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Proclamation No. 73, 1998 of 24 July 1998 is hereby repealed.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