Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019 (Cth)

Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019

We, the members of the Remuneration Tribunal, make the following determination.

Dated 23 August 2019

Signed	Signed	Signed
John Conde AO	Ewen Crouch AM	Heather Zampatti
President	Member	Member

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Part 1—Repeal of item that is being replaced  2

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2019  2

Part 2—Main amendments  3

Remuneration Tribunal (Judicial and Related Offices—Remuneration and Allowances) Determination 2019       3

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full‑time Public Office) Determination 2019  3

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2019  4

1  Name

This instrument is the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.	27 August 2019
2.  Schedule 1, Part 1	The day after this instrument is registered.	27 August 2019
3.  Schedule 1, Part 2	Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2.	27 August 2019

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 7(3) and (4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Repeal of item that is being replaced

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2019

1  Section 21 (Table 4A, table item dealing with Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation)

Repeal the item

Note:       Item 23 of this Schedule inserts a replacement for this item.

Part 2—Main amendments

Remuneration Tribunal (Judicial and Related Offices—Remuneration and Allowances) Determination 2019

2  Section 7 (definition of official travel determination)

Omit “2018”, substitute “2019”.

3  Section 7

Insert:

Table 7A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 47.

4  Subsection 41(1)

Omit “$37,410”, substitute “$37,760”.

5  At the end of the instrument

Add:

Part 7—Application and transitional provisions

47  Application and transitional provisions—general

The following table (Table 7A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 7A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1 Provision	Column 2 Application and transitional provisions
1	Subsection 41(1) (official travel for Justices of the High Court)	The amendment of that subsection made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019 applies on and after 25 August 2019.

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full‑time Public Office) Determination 2019

6  Section 7 (definition of official travel determination)

Omit “2018”, substitute “2019”.

7  Section 7

Insert:

Table 6A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 23.

8  Section 10 (Table 2A, after table item dealing with Chief Scientist)

Insert:

Data Standards Chair $498,810 Table 6A, item 1 1

9  Section 10 (Table 2A, after table item dealing with Director General, Australian Safeguards and Non‑Proliferation Office)

Insert:

Chief Executive Officer, National Faster Rail Agency $304,830 Table 6A, item 2 2

10  At the end of the instrument

Add:

Part 6—Application and transitional provisions

23  Application and transitional provisions—general

The following table (Table 6A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 6A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1 Provision	Column 2 Application and transitional provisions
1	Table 2A, item dealing with Data Standards Chair	This item applies on and after 14 August 2019 (see the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019).
2	Table 2A, item dealing with Chief Executive Officer, National Faster Rail Agency	This item applies on and after 1 July 2019 (see the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019).

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2019

11  At the end of section 7

Add:

Also, Part 8 contains application and transitional provisions.

12  Section 8 (definition of official travel determination)

Omit “2018”, substitute “2019”.

13  Section 8

Insert:

Table 8A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 47.

14  Section 15 (Table 3A, cell at table item dealing with Australia Post, column 5)

Omit “1 and 6”, substitute “1, 6 and 6A”.

15  Section 15 (Table 3A, table item dealing with Wine Australia)

Repeal the item, substitute:

Wine Australia $77,620 $38,810 $38,810 Table 8A, item 1 2

16  Section 15 (Table 3A, table item dealing with Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation)

Repeal the item.

17  Section 16 (Table 3B, after table item 6)

Insert:

6A Australia Post—Deputy Chair On and after 1 July 2019, the Deputy Chair is entitled to additional fees as follows: (a) if the Deputy Chair is also appointed as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee—$22,430 per year; (b) if the Deputy Chair is also appointed as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee—$11,220 per year.

18  Section 16 (Table 3B, table item 20)

Repeal the item.

19  Section 21 (note)

After “Part 3”, insert “or annual meeting fees under Part 5”.

20  Section 21 (Table 4A, table item dealing with Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (Convener or Member))

Repeal the item.

21  Section 21 (Table 4A, after table item dealing with National Blood Authority)

Insert:

National Faster Rail Agency—Expert Panel $1,000 $850 Table 8A, item 2 2

22  Section 21 (Table 4A, after table item dealing with Australian Strategic Policy Institute)

Insert:

Future Drought Fund Consultative Committee $890 $801 Table 8A, item 3 2

23  Section 21 (Table 4A, after table item dealing with Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee—Review Members)

Insert:

Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation Annual meeting fee $876 Table 8A, item 4 1

24  Section 30 (Table 5A, after table item dealing with Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development—Member)

Insert:

Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation—Chair $69,290 $876 Table 5B, item 1A and Table 8A, item 4 1

25  Section 31 (Table 5B, before table item dealing with National Competition Council)

Insert:

1A Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation A Co‑Chair in any Co‑Chair arrangement for the Group is to receive: (a) an annual meeting fee of $34,645; and (b) an additional daily fee of $876.

26  At the end of the instrument

Add:

Part 8—Application and transitional provisions

46  Simplified outline of this Part

This Part contains application and transitional provisions, which provide for how and when amendments of this instrument apply.

47  Application and transitional provisions—general

The following table (Table 8A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 8A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1 Provision	Column 2 Application and transitional provisions
1	Table 3A, item dealing with Wine Australia	The amendment of this item made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019 applies on and after the commencement of that instrument.
2	Table 4A, item dealing with National Faster Rail Agency—Expert Panel	This item, as inserted by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019, applies on and after 6 August 2019.
3	Table 4A, item dealing with Future Drought Fund Consultative Committee	This item, as inserted by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019, applies on and after 1 September 2019.
4	The following items: (a) Table 4A, item dealing with Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation; (b) Table 5A, item dealing with Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation—Chair; (c) Table 5B, item 1A	These items, as amended or inserted by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019 (including the repeal of the previous item of Table 4A dealing with Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation), apply on and after 1 July 2019.
5	Items 16 and 18 of Schedule 1 to the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2019	The repeals made by these items take effect at the end of 30 June 2019.