FIJI

PRESCRIPTION OF SALARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998

ACT NO. 19 OF 1998

I assent

[L.S.]

K. K. T. MARA
President

[20 April 1998]

AN ACT

FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE PRESCRIPTION OF SALARIES ACT

ENACTED by the Parliament of Fiji-

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Prescription of Salaries (Amendment) Act 1998.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Prescription of Salaries Act, (Cap. 2).

Commencement

3.-(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into operation on the date of publication in the Gazette.

(2) Section 4 is to have effect as if this Act had been published on 1st January, 1997.

(3) Section 5 is to have effect as if this Act had been published on 1st January 1998.

Schedule replaced

4. The Schedule to the Principal Act is deleted and replaced by the following-

"SCHEDULE 
(Section 2)

President	$88,561	
Chairman of the Public Service Commission 	$13,009	
Member of the Public Service Commission 	$6,505	
Chairman of the Police Service Commission (if not also full time Chairman of the PSC) 	
$6,505	
Member of the Police Service Commission if not a Public Officer 	$6,505	
Supervisor of Elections 	$40,414	
Director of Public Prosecutions 	$56,905	
Ombudsman 	$56,905	
Auditor-General 	$56,905.".	

Schedule replaced

5. The Schedule to the Principal Act is deleted and replaced by the following-

"SCHEDULE 2
(Section 2)

Officer	1998 Salaries	
		
President 	$91,218	
Chairman of the Public Service Commission 	$13,399	
Member of the Public Service Commission 	$6,700	
Chairman of the Police Service Commission (if not also fulltime Chairman of the Public Service Commission) 	
$6,700	
Member of the Police Service Commission if not a Public Officer 	$6,700	
Supervisor of Elections 	$41,626	
Director of Public Prosecutions 	$58,612	
Ombudsman 	$58,612	
Auditor General 	$58,612.".	

Passed by the House of Representatives this Twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight.

Passed by the Senate this Eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight.
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