7BImposition of fine

7B Imposition of fine

(1) If a member is suspended from the service of the Council or the Assembly after being named under the Standing Orders of the Council or the Assembly, a fine is imposed on the member by virtue of this Act calculated in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) The amount of the fine is to be calculated by multiplying the daily rate of the basic salary of the member by the number of days in the sitting period during which the member is suspended from the service of the Council or the Assembly.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)—

(a) the daily rate of the basic salary of the member is to be calculated by dividing the basic salary of the member by 365;

(b) the number of days is to be calculated by rounding up to the nearest whole day for the sitting period during which the Council or the Assembly sat while the member was suspended from the service of that House.

(4) The Clerk of the Council or the Clerk of the Assembly must notify the member in writing of the amount determined to be deducted from the salary of the member under subsection (5).

(5) A fine imposed under this section is to be deducted from the salary of the member.

(6) A fine imposed under this section does not constitute a reduction in the salary of the member and does not affect the amount that would otherwise constitute the salary of the member for the purposes of this Act.

S. 7C inserted by No. 37/2011 s. 3.