Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN WOOL INDUSTRY COUNCIL ACT 1991 No. 97 of 1991 - SECT 19

19.(1) The Chairperson is to be paid such remuneration as is determined by the
Remuneration Tribunal.

(2) A member is to be paid such travel allowance as is prescribed.

(3) Where:

   (a)  a person who is a member of the Council is a member of, or a candidate
        for election to, the Parliament of a State; and

   (b)  under the law of the State, the person would not be eligible to
        remain, or to be elected, as a member of that Parliament if the person
        were entitled to remuneration or allowances under this Act; the person
        is not to be paid remuneration or allowances under this Act, but is to
        be reimbursed the expenses that the person reasonably incurs in
        performing duties under this Act.

(4) If a person appointed as Chairperson:

   (a)  is a member of the Parliament of a State, but subsection (3) does not
        apply in relation to the person; or

   (b)  is in the service or employment of a State, or an authority of a
        State, on a full-time basis; or

   (c)  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 office as Chairperson that the person pay to the
        State, within one month of receiving an amount of remuneration under
        this Act, an amount equal to the amount of remuneration.

(5) An amount payable under subsection (4) to a State by a person is a debt
due to the State, and the State may recover the amount by action against the
person in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(6) This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.