Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is entitled to a parliamentary allowance shall, during his or her period of service, pay contributions to the Commonwealth:
(a) in the case of a person whose period of service is less than 18 years--at the rate per fortnight of 11.5% of the fortnightly amount of the parliamentary allowance payable to the person; or
(b) in the case of a person whose period of service is not less than 18 years--at the rate per fortnight of 5.75% of the fortnightly amount of the parliamentary allowance payable to the person.
(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the fortnightly amount of the parliamentary allowance payable to the person is to be worked out in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a Minister of State shall, in addition to the contributions payable by him or her under subsection (1), pay contributions to the Commonwealth, during the period during which he or she serves as a Minister of State, at the rate per fortnight of 11.5% of the fortnightly amount of the salary to which he or she is entitled as Minister of State.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), an office holder shall, in addition to the contributions payable by him or her under subsection (1), pay contributions to the Commonwealth, during the period during which he or she serves as, and in respect of each office by virtue of which he or she is, an office holder, at the rate per fortnight of 11.5% of the fortnightly amount of the allowance by way of salary payable to the person because the person holds that office.
(3A) For the purposes of subsection (3), the fortnightly amount of the allowance by way of salary payable to the person because the person holds that office is to be worked out in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.
(4) If, at any time, a Minister of State or an office holder would, if he or she ceased to be entitled to parliamentary allowance at that time, be entitled to additional retiring allowance under subsection 18(9) at a rate which is:
(a) in a case where he or she would be entitled to additional retiring allowance in respect of one office only--75% of the rate, at that time, at which salary or allowance by way of salary, as the case may be, is payable in respect of that office; or
(b) in a case where he or she would be entitled to additional retiring allowance in respect of 2 or more offices--75% of the rate that is the highest rate, at that time, at which salary or allowance by way of salary, as the case may be, is payable in respect of either or any of those offices;
then, so long as he or she continues to be a Minister of State who, or an office holder who, would, if he or she ceased to be entitled to parliamentary allowance, be entitled to additional retiring allowance under that subsection at that rate, subsection (2) or (3), as the case may be, applies to him or her as if the reference to 11.5% in whichever of those subsections is applicable were a reference to 5.75%.
(6) The contributions payable by a person under this section shall be deducted:
(a) in the case of contributions under subsection (1)--from payments of parliamentary allowance made to the person;
(b) in the case of contributions under subsection (2)--from payments of parliamentary allowance made to the person or of salary made to the person as Minister of State; and
(c) in the case of contributions under subsection (3)--from payments of parliamentary allowance made to the person or of allowance by way of salary made to the person as office holder.
(7) Each deduction under subsection (6) shall, as far as practicable, be made in respect of the same period as that in respect of the payment from which it is deducted is made.
(8) Amounts deducted under subsection (6) shall be paid to the Commonwealth.
(9) The regulations may make modifications of this Act that are required as a result of the amendments of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 made by Schedule 4 to the Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2024 .