4Salary of Governor

4 Salary of Governor

[Section 4 Substituted by No. 91 of 1999, s. 13, Applied:15 Dec 1999]

(1)  [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 25 of 2004, s. 4, Applied:15 Dec 2004] [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2003, s. 5, Applied:03 Oct 2003] There is to be paid to the Governor a salary at the rate of 90% of the rate at which the salary of the Chief Justice is payable for the time being or, if the office of Chief Justice is vacant, would be so payable if that office were not vacant.

(2)  [Section 4 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 52 of 2002, s. 21, Applied:27 Nov 2002] Notwithstanding subsection (1) , the Governor may elect, in writing to the Secretary, at any time but not more than once in a period of one year, that the salary determined in accordance with subsection (1) may be provided –

(a) in part by the payment of salary to the Governor; and

(b) [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 65 of 2005, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Dec 2005] in part by the payment of employer superannuation contributions to an RSA or a complying superannuation scheme, which may include the accumulation scheme.

(3)  If the Governor elects to sacrifice some or all of his or her salary under subsection (2)  –

(a) the election has effect from the date of the election or from a later date specified in the election for that purpose; and

(b) the Governor is taken, for any purpose related to superannuation, to have received the salary determined in accordance with subsection (1) , notwithstanding the salary sacrifice.