PART 3 – ADDITIONAL SALARY FOR PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE HOLDERS[1]

3.1 Subject to any exclusions specified in clause 3.4 and its subclauses of this Determination, a member who holds a parliamentary office specified in Table 1 shall be paid additional parliamentary office holder salary as is specified for that office in that table.

3.2 In administering this Determination, authorities shall, where necessary:

1. calculate additional salary by applying the percentage in Column 2 of Table 1 to the base salary, rounding up to the nearest ten dollars; and
2. pay the annual benefits specified in proportion (pro rata) to the office holder’s period of service during that year.

3.3 The portion of additional parliamentary office holder salary that is not 'allowance by way of salary' for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is 20 per cent of the amount calculated in accordance with clauses 3.1 and 3.2. The 20 per cent portion shall apply to each amount of additional salary paid to a member.

3.4 The following rules apply in determining the number of shadow ministers entitled to additional salary and at what rate (noting there is a transitional provision in clause 3.4.5):

3.4.1 The maximum number of shadow ministers entitled to be paid additional parliamentary office holder salary at the rate of 25 per cent of base salary is

A – B

where

A = the number of Ministers of Cabinet rank from time to time; and

B = the number of Opposition office holders, from time to time entitled to additional parliamentary office holder salary of more than 25 per cent of base salary because of their holding another office listed in Table 1.

3.4.2 The maximum number of shadow ministers entitled to be paid additional Parliamentary office holder salary at the rate of 20 per cent of base salary is

A – B – C,

where

A = the number of ministers specified in section 4(b) of the Ministers of State Act 1952;

B = shadow ministers from time to time entitled to additional salary of 25 per cent of base salary in accordance with clause 3.4.1; and

C = the number of Opposition office holders, from time to time entitled to additional parliamentary office holder salary of more than 25 per cent of base salary because of their holding another office listed in Table 1.

3.4.3 The Leader of the Opposition is to provide advice in writing to the paying authority in each House of Parliament as to which individual shadow ministers are to be paid in accordance with clauses 3.4.1 and 3.4.2.

3.4.4 A member who receives additional parliamentary office holder salary of more than 25 per cent of base salary because of his or her holding another office listed in Table 1 is not entitled to also be paid additional salary as a shadow minister; and a member who receives additional salary as a shadow minister is not entitled to additional salary for filling any other office listed in Table 1.