95AFortnightly payments to senators and members

95A Fortnightly payments to senators and members

(1) For the purposes of subsection 52A(2) of the Act, the method for working out the amount to be paid to a person per fortnight is to add up each of the following amounts payable to the person for the fortnight: (a) the fortnightly amount of base salary; (b) the fortnightly amount of electorate allowance; (c) the fortnightly amount of office holder’s salary (if any); (d) the fortnightly amount of vehicle allowance (if any). (2) For the purposes of working out the amount under subsection (1), each of the amounts covered by paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) must be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents upwards).