writing given to the\nAdministrator.\n(5) The Administrator may appoint a member of the tribunal to act as\nthe chairperson during a period or all periods when:\n(a) the chairperson's office becomes vacant; or\n(b) the chairperson is absent from duty or from the Territory; or\n(c) the chairperson is unable to perform the chairperson's duties.\n19 Tribunal's power to inquire or determine\nIn inquiring into or determining a matter under this Act, the Tribunal\nmay also inquire into or determine (as the case may be) another\nmatter that relates to the matter.\n20 Determinations by Tribunal\n(1) A determination by the Tribunal under this Act may apply, adopt or\nincorporate the whole or part of a document as in force or existing\nat a particular time or from time to time.\n(2) A determination by the Tribunal under this Act may provide for:\n(a) the following to be decided by a person specified in the\ndetermination:\n(i) an administrative matter;\n(ii) an alternative to an entitlement because of special\ncircumstances, to avoid hardship or for another reason\nspecified in the determination; or\n(b) an entitlement to be subject to approval by, or notice to, a\nspecified person (however the approval or notice is described\nin the determination).\n\nPart 4 Administration\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n17\n21 Tabling of determinations\n(1) This section applies to a determination by the Tribunal under this\nAct.\n(2) The Minister must give a copy of the determination to each person\nwhose entitlements are affected by the determination:\n(a) within 14 days after the Minister receives a copy of the\ndetermination under this Act; and\n(b) before the Minister tables a copy of the determination in the\nAssembly under this Act.\n(3) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after complying with\nsubsection (2), table a copy of the determination in the Assembly.\n(4) The determination takes effect from the date specified in the\ndetermination.\n22 Conduct of inquiry\n(1) The Tribunal is not required to conduct an inquiry in a formal\nmanner.\n(2) In conducting an inquiry, the Tribunal:\n(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence; and\n(b) may inform itself in any manner it considers appropriate; and\n(c) may receive any written or oral submissions.\n23 Assistance\n(1) The Minister may appoint a public sector employee to assist the\nTribunal in performing its functions.\n(2) For subsection (1), the Minister may appoint:\n(a) a public sector employee by name; or\n(b) a public sector employee by reference to the office, position or\ndesignation held or occupied by the employee; or\n(c) a public sector employee from time to time holding or\noccupying a named office, position or designation.\n24 Regulations\nThe Administrator may make regulations under this Act.\n\nPart 5 Repeals and transitional matters for Assembly Members and Statutory\nOfficers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n18\nPart 5 Repeals and transitional matters for Assembly\nMembers and Statutory Officers (Remuneration\nand Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n25 Repeal of Acts\nThe Acts specified in Schedule 1 are repealed.\n26 Definitions\nIn this Part:\ncommencement means the commencement of the Assembly\nMembers and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other\nEntitlements) Act 2006.\nexisting Tribunal means the Remuneration Tribunal existing under\nthe Remuneration Tribunal Act 1981 immediately before the\ncommencement.\nnew Tribunal means the Remuneration Tribunal established by\nsection 17(1).\n27 Remuneration Tribunal\n(1) A person who is a member of the existing Tribunal immediately\nbefore the commencement is taken to have been appointed as a\nmember of the new Tribunal under section 17(2).\n(2) However, section 17(3) does not apply to that member.\n28 Determinations under Remuneration Tribunal Act 1981\n(1) A determination made by the existing Tribunal and in force under\nthe Remuneration Tribunal Act 1981 immediately before the\ncommencement continues in force.\n(2) The determination may be amended or revoked by the new\nTribunal as if:\n(a) for a determination applying to an Assembly member – it had\nbeen made under section 4(1) of this Act; or\n(b) for a determination applying to a Magistrate – it had been\nmade under section 7(1) of this Act.\n\nPart 6 Transitional matters for later enactments\nDivision 2 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other\nEntitlements) Amendment Act 2011\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n19\n29 Determinations under Remuneration (Statutory Bodies)\nAct 1979\nA provision in a determination in force under the Remuneration\n(Statutory Bodies) Act 1979 immediately before the commencement\nthat provides for an entitlement of a member of a statutory body\ncontinues to be in force until the commencement of a provision for\nan entitlement of that member under sections 9 and 10 of this Act.\nPart 6 Transitional matters for later enactments\nDivision 1 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2009\n30 Administrative arrangements continue\n(1) An existing administrative arrangement for an entitlement of an\nAssembly member continues to have effect until a determination\nunder section 4 for the entitlement takes effect.\n(2) In this section:\nexisting administrative arrangement, for an entitlement of an\nAssembly member, means the administrative arrangement relating\nto the entitlement:\n(a) made by the Chief Minister, and tabled in the Legislative\nAssembly, on 21 February 2007; or\n(b) made by the Chief Minister, and tabled in the Legislative\nAssembly, on 29 November 2007.\nDivision 2 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2011\n30A Further amount of basic salary for period on and after\n19 August 2010 until commencement\n(1) This section applies to a person who:\n(a) was, on 19 August 2010, an Assembly member or, after\n19 August 2010, became an Assembly member; and\n(b) is, immediately before the commencement, an Assembly\nmember.\n\nPart 6 Transitional matters for later enactments\nDivision 2 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other\nEntitlements) Amendment Act 2011\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n20\n(2) In addition to any amount previously paid to the person as basic\nsalary in relation to the relevant period, the person is entitled to be\npaid a further amount of basic salary for the relevant period.\n(3) The further amount of basic salary is worked out by:\n(a) calculating the amount to which the person would have been\nentitled as basic salary for the relevant period if section 4 of\nthe Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration\nand Other Entitlements) Amendment Act 2011 had been in\nforce on 19 August 2010; and\n(b) subtracting the amount of basic salary paid to the person for\nthe relevant period from the amount calculated under\nparagraph (a).\n(4) In this section:\ncommencement means the commencement of this section.\nrelevant period, in relation to a person, means the period as\nmentioned in subsection (1) (starting on or after 19 August 2010\nand ending immediately before the commencement) for which the\nperson was an Assembly member.\n31 Additional salary of office for 2011 calendar year\n(1) Subsection (2) applies to an Assembly member if:\n(a) on or after 1 January 2011 but immediately before the\ncommencement of this section (the interim period) – the\nAssembly member was entitled to be paid an amount of\nadditional salary of office for an office under the 2009 Tribunal\ndetermination for the interim period (the first entitlement);\nand\n(b) on the commencement – the office is a prescribed office.\nNote for subsection (1)\nOn the commencement, entitlements for additional salary of office for any period\nin 2011 but after the interim period are to be worked out under section 3A.\n(2) The Assembly member is entitled to be paid a further amount for\nthe office for the interim period worked out by:\n(a) calculating the amount to which the Assembly member would\nhave been entitled for the office for the interim period if\nsection 3A had been in force on 1 January 2011 (the second\nentitlement); and\n\nPart 6 Transitional matters for later enactments\nDivision 3 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other\nEntitlements) Amendment Act 2015\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n21\n(b) subtracting the first entitlement from the second entitlement.\n(3) For applying section 3A(1) to the prescribed office of Member of the\nCouncil of Territory Cooperation:\n(a) subsection 3A(1) applies to any period during the 2011\ncalendar year (including before the commencement of that\nsubsection); and\n(b) the 2009 Tribunal determination is taken to have provided for\nan additional salary of office for such a Member with an\nannual amount equal to 50% of the annual amount to which\nthe Chairperson of the Council of Territory Cooperation was\nentitled under that determination.\n32 Stopping operation of 2009 Tribunal determination\nIf a part of the 2009 Tribunal determination is in force immediately\nbefore the commencement of this section, the part ceases to be in\nforce on the commencement.\nDivision 3 Assembly Members and Statutory Officers\n(Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2015\n33 Existing entitlements continue until new determination takes\neffect\n(1) Despite the amendments:\n(a) until a determination made under section 3A(1)(a) takes effect,\nan Assembly member is entitled to be paid the amount of\nbasic salary that the member would have been entitled to be\npaid under the former Act; and\n(b) until a determination made under section 3A(1)(b) takes effect,\nan Assembly member is entitled to be paid the amount of\nadditional salary of office that the member would have been\nentitled to be paid under the former Act.\n(2) In this section:\namendments means the amendments made to this Act by the\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and\nOther Entitlements) Amendment Act 2015.\nformer Act means this Act as in force immediately before the\ncommencement of the amendments.\n\nSchedule 1 Repealed Acts\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n22\nSchedule 1 Repealed Acts\nsection 25\nRemuneration (Statutory Bodies) Act 1979 Act No. 9 of 1980\nRemuneration Tribunal Act 1981 Act No. 28 of 1981\nRemuneration Tribunal Amendment Act 1985 Act No. 15 of 1985\nRemuneration Tribunal Amendment Act 1991 Act No. 29 of 1991\nRemuneration Tribunal Amendment Act 2004 Act No. 51 of 2004\n\nENDNOTES\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n23\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAct 2006 (Act No. 7, 2006)\nAssent date 26 April 2006\nCommenced 26 April 2006\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2009 (Act No. 27, 2009)\nAssent date 1 September 2009\nCommenced 30 September 2009 (Gaz G39, 30 September 2009, p 5)\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act (No. 2) 2009 (Act No. 28, 2009)\nAssent date 11 November 2009\nCommenced 1 October 2009 (s 2)\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2011 (Act No. 1, 2011)\nAssent date 4 March 2011\nCommenced 4 March 2011\nStatute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (Act No. 44, 2011)\nAssent date 21 December 2011\nCommenced 27 January 2012 ((other than amdts to Darwin Port\nCorporation Act 1983 and Marine Act 1981 listed in the Sch to\nAct) Gaz S3, 27 January 2012))\nNorthern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 (Act No. 28, 2014)\nAssent date 4 September 2014\nCommenced 6 October 2014 (Gaz S95, 6 October 2014)\n\nENDNOTES\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n24\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2015 (Act No. 6, 2015)\nAssent date 10 April 2015\nCommenced 10 April 2015\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2016 (Act No. 5, 2016)\nAssent date 23 March 2016\nCommenced 23 March 2016\nLocal Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016)\nAssent date 6 April 2016\nCommenced 1 May 2016 (Gaz S34, 29 April 2016)\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements)\nAmendment Act 2017 (Act No. 20, 2017)\nAssent date 8 November 2017\nCommenced pt 3: 1 January 2017 (s 2(1)); rem: 3 May 2018 (Gaz S28,\n3 May 2018)\nStatute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2019 (Act No. 33, 2019)\nAssent date 6 November 2019\nCommenced pts 2 and 3: 11 December 2019 (Gaz G50,\n11 December 2019; rem: 7 November 2019 (s 2)\nLocal Government Act 2019 (Act No. 39, 2019)\nAssent date 13 December 2019\nCommenced pt 8.6: 1 July 2022; rem: 1 July 2021 (Gaz S27,\n30 June 2021)\nAmending Legislation\nStatute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)\nAssent date 19 November 2020\nCommenced 20 November 2020 (s 2)\nLocal Government Amendment Act 2021 (Act No. 15, 2021)\nAssent date 25 May 2021\nCommenced 26 May 2021 (s 2)\nJustice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (Act No. 7, 2021)\nAssent date 13 April 2021\nCommenced 14 April 2021 (s 2)\nLocal Government Legislation Amendment (Remuneration) Act 2022 (Act No. 4, 2022)\nAssent date 14 April 2022\nCommenced 15 April 2022 (s 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2023 (Act No. 4, 2023)\nAssent date 2 March 2023\nCommenced 3 March 2023 (s 2)\n\nENDNOTES\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n25\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 2, 7, 26, 28 and 29.\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\ns 2 amd No. 27, 2009, s 4; No. 1, 2011, s 3; No. 6, 2015, s 3; No. 5, 2016, s 3;\nNo. 9, 2016, s 41; No. 4, 2022, s 4\ns 3 sub No. 28, 2009, s 4\namd No. 1, 2011, s 4\nsub No. 6, 2015, s 4\ns 3A ins No. 1, 2011, s 5\nsub No. 6, 2015, s 4\ns 4 amd No. 27, 2009, s 5; No. 1, 2011, s 6; No. 6, 2015, s 5; No. 5, 2016, s 4\nss 4AA – 4AB ins No. 5, 2016, s 5\ns 4A ins No. 6, 2015, s 6\namd No. 5, 2016, s 6\ns 5 amd No. 1, 2011, s 7; No. 5, 2016, s 7; No. 20, 2017, s 4\npt 3\ndiv 1 hdg amd No. 9, 2016, s 42\ns 6 amd No. 9, 2016, s 43\ns 7 amd No. 28, 2014, s 157; No. 9, 2016, s 44\npt 3\ndiv 1A hdg ins No. 39, 2019, s 369\ns 7A ins No. 39, 2019, s 369\ns 7B ins No. 39, 2019, s 369\namd No. 4, 2022, s 5\npt 3\ndiv 1B hdg ins No. 4, 2022, s 6\nss 7C – 7E ins No. 4, 2022, s 6\ns 8 amd No. 6, 2015, s 7\ns 9 amd No. 44, 2011, s 5\ns 10 amd No. 44, 2011, s 6\ns 10A ins No. 44, 2011, s 7\ns 14 amd No. 4, 2023, s 23\ns 20 amd No. 44, 2011, s 8\ns 21 amd No. 20, 2017, s 5; No. 33, 2019, s 49\ns 23 amd No. 7, 2021, s 13\ns 24 sub No. 27, 2009, s 6\npt 6 hdg exp No. 7, 2006, s 31\nins No. 27, 2009, s 7\nsub No. 1, 2011, s 8\npt 6\ndiv 1 hdg ins No. 1, 2011, s 8\ns 30 exp No. 7, 2006, s 31\nins No. 27, 2009, s 7\npt 6\ndiv 2 hdg ins No. 1, 2011, s 9\ns 30A ins No. 1, 2011, s 9\ns 31 exp No. 7, 2006, s 31\nins No. 1, 2011, s 9\ns 32 ins No. 1, 2011, s 9\npt 6\ndiv 3 hdg ins No. 6, 2015, s 8\n\nENDNOTES\nAssembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006\n26\ns 33 ins No. 6, 2015, s 8\nsch 2 exp No. 7, 2006, s 31\nins No. 1, 2011, s 10\nrep No. 6, 2015, s 9","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Since enactment the Act's coverage has been expanded and refined. Amendments added explicit provisions for former members (ss 4AA–4AB; ins No. 5, 2016, s 5), for local government council members (ss 7A–7B; ins No. 39, 2019, s 369) and for local authorities (ss 7C–7E; ins No. 4, 2022, s 6). The Act also replaced earlier remuneration statutes (Schedule 1) and introduced new Tribunal powers and transitional arrangements (ss 25–33). These changes broaden who is covered and add timing/transitional rules for applying determinations."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple decision-makers with overlapping powers: Tribunal (inquiry/determine on Administrator's request) (ss 3A, 4, 8), the Administrator (may request inquiries and make determinations) (ss 3A(1), 9, 11), the responsible Minister for classification decisions (s 10) and the Minister administering the Act for interim or unmade entitlements (s 5).","Different regimes for categories of persons: Assembly members (basic and additional salary; ss 3, 3A, 4), Local Court Judges (annual review; s 7), members of local government councils and local authorities (allowances with timing rules; ss 7A–7E), members of statutory bodies (classification structure and decisions; ss 8–11) and other statutory officers (ss 14–16).","Delegation and discretionary content in determinations: Tribunal or Administrator may apply/adopt external documents, set ranges, indexation methods, administrative rules, or leave matters to others to decide (ss 9(3), 9(2)(b), 20(1)–(2)).","Timing and phasing rules increase administrative complexity: allowances for local government/members apply from specified financial years depending on report date (ss 7B(7), 7E(9)); transitional provisions preserve older determinations until new ones take effect (ss 28–33).","Reporting, publication and parliamentary oversight requirements create compliance steps: Tribunal reports must be given to Administrator and Minister and tabled in Assembly within 6 sitting days (ss 4A(4)–(5), 7B(5)–(6), 12, 21(3)).","Exceptions and limits on Tribunal power add legal nuance: Tribunal cannot determine entitlements for matters prescribed by regulation (s 4(1C)); special disentitlement rules for some former members (ss 4AA–4AB).","Potential for inconsistency and override: Administrator’s special determinations can override classification determinations, responsible Minister decisions and administrative guidelines to the extent of inconsistency (s 11(1)–(2)).","Informal inquiry procedures but broad fact‑finding powers: Tribunal is not bound by rules of evidence and may inform itself as it considers appropriate (s 22), which raises administrative discretion in practice.","Historical and amendment complexity: Schedule 1 repeals prior Acts and numerous later amendments added new classes (e.g. local government and local authorities) and transitional provisions (see endnotes and list of amendments)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act sets the rules for paying salaries, allowances and other benefits to Northern Territory Legislative Assembly members and a range of statutory officers by establishing a Remuneration Tribunal and assigning decision-making roles to the Administrator and Ministers. It specifies who decides pay and entitlements, who receives them, and requires publication and tabling of reports and determinations, affecting elected members, some former members, Local Court judges, local government/authority members and members of statutory bodies."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 2006 Act appears to have focused primarily on Assembly members and statutory officers (judges and board members). However, the legislation has expanded significantly through amendments to cover: (1) members of local government councils (added by the Local Government Act 2019 amendments, Division 1A), and (2) members of local authorities (added by the Local Government Legislation Amendment (Remuneration) Act 2022, Division 1B). Additionally, provisions for former Assembly members (sections 4AA-4AB) were added in 2016. The Act has grown from a relatively focused parliamentary and judicial remuneration statute to a comprehensive framework covering local government remuneration as well."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping decision-makers: The Act distributes powers between the Tribunal, Administrator, responsible Ministers, and the Minister administering the Act, with different processes for different categories of officers","Layered classification system for statutory bodies: Division 2 involves a three-tier structure (classification determination by Administrator → class decision by responsible Minister → potential override by Administrator under section 11), plus continuity rules in section 10A for when determinations change","Extensive cross-referencing: The Act frequently references other Territory laws (Local Court Act 2015, Local Government Act 2019, Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth)) and incorporates documents by reference","Conditional commencement dates for local government allowances: Sections 7B(7) and 7E(9) contain date-dependent rules about when allowances take effect based on whether Tribunal reports are submitted before or after 1 February","Transitional provisions spanning multiple amending Acts: Part 6 contains complex transitional rules from amendments in 2009, 2011, and 2015, including back-pay calculations and savings provisions","Nested exceptions and limitations: Section 4(1C) excludes matters prescribed by regulation; section 4AB specifies circumstances of disentitlement for former members; section 7(1) is subject to section 55(2) of the Local Court Act 2015","19 defined terms in section 2, with some definitions referring to other sections or external Acts"],"plain_english_summary":"This law creates an independent Remuneration Tribunal to set pay, allowances and related benefits for Members of the Legislative Assembly, judges, local government and authority members, and members of statutory boards and committees, using a class-based system for differing pay levels. It also provides limited transition support for some former MLAs. By removing self-setting of salaries, it aims to reduce conflicts of interest and ensure transparent, arm’s-length pay decisions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/assembly-members-and-statutory-officers-remuneration-and-other-entitlements-act-2006","history":"/api/acts/assembly-members-and-statutory-officers-remuneration-and-other-entitlements-act-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/assembly-members-and-statutory-officers-remuneration-and-other-entitlements-act-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/assembly-members-and-statutory-officers-remuneration-and-other-entitlements-act-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/assembly-members-and-statutory-officers-remuneration-and-other-entitlements-act-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/assembly-members-and-statutory-officers-remuneration-and-other-entitlements-act-2006/documents"}}