Commonwealth Functions (Statutes Review) Act 1981
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Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (12) the following subsection:
(12A) Where the same person holds each of two public offices on a full‑time basis: (a) if the salary applicable to one of those offices is higher than the salary applicable to the other of those offices—he shall be remunerated only by the salary and annual allowance (if any) applicable to the office to which the higher salary is applicable; or (b) if the same salary is applicable to each of those offices: (i) where an annual allowance is applicable to one only of those offices—he shall be remunerated only by the salary and annual allowance applicable to that office; (ii) if an annual allowance is applicable to each of those offices but the annual allowance applicable to one of those offices is higher than the annual allowance applicable to the other of those offices—he shall be remunerated only by the salary and annual allowance applicable to the office to which the higher annual allowance is applicable; or (iii) if the same annual allowance is applicable to each of those offices—he shall be remunerated only by the salary and annual allowance applicable to one of those offices.