Pig Industry Act 1986
12Remuneration and allowances
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12 Remuneration and allowances
(1) A member shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal, but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, the member shall be paid such remuneration as is prescribed. (2) A member shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed. (3) If:
(a) a person who is a member of the Corporation is also a member of, or a candidate for election to, the Parliament of a State; and
(b) under the law of that State, the person would not be eligible to remain, or to be elected, as a member of that Parliament if he or she were entitled to remuneration under this Act;
the person shall not be paid remuneration or allowances under this Act but shall be reimbursed such expenses as the person reasonably incurs by reason of the person’s performing the functions of a member. (4) If a person who is a member of the Corporation is also:
(a) a member of the Parliament of a State (other than a State to the laws of which paragraph (3)(b) refers); or
(b) in the service or employment of a State or an authority of a State or a person who holds or performs the duties of an office or position established by or under a law of a State, on a full-time basis;
it is a condition of the person’s holding the office of member that the person pay to the State, within one month of receiving an amount of remuneration under this Act, an amount equal to that first-mentioned amount, and the person:
(c) shall not be paid allowances under this Act; and
(d) shall be reimbursed such expenses as the person reasonably incurs by reason of the person’s performing the functions of a member.
(5) An amount payable to a State by a person under subsection (4) is a debt due to the State, and the State may recover that amount by action against the person in a court of competent jurisdiction. (6) In this section:
Parliament means:
(a) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory—the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory; and
(b) in relation to the Northern Territory—the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
(7) This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.