4ATemporary arrangements for basic salary for 2025–26 financial year

4A Temporary arrangements for basic salary for 2025–26 financial year

4A Temporary arrangements for basic salary for 2025–26 financial year

(1) For the relevant financial year, the basic salary is the amount equal to the total of the following—

(a) the basic salary in effect on 30 June 2025,

(b) the amount that is 3.5% of the basic salary in effect on 30 June 2025.

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite—

(a) section 4, or

(b) a determination made under section 4, whether made before or after the commencement of this section.

(3) In this section—

relevant financial year means the period—

(a) starting on 1 July 2025, and

(b) ending on 30 June 2026.

Note—

The Tribunal, in the “Annual Determination Report and Determination of additional entitlements for Members of the Parliament of New South Wales pursuant to the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1989” dated 22 July 2025, determined that, under this Act, section 4, a member’s basic salary was to be increased by 4% for the 2025–26 financial year. The effect of this section is to limit the increase in a member’s basic salary to 3.5% for the 2025–26 financial year, despite the Tribunal’s determination.

s 4A: Ins 2023 No 6, Sch 1. Rep 1989 No 160, sec 4A(3). Ins 2025 No 43, Sch 1.