Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Regulations 2011 (Cth)

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Regulations 2011¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 53

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010.

Dated 21 April 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

JULIA GILLARD

Prime Minister

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Regulations 2011.

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010.

Remuneration and allowances

(1)For subsections 13 (1) and (2) of the Act, the annual remuneration to be paid to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor is $243 390, comprising:

(a)a component for salary and superannuation of $207 720; and

(b)a component for allowances of $35 670.

(2)However, subregulations (3) and (4) apply if:

(a)the Monitor undertakes work because a matter is referred to the Monitor by the Prime Minister under section 7 of the Act or by the Committee on Intelligence and Security under section 7A of the Act; and

(b)as a result of undertaking the work, the amount of work undertaken by the Monitor in a year is materially more than the amount of work that the Monitor could reasonably be expected to undertake under the terms and conditions on which the Monitor was appointed.

(3)The Prime Minister may determine an additional amount of annual remuneration to be paid to the Monitor.

(4)The additional amount must be proportionate to the amount by which the work involved in undertaking the reference is greater than the amount of work that the Monitor could reasonably be expected to undertake under the terms and conditions on which the Monitor was appointed.

Note

All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See