{"id":"assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022","name":"Assembly Members' Remuneration Determination (Basic Salary) Act 2022","slug":"assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29851,"registerId":"nt-assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Assembly Members' Remuneration Determination (Basic Salary) Act 2022","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nASSEMBLY MEMBERS' REMUNERATION DETERMINATION (BASIC\nSALARY) ACT 2022\nAs in force at 17 December 2022\nTable of provisions\n1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Basic salary of Assembly Members ................................................. 1\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 17 December 2022\n____________________\nASSEMBLY MEMBERS' REMUNERATION DETERMINATION (BASIC\nSALARY) ACT 2022\nAn Act to vary a determination of Assembly members' entitlements to\nbasic salary made by the Remuneration Tribunal\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Assembly Members' Remuneration\nDetermination (Basic Salary) Act 2022.\n2 Commencement\nThis Act commences on the day after the day on which the\nAdministrator's assent to this Act is declared.\n3 Basic salary of Assembly Members\n(1) Despite clause 2.1 of the determination, the reference to the\namount of basic salary of an Assembly member in the\ndetermination is taken to be $162 696 per annum.\n(2) In this section:\ndetermination means the determination made by the\nRemuneration Tribunal on 28 October 2022 under section 4A(3)(a)\nof the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration\nand Other Entitlements) Act 2006 entitled \"Determination of\nSalaries and Other Entitlements of Assembly Members:\nDetermination No. 1 of 2022\".\n\nENDNOTES\nAssembly Members' Remuneration Determination (Basic Salary) Act 2022 2\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' Remuneration Determination (Basic Salary) Act 2022 (Act No. 31,\n2022)\nAssent date 16 December 2022\nCommenced 17 December 2022 (s 2)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the narrow function described in its title: varying the basic salary determination for Assembly members. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of setting a specific salary amount."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (short title, commencement, and the substantive provision)","Single defined term ('determination') with a straightforward definition","No cross-references to other legislation beyond one specific reference to the parent Act (Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Total length is approximately 250 words of substantive content","Operative provision is a simple 'despite' clause overriding a single amount in an existing determination"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short Northern Territory law that sets the annual base salary for Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) at **$162,696**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Overrides a previous decision made by the Remuneration Tribunal (an independent body that normally decides politicians' pay) to set a specific dollar amount for MLA salaries.\n- The law takes effect the day after the Administrator (the Territory's representative of the Crown) gives it formal approval.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- All current and future Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly—these are the elected representatives who make laws for the Territory.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Politicians' salaries are usually set by independent tribunals to avoid conflicts of interest (so politicians aren't voting on their own pay). This law intervenes directly to set a specific amount, which is unusual and politically significant. It effectively bypasses the normal independent process for determining parliamentary salaries."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act modifies the scope of the Tribunal determination by replacing the referenced basic salary amount with a statutory figure of $162,696 per annum (s 3(1)). The change is narrowly confined to the basic salary of Assembly members as set by that determination and does not alter other entitlements; it takes effect the day after assent (s 2; s 3(2))."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow substantive change: substitutes the basic salary amount with a specified figure ($162,696) (s 3(1)).","Dependence on an external instrument: the Act operates by reference to the Remuneration Tribunal's Determination No. 1 of 2022, creating an interpretive cross-reference (s 3(2)).","Very short text with no procedural, enforcement or transitional rules reduces operational complexity.","Immediate commencement the day after assent limits lead time for payroll or administrative adjustments (s 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act replaces the figure in the Remuneration Tribunal's October 2022 determination so that the basic annual salary for Northern Territory Assembly members is $162,696. It applies to all members whose basic pay is set by that determination and fixes the salary by statute, creating a direct, legislated payroll commitment for the Territory (s 3(1)–(2); s 2)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022","history":"/api/acts/assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/assembly-members-remuneration-determination-basic-salary-act-2022/documents"}}