Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A member, or a
person appointed to a committee of the Council, may be paid such remuneration
and allowances as the Minister, on the recommendation of the Minister for
Public Sector Management 2 , determines.
(2) If a person who
would be eligible to receive remuneration or allowances under this Act is
elected to, or becomes a candidate for election to, the Parliament of the
State or of another State or of a Territory or of the Commonwealth, the person
shall not be paid remuneration or allowances under this section but shall,
subject to the approval of the Minister, be reimbursed such expenses as are
reasonably incurred by that person by reason of attendance at meetings or of
undertaking any business, with the approval of the Council.
(3) Acceptance of or
acting in office as a member under this Act by any person does not of itself
render the provisions of Part 3 of the Public
Sector Management Act 1994 , or any other Act applying to persons as
officers of the Public Service of the State, applicable to that person, or
affect or prejudice the application to that person of those provisions if they
applied at the time of the acceptance of or acting in that office.
(4) Where the services
of a member or any other person are for the time being utilised by the Council
under this Act, it does not prejudice the existing or accruing rights of that
person under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 or any other written
law, and service rendered on behalf of the Council pursuant to this Act shall
be regarded as not constituting a break in the service in which the person
would otherwise have been employed.
[Section 28 amended by No. 32 of 1994
s. 19.]