General Wage Increase (Public Officeholders and Public Servants) Act 2001

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AN ACT to provide for a General Wage Increase for Public Officeholders and Public Servants.

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:

1. Short title and commencement-(l) This Act may be cited as the General Wage Increase (Public Officeholders and Public Servants) Act 2001.
(2) This Act comes into force on 1 January 2001.

2. Increase in Wage or Salary for Public Officeholders and Public Servants-(l) Despite any other Act, Regulation, Order or Direction the wage or salary or remuneration, as the case may be, for each Public Officeholder and Public Servant referred to in the Schedule shall be increased by 5% as from 1 January 2001.
(2) Where in any Act, Regulation, Order or Direction the wage or salary or remuneration, as the case may be, for the Officeholders and Public Servants referred to in the Schedule is identified as a nominated amount the relevant Act, Regulation, Order or Direction is amended accordingly so that the nominated wage or salary or remuneration, as the case may be, is increased by 5%.
(3) For the purpose of avoiding any uncertainty the 5% increase referred to in subsection (1) does not apply to any allowances or other supplemental payments.

Position	Act, Regulation, Order or Direction

1.Head of State	Article 22, Constitution of Samoa (“the Constitution”) and Section 7, Head of State Act 1965

2.Members of the Council of Deputies	Article 25, Constitution and Section 16, Head of State Act 1965

3. Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers	Article 35, Constitution and sections 3, 4 and 16 of the Civil List Act 1964

4. Speaker of the House, Deputy Speaker and Leader of the Opposition	Sections 7, 8, 9 and 16 of Civil List Act 1964

5. Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, Chairs of the Public Accounts and Bills Committees and Members of Parliament	Sections 7, 10 and 16 of Civil List Act 1964

6. Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court and District Court	Article 69, Constitution and section 29, Judicature Ordinance 1961

7. Judges and Assessors, Land and Titles Court	Section 32, Land and Titles Act 1981

8.Controller and Chief Auditor	Article 98, Constitution and section 9, Audit Office Ordinance 1961

9. Attorney General	Article 41, Constitution

10 .Ombudsman	Section 7, Komesina o Sulufaiga (Ombudsman) Act 1988

11. Commissioner of Police, Prisons and Fire Service and Members of the Police Service, Prison Service and Fire Service	Sections 15 and 51, Police Service Act 1977, Sections 14 and 23, Prisons Act 1977 and Schedule 1, Police Service Regulation 1970 and Schedule 2, Prisons Regulation 1954

12. Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Deputy Clerk and staff of the Legislative Department	Order 167, Standing Orders of the Parliament of Samoa

13 Heads of Departments	Section 9, all officeholders referred to in Schedule 1 and
14.Public Servants	section 2, Second Schedule of the Public Service (Special Posts) Act 1989

Members of the following Committees and Boards:
(a) Treasury Advisory Committee	By direction of the Financial Secretary
(b) Agriculture Advisory and Technical Committee	Section 13, Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries Ordinance 1959
(c) Public Works Advisory Committee	Section 13, Public Works Ordinance 1959
(d) Women’s Affairs Advisory Committee	Sections 11 and 16, Ministry of Women Affairs Act 1990
(e) Internal Affairs Executive Committee	Section 10, Internal Affairs Act 1995
(f) Transport Control Board	Section 51 and 53A, Road Traffic Ordinance 1960
(g) Trade, Commerce and Industry Development Board	Section 5, Trade, Commerce and Industry Act 1990
(h) Statistics Advisory Board	Sections 4 and 9, Statistics Act 1971
(i) Government Tenders Board	Regulation38,Treasury Regulation 1965
(j) National Revenue Board	Sections 3 and 10, National Revenue Board Act 1990

This Act has been revised in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is the official version of this Act as at 31 December 2011. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.

Revised and consolidated in 2008 under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel)

Revised in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Papalii Malietau Malietoa (Parliamentary Counsel).

Consolidated Acts of Samoa 2011

General Wage Increase (Public Officeholders and Public Servants) Act 2001