Vol. 413, No. 20622, 19 November 1999
Regulation Gazette, No. 6673
No. R. 112, 1999
PROCLAMATION
by the President of the Republic of South Africa
SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND PERMANENT DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
In terms of section 3 (1) of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998) ("the Remuneration Act"), I hereby determine that the annual salaries and allowances of the various grades of members and office bearers of Parliament specified in Column 1 of the Schedule shall be as set out in Column 2 of the Schedule with effect from 1 April 1999, subject to section 3 (6) (a) and (b) of the Remuneration Act.
In terms of section 3 (3) of the Remuneration Act, I determine the amount of R40 000 per annum as that portion of the remuneration of a member or office bearer of Parliament to which section 8 (1) (d) of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), shall apply.
In this Proclamation, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Remuneration Act, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, or the relevant Rules and Orders contemplated in sections 45, 57 or 70 of the Constitution, bears that meaning.
Proclamation No. 79 of 1998, published in the Government Gazette of 14 August 1998, is hereby repealed.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of,the Republic of South Africa at Cape Town this Seventeenth day of November, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-nine.
T. M. MBEKI
President
By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:
T. A. MANUEL
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) |
414 228 | 103 557 | 517 785 |
| Grade E1 ...... | Deputy Speaker: National Assembly Deputy Chairperson: NCOP ................................ |
336 678 | 84 170 | 420 848 |
| Grade E2 ...... | Parliamentary Counsellor: President Chief Whip: Majority Party in National Assembly; . Chief Whip of NCOP; Leader of the Opposition in terms of section 57 (2) (d) of the Constitution |
288 613 |
72 153 |
360 766 |
| Grade D ........ | Parliamentary Counsellor: Deputy President ......... | 274210 | 68 553 | 342 763 |
| Grade C1 ...... | Chairperson of a Committee of a House or a Joint Committee Chairperson of Committees ................................. |
265 707 | 66 427 | 332 134 |
| Grade C2 ...... | Chief Whip: Official Opposition/Largest Minority Party in a
House Deputy Chief Whip: Majority Party in a House ..... Deputy Chairperson of Committees |
257 509 |
64 377 |
321 886 |
| Grade B ........ | Leader of a House Whip in a House .................................................. Leader of a Minority Party other than the Official Opposition |
|
61 788 |
308 939 |
| Grade A1 ...... | Member of the National Assembly Permanent Delegate to the NCOP ....................... |
219 840 |
54 960 | 274 800 |
Includes the amount of R40 000 per annum determined in this Proclamation as the amount to which section 8 (1) (d) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, applies.