GOVERNMENT GAZETTE Vol. 398, NO. 19144, 14 AUGUST 1998

No. 79, 1998

PROCLAMATION

by the President of the Republic of South Africa

REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND PERMANENT DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES

In terms of section 2 (1) of the Payment of Members of Parliament Act, 1994 (Act No. 6 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), read with section 85 (2) (e) of and items 2 (1) and 3 (1) (b) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No.108 of 1996) (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution), and having given due regard to the recommendations of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-bearers published in Government Notice No. 479 of 3 April 1998,1 hereby determine that the annual remuneration and allowances for the various grades of Members and office-bearers of Parliament specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall be as specified in Column 2 of the Schedule with effect from 1 September 1998.

In terms of section 2 (3) (a) of the Act I determine the amount of R40 000 per annum as that portion of the remuneration of a Member of Parliament to which paragraph (d) of section 8 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), shall apply

In this Proclamation, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word in the Act, the Constitution meaning or expression to which a meaning has been assigned or the Rules and Orders contemplated in sections 45, 57 and 70 of the Constitution, shall bear that meaning.

Proclamation No. 73, 1998 of 24 July 1998 is hereby repealed.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Cape Town this Eleventh day of August, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-eight.

N. R. MANDELA

President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

Z. S. T. SKWEYIYA

Minister of the Cabinet

SCHEDULE

GRADING STRUCTURE, REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND PERMANENT DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

Grade

Office

Basic Salary in Rand per annum*

Motor vehicle allowance in Rand per annum

Total Remuneration in Rand per annum

Grade F..... Speaker: National Assembly Chairperson: National (council of Provinces (NCOP) 398 295 99 575 497 870
Grade E1... Deputy Speaker: National Assembly Deputy Chairperson: (NCOP) 323 730 80 932 404 662
Grade E2...

Parliamentary Counsellor: President.

Chief Whip: Majority Party in a House:

Leader of the Opposition in terms of section 57 (2) (d) of the Constitution

277 512

69 378

346 890

Grade D..... Parliamentary Counsellor: Deputy President

263 664

65 916

329 580

Grade C1...

Chairperson of a Committee in a House or a Joint Committee

Chairperson of Committees

255 488

63 872

319 360

Grade C2...

Chief Whip: Official Opposition

Deputy Chief Whip: Majority Party in a House

Deputy Chairperson of Committees

247 605

61 901

309 506

Grade B.....

Leader of a House

Whip in a House

Leader of a Minority Party other than the Official Opposition

237 645

59 412

297 057

GradeA1....

Member of the National Assembly

Permanent Delegate to the NCOP

211 385

52 846

264 231

* Includes the amount of R40 000 per annum determined in this Proclamation as the amount to which paragraph (d) of section 8 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, shall apply.