Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2008/07 - Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office (Cth)

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REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

Determination 2008/07:

Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time

Public Office

As amended.

Made under sub-section 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

Consolidated as at 25 September 2009 and incorporates amending determinations up to and including 2009/13 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

This Determination comprises:

Part 1 – General

Part 2 – Fees

Part 3 – Conditions of Official Travel

Schedule A – Specified Offices – Fees and Allowances

Schedule B – List of Professional Committees (Health and Ageing, and Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Portfolios)

Schedule C – Primary Industry Authorities – Fees and Allowances

Schedule D – Torres Strait Regional Authority – Fees and Allowances

Schedule E – Aboriginal Land Councils – Fees and Allowances.

PART 1 – GENERAL

1.1Legislative Basis:  The Remuneration Tribunal has made this Determination in accordance with subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

1.2Effective Date:  This Determination takes effect on and from 1 July 2008.

1.3Effect on Earlier Determinations: This Determination supersedes and revokes in full Determination 2007/10 (as amended) – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office.

1.4Definitions:  In this Determination, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

‘authority’ is a reference to any body or office to which office-holders, as defined in clause 1.4, are appointed;

‘business of the authority’ means any business of the authority conducted by an office-holder with the approval of the authority, other than attendance at a formal meeting and the preparation time for that meeting, except as specified in Clause 2.5;

‘office-holder’ means the holder of a part-time public office;

‘public office’ has the same meaning as in the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

PART 2 – FEES

2.1Specified Offices:  The fees set out in Schedules A, B, C, D and E apply to the holders of the public offices specified in those schedules.

2.2     Remuneration Packaging: An agency may provide access to remuneration packaging to office-holders covered by this Determination.  An office-holder may elect either to take benefits in lieu of her or his fee or to take a combination of her or his fee and benefits.

2.2.1  Any election made in accordance with clause 2.2 must:

(a)         be in accordance with agency policies and procedures on remuneration packaging applicable to such offices;

(b)         be consistent with relevant taxation laws and rulings or guidelines applicable to remuneration packaging schemes issued by the Australian Taxation Office; and

(c)            not result in any cost to the Commonwealth (including in relation to any fringe benefits taxation) additional to the cost which would be incurred if benefits able to be taken as fees were taken as fees.

2.3Offices not specified:  An office-holder in respect of whom a fee has not otherwise been specified in this Determination shall, subject to the conditions outlined in clauses 2.5 to 2.8 of this Determination, be paid a daily fee as set out in Table 2A below.

Table 2A: Public Offices not specified in this Determination – Daily Fees
with effect from 1.7.2008

Office Category 1 Category 2 Category 3
$ per day $ per day $ per day
Chairperson 366 495 597
Member 274 366 531

2.3.1Minister decides category:  The category of fee to be paid shall be determined by the Minister within whose portfolio responsibility the public office is located, in accordance with the nature, function and responsibilities of the office.

2.3.2Official Travel:  An office-holder whose fee has been determined in accordance with clause 2.3 shall be entitled to travelling allowance for travel on official business within Australia at the Tier 2 rate, in accordance with Part 3 of this Determination.

Conditions of payment of daily fees

2.4Application:  The provisions of clauses 2.5 to 2.8 apply to office-holders covered by clause 2.3 and by Schedules A, B and C, unless otherwise specified.  Clauses 2.5 to 2.8 do not apply to Schedules D and E.

2.5Daily fee – preparation for meetings:  The daily fee for a formal meeting includes a component to cover normal preparation time, but where the chairperson of the authority considers the period of preparation time involved is so unusual as to warrant recognition that period may be included as business of the authority.

2.6Daily fee – minimum hours:  An office-holder shall be paid the daily fee in respect of such period, not less than three hours, on any one day on which he or she attends a formal meeting of the authority, and/or is engaged on business of the authority other than normal preparation time for a meeting, subject to the following conditions.

2.6.1The chairperson, or nominated presiding officer, shall in each case certify whether the period of three hours has elapsed and in so certifying may have regard to reasonable travelling time incurred by an office holder away from the metropolitan area of the capital city or the environs of the town in which he or she lives.

2.6.2The maximum payment in respect of any one day shall be the appropriate daily fee.

2.7Part-payment of daily fee – meeting days:  An office-holder may be paid in respect of formal meetings of less than three hours subject to the following conditions:

(a)         for formal meetings aggregating less than two hours, an amount equal to two-fifths of a daily fee;

(b)         for formal meetings, or formal meetings and business of the authority on the day of a formal meeting, of two hours or more, but less than three hours on any one day, an amount equal to three-fifths of a daily fee;

(c)         the maximum payment in respect of any one day shall be the appropriate daily fee;

(d)         eligibility for each payment shall be certified by the chairperson or nominated presiding officer and in so certifying the chairperson may have regard to reasonable travelling time in accordance with subclause 2.6.1; and

(e)         preparation time shall only be included in accordance with clause 2.5.

2.8Aggregation of hours for daily fee – non-meeting days:  An office-holder may also be paid a daily fee in respect of aggregates of periods of business of the authority of less than three hours, subject to the following conditions:

(a)         individual periods of business must be on other than formal meeting days and each period must be for a minimum of one hour;

(b)         to attract payment of a daily fee, aggregated periods shall total at least five hours;

(c)         the maximum payment in respect of any one day shall be the appropriate daily fee;

(d)         eligibility for each payment shall be certified by the chairperson and in so certifying the chairperson may have regard to reasonable travelling time in accordance with subclause 2.6.1; and

(e)         preparation time shall only be included in accordance with clause 2.5.

2.9      Daily Fee – SCT: The following sub-clauses apply, (and clauses 2.5 to 2.8 do not apply) in relation to a person who holds an office as a member of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal on a part-time basis.

2.9.1  A daily fee is payable once such a person has undertaken official business of five hours duration in aggregate, regardless of the day or days on which that work is done.

2.9.2  The Chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal must certify the nature, reasonableness and duration of official business undertaken prior to any payment of fees to such a person.

2.9.3  Official business may include a hearing, preparation for a hearing, decision writing, checking and travel time other than for travel between the person’s home and principal place of work.

2.9.4The maximum payment in respect of any one day shall be the appropriate daily fee.

PART 3 – CONDITIONS OF OFFICIAL TRAVEL

3.1Official Travel Determination:  The provisions of Determination 2004/03 (as amended) – Official Travel by Office Holders – apply to offices covered by this Determination, subject to any exclusions or limitations in this Determination.  In establishing entitlements, the Travel Tier identified in this Determination for an office will apply under Determination 2004/03.

SCHEDULE A – FEES AND ALLOWANCES FOR SPECIFIED OFFICES

General provisions relating to the following table: 

  • The fees set out in Table A1A below are payable in accordance with the conditions of this Determination to the holders of the relevant office.

  • In Columns 2 and 3:

 an “a” following the dollar amount signifies an Annual Fee applies;

 a “d” following the dollar amount signifies a Daily Fee applies.

  • The additional clauses referred to in Column 4 are listed immediately following the Table.

Table A1A – Specified offices – fees and travel tier. (Rates are effective from 1 July 2008 unless otherwise specified.)

Column 1

Office/Authority

Column 2

Chair

$

Column 3

Member

$

Column 4

Additional clauses applying

Column 5

Travel tier

NBN Co Limited

Effective 8 September 2009 ref Det 2009/12

- 90,000 a 1
Future Fund 170,230 a 85,120 a 1
Australia Post 153,600 a 76,810 a A2 1
Commonwealth Grants Commission (full-time) 64,070 a 1
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 141,290 a 46,490 a A3 1
Australian Fair Pay Commission 124,990 a 62,500 a 1

Minimum Wage Panel Members – Fair Work Australia

Effective 1 July 2009 ref Det 2009/08

- 62,500 a 1
ASC Pty Ltd 110,330 a 55,200 a A1, A4 1
Medibank Private Ltd 110,330 a 55,200 a A1 1
Reserve Bank of Australia - 55,170 a 1

Murray-Darling Basin Authority

Effective 15 December 2008 ref Det 2009/02

92,960 a 55,170 a 2
National Water Commission (full-time) 48,910 a 1
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 92,960 a 46,490 a A1, A5 1
Defence Housing Australia 92,960 a 46,490 a A1 1
Airservices Australia 92,960 a 46,490 a A1, A6 1
Australian Rail Track Corporation 92,960 a 46,490 a 1

Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board (CASA)

Effective 26 March 2009 ref Det 2009/05

92,960 a 46,490 a A45 1

Commissioner, Australian Transport Safety Bureau Commission

Effective 26 March 2009 ref Det 2009/05

(full-time) 46,490 a 1
Payments System Board - 45,130 a 1

Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) Board

92,380

a

43,480

a

A1

1

Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)

Effective 29 May 2009 ref Det 2009/09

80,000

a

789

d

A46

See A9

Tourism Australia 78,280 a 39,170 a A1, A7 1

Innovation Australia Board

Effective 1 September 2009 ref Det 2009/13

75,000 a 35,000 a 2

Innovation Australia  Committee

Effective 1 September 2009 ref Det 2009/13

12,530 a 7,350 a A8 2

Innovation Australia Committee – Non Innovation Australia Board Member

Effective 1 September 2009 ref Det 2009/13

793 d 793 d 2
Private Health Insurance Administration Council 71,150 a 41,540 a A1 1
General Practice Education and Training Limited 71,150 a 32,130 a 1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (full-time) 31,520 a 1
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission 71,150 a 30,070 a 1
Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme – Board of Trustees 71,150 a 23,740 a A1 1
Administrative Review Council 71,150 a 731 d 1
National Health and Medical Research Council  (NHMRC) 71,150 a 18,220 a A9 See A9
NHMRC – Research Committee 62,660 a - 2
NHMRC – Australian Health Ethics Committee 50,670 a - 2
NHMRC – Special Expert Committee on Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies 34,220 a - 2
NHMRC – All other Principal Committees not specified in this Determination 50,670 a - 2
Quarantine & Exports Advisory Council 71,150 a 605 d 1
International Air Services Commission 59,820 a 30,070 a 1
Medical Services Advisory Committee 59,820 a - 1
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 59,560 a 30,070 a A10 1
National Competition Council 56,500 a 30,070 a 1
Foreign Investment Review Board 54,280 a 29,420 a A11 1
Indigenous Land Corporation 54,280 a 29,420 a A1, A11 1
Australian Maritime Safety Authority 54,280 a 23,740 a A1, A11 1
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Board (ANSTO) 54,280 a 23,740 a A1, A11 1
ANSTO – Technical Advisory Committee 731 d 668 d 1
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation 54,280 a 23,740 a A1, A11, A12 1
Special Broadcasting Service 54,280 a 23,740 a A11 1
Australian Electoral Commission 54,280 a - 1
Australian Hearing Services 54,280 a 23,740 a A1 1
Australian Heritage Council 54,280 a 23,740 a 1
Australian Heritage Council – Associate Member - 23,740 a 1
National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority Board 47,470 a 23,740 a 1

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Advisory Council

Effective 1 January 2009 ref Det 2009/01

47,470 a 574 d A42 2

Indigenous Business Australia

Effective 29 June 2009 ref Det 2009/09

54,280 a 23,740 a A1, A11 1
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency 45,130 a 23,740 a 1
National Rural Advisory Council 45,130 a 23,740 a 1

Screen Australia

Effective 1 July 2008 ref Det 2008/13

45,130 a 23,740 a A40 1
Australian Sports Commission 45,130 a 23,740 a A1, A13 1

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority

Effective 11 December 2008 ref Det 2008/21

(full-time) 23,740 a A13 2
Information Industries Board - 23,740 a 1
Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation 45,130 a 22,640 a 1
National Capital Authority 45,130 a 18,220 a 1
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (full-time) 18,220 a 2
Australia Council 45,130 a 12,910 a A13 1
Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 45,130 a 12,910 a A14 see A14

Safe Work Australia Council

Effective 31 March 2009 ref Det 2009/08

45,130 a - 2
National Disability and Carer Ministerial Advisory Council 35,600 a 366 d A16 2
Australian Institute of Marine Science Council 35,600 a 18,220 a A17 2
Frontline Defence Services (AAFCANS) 35,600 a 18,220 a A1 2
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust 35,600 a 18,220 a A1 2
Cancer Australia 35,600 a 18,220 a 2
National Childcare Accreditation Council 35,600 a 605 d 2
Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council 35,600 a - 2
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation 34,220 a 605 d 1
Council for the Australian Film Television and Radio School 31,470 a 15,740 a A1 2
Australian Statistics Advisory Council 25,800 a - 1
Public Lending Right Committee 25,800 a - 2
ARC College of Experts 25,800 a 18,220 a 2
Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee 25,800 a 18,220 a 2
Australia Business Arts Foundation 25,800 a 12,910 a A18 1

Aboriginal Hostels Limited

Effective 1 July 2009 ref Det 2009/09

54,280 a 29,420 a 2
Australian National Maritime Museum Council 25,800 a 12,910 a 2
Australian National Maritime Museum – Member of a Committee (other than a council member) - 605 d 2
Australian War Memorial Council 25,800 a 12,910 a 2
National Gallery of Australia Council 25,800 a 12,910 a A18 2
National Library of Australia Council 25,800 a 12,910 a A18 2
National Museum of Australia Council 25,800 a 12,910 a 2
Classification Review Board 24,350 a 671 d A19 2

Defence Reserves Support Council (DRSC) – National Executive

Effective 26 March 2009 ref Det 2009/03

21,740 a 18,490 a 2

DRSC – State/Territory Chairs

Effective 26 March 2009 ref Det 2009/03

408 d - 2
Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority 20,600 a 17,480 a 2
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 18,710 a 532 d 2
Australia Council, Boards 18,710 a - 2

Tuggeranong Office Park Pty Limited (TOP)

Effective 4 December 2008 ref Det 2009/05

16,000 a - 1
Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula 14,860 a - 2
Australian Learning and Teaching Council 7,890 a 5,970 a A21 1
Professional Services Review – Committees 1,151 d 1,022 d 1
Professional Services Review – Determining Authority 1,151 d 1,022 d 1
Australian Energy Regulator - 948 d 1
Financial Reporting Panel 1,065 d 865 d A22 1
Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board 1,065 d 865 d A23 1

Member, Tax Practitioners Board

Effective 27 April 2009 ref Det 2009/05

- 865 d A43 2
Specialist Medical Review Council 957 d 789 d A24 1

Education Investment Fund Advisory Board

Effective 16 February 2009 ref Det 2009/04

957 d 789 d 1
Co-operative Research Centres Committee 957 d 789 d 2
Skills Australia 957 d 789 d 1
Infrastructure Australia 957 d 789 d 1

Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board

Effective 13 February 2009 ref Det 2009/03

957 d 789 d 1

Australian Solar Institute - Chair/Director

Effective 10 June 2009 ref Det 2009/07

957 d 789 d 1
National Transport Commission 880 d 789 d 1
Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund Expert Panel 880 d 789 d 1
ACCC – Associate Member - 789 d 1
ACMA – Associate Member - 789 d 1
Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council - 789 d 1
Family Law Council 880 d 726 d 1
Tax Agents’ Board 880 d 726 d A25 2

Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal

Effective 20 March 2009 ref Det 2009/05

865 d 2
Threatened Species Scientific Committee 856 d 572 d 1
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation 846 d 697 d 1
Owner-Driver Review Panel 816 d 700 d 2
Takeovers Panel 789 d 789 d A26 1
Repatriation Medical Authority 789 d 700 d A27 1
Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee 789 d 597 d A28 1
Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee 789 d 597 d A28 1
Official Establishments Trust 789 d 597 d 1
Oil Stewardship Advisory Council 789 d 597 d 1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority 789 d 597 d 1
Professional Committees in Health and Ageing and FaHCSIA Portfolios (listed in Schedule B) 789 d 597 d 1
Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 789 d 597 d 1

National Film and Sound Archive

Effective 1 July 2008 ref Det 2008/13

789 d 597 d A41 2

Committee Member, Tax Practitioners Board

Effective 27 April 2009 ref Det 2009/05

- 597 D 2

Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority

Effective 26 March 2009 ref Det 2009/03

789 d - A29 1
Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme Review Authority 789 d - 1
Productivity Commission (full-time) 726 d 1
Comcover Advisory Council - 726 d 1
Council of Business Regulation - 726 d 1
National Blood Authority 759 d 574 d 1
Australian Industry Development Corporation 726 d 597 d 1
Defence Force Advocate - 700 d A30 1
Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal - 700 d 1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal (full-time) 700 d 1
Refugee Review Tribunal - 700 d A31 2
Migration Review Tribunal - 700 d A32 2
Anti-Doping Research Panel - 700 d 1

Defence Science and Technology Organisation Advisory Board

Effective 1 March 2009 ref Det 2009/03

731 d 597 d 2
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (Convener/Member) 726 d 661 d 1
Australian Community Pharmacy Authority 726 d 597 d 2
Australian River Co. Ltd 726 d 597 d A34 2
Co-operative Research Centres Appraisal Panels 726 d 597 d 2
ABC – Independent Complaints Review Panel 726 d 597 d 2
Australian National Council on Drugs 726 d 597 d A35 2
Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee 726 d 597 d 2
Disciplinary Appeal Committees under PE(CT) Regulations 1999 726 d - 2

Commission for International Agricultural

Research

700 d 509 d 2
Biological Diversity Advisory Committee 700 d 443 d 2
Indigenous Advisory Committee 700 d 443 d 2
Fuel Standards Consultative Committee 700 d 443 d 2
Disability Standards Review Panel 700 d 366 d 2

National Housing Supply Council

Effective 13 August 2008 ref Det 2008/16

700 d - 2
Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) Director 700 d - 2
SSAT Member - 653 d A36 3
SSAT Medical Member - 653 d A36, A37 3
Geographical Indications Committee 673 d 597 d 2
Australian Strategic Policy Institute 673 d 544 d 2
Australian Social Inclusion Board 673 d 531 d 2
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (full-time) 700 d 2

Veterans’ Review Board (Senior Member; Member)

Effective 28 July 2008 ref Det 2008/16

638 d 568 d 2
Australian Technology Group 605 d - 1
ABC Advisory Council 597 d 531 d 2
Australian Institute of Criminology Board of Management 597 d 531 d 2
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) 597 d 531 d 2
AIATSIS Research Advisory Committee - 366 d 2
National Archives of Australia Advisory Council 597 d 531 d 2
National Customs Brokers Licensing Advisory Committee 597 d 531 d 2
Editorial Advisory Board 597 d - A38 2
Defence Industry Study Course 597 d - 2
Religious Advisory Committee to the Services 531 d 531 d 2
National Rural Advisory Council – Specialist Committees - 531 d 2
Accreditation Decisions Review Committee 495 d 453 d 2
Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme Reconsideration Committee 495 d 453 d 2
ARIA Reconsideration Advisory Committee - 453 d 2
CSIRO – Advisory Committees 495 d 366 d 2
Medical Training Review Panel - 366 d 2

Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections

Effective 17 March 2009 ref Det 2009/05

366 d 274 d A44 2
Defence Families of Australia 366 d - 2

Australian Bravery Decorations Council

Effective 18 September 2008 ref Det 2008/18

No fee No fee 1

Council for the Order of Australia

Effective 18 September 2008 ref Det 2008/18

No fee No fee 1
Central Trades Committee - No fee 2
Local Trades Committee - No fee 2
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission No fee No fee A39 2

ADDITIONAL CLAUSES TO TABLE A1A

A1. Various bodies:  A member of the named body who is the Chair of the Audit Committee, or Audit and Risk Committee, however named, will receive an additional $12,910 per annum.  A member who is a member of the Committee will receive an additional $6,455 per annum.

A2. Australia Post: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive an additional $8,875 per annum.  A member who is appointed to the Audit Committee will receive an additional $8,875 per annum as member, or $17,750 per annum as Chair, of the Committee.  A member who is appointed to the Board of Postcorp will receive $3,997 per annum.

A3. ABC: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $69,720 per annum.

A4. ASC Pty Ltd:  A Member who is the Chair of the Business Assurance and Security (BAS) Committee will receive an additional $12,390 per annum.  A Member who is member of the BAS Committee will receive an additional $6,195 per annum.

A5. CSIRO: An additional per diem payment of $711 shall be paid to members of CSIRO who serve on the boards of subsidiaries/associated commercial enterprises.

A6. Airservices Australia:  A member who is appointed as Deputy Chair will receive an additional fee of $6,455 per annum.

A7. Tourism Australia: A member who is appointed as Deputy Chair will receive $52,010 per annum.

A8. Innovation Australia: The Chair and Members of the Innovation Australia Board shall only receive remuneration for one Committee.

A9. Various:  The Chair is entitled to Tier 1 travel arrangements and Members are entitled to Tier 2 travel arrangements.

A10. FSANZ: A Member who is the Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management (FARM) Committee will receive an additional $7,740 per annum.  A Member who is member of the FARM Committee will receive an additional $3,870 per annum.

A11. Various:  A member of the named body who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $35,600

per annum.

A12. EFIC:  A member who is the Chair of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s Alliance and Contingent Divestment Implementation Committee will receive an additional pro-rata payment of $7,740 per annum.  A member who is a member of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s Alliance and Contingent Divestment Implementation Committee will receive an additional pro-rata payment of $3,870 per annum.

A13. Various:  A member of the named body who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $26,450

per annum.

A14. Teaching Australia: While Professor Gregor Ramsey is Chair he will receive the Chair’s fee plus an additional loading of 70%.  The Chair is entitled to Tier 1 travel.  The Deputy Chair will receive the Member’s fee plus an additional loading of 100%.  Members are entitled to Tier 2 travel.

A15. Deleted

A16. National Disability and Carer Ministerial Advisory Council: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $24,380 per annum.

A17. AIMS:  A member who is chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $7,740 per annum.  A member who is a member of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $3,870 per annum.

A18. Various:  A member of the named body who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $18,220 per annum.

A19. Classification Review Board: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Convener will receive $696 per day. In addition, when the Deputy Convenor acts as Convenor, he or she will be entitled to the remuneration and other conditions determined for the Convenor.

A20. Deleted

A21. ALTC: Members serving on the Audit and Risk Management Committee receive an additional $3,160 per annum for the Committee Chair and $2,380 per annum for Committee Members.

A22. FRP: The Chair rate will apply to a member on any day that the member chairs a Panel.

A23. CALDB:   The Deputy Chairman will receive $972 per diem.  Office holders who qualified under Determination 2005/14 and who decided to retain their previous conditions receive – Chairman, retainer of $9,540 per annum and $957 per day;  Deputy Chairman, retainer of $7,690 per annum and $957 per day and Members, retainer of $2,840 per annum and $789 per day.

A24. SMRC: Councillors who work permanently on a part-time basis will receive a retainer of $23,360 (Chair) or $15,740 (Members).

A25. Tax Agents’ Board: For the Chairman and Members of the Tax Agents’ Board, in lieu of clause 2.8(a), individual periods of business must be on other than formal meeting days and each period must be for a minimum of six minutes.

A26. Takeovers Panel: Daily fees are only payable for sitting days of takeover proceedings and for Panel days.  Remuneration for other business is by way of an annual fee of $17,040 for the Chairman and $2,840 for the Members.

A27. Repatriation Medical Authority – Retainers of $46,680 for the Chairperson and $31,100 for the Members will be payable.

A28. Gene Technology Committees: an Expert Adviser appointed to either the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee or the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee will receive $597 per day and is entitled to Tier 1 Travel.

A29. Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $726 per day.

A30. Defence Force Advocate: Fees payable for work done within s.58T(c) of the Defence Act 1903 shall be the maximum daily rate as determined for senior counsel in the Australian Government Solicitor’s Commonwealth Policy on Counsel Fees.

A31. RRT: Members of the Refugee Review Tribunal receive a daily fee for seven hours work (which may be cumulative over several days).

A32. MRT: Members of the Migration Review Tribunal receive a daily fee for seven hours work (which may be cumulative over several days).

A33. Deleted

A34. Australian River Company: Mr E G Anson shall receive additional remuneration of $48,740 per annum, on a pro-rata basis, for periods where he has the approval of the Board to perform executive duties.  A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $661 per day.

A35. ANCD: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chairman will receive $652 per day.

A36. SSAT: The maximum fees payable each year to part-time Directors, Medical Members and Members of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal are capped at 80% of the sum of the base salary plus supplement in lieu of performance remuneration determined for full-time Directors.

A37. SSAT Medical Members:  Medical Members will receive a minimum payment of $6,530 per annum, and will receive no daily fee for the first ten days each year.  The daily fee as set out in Table A1A, Column 3, will apply for each day worked in excess of ten days each year.

A38. Editorial Advisory Board: Subject to a minimum payment of $2,710 per annum.

A39. MRCC: Where a member has an entitlement to Tier 1 travel by virtue of a full-time appointment, that entitlement will also apply to this Office.

A40.  Screen Australia: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $23,740

per annum.A member who is chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $7,740

per annum.  A member who is a member of the Audit Committee will receive an additional

$3,870 per annum.

A41.   National Film and Sound Archive: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will

receive $597 per day.

A42.   Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Advisory Council: For the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, the Chair will receive the Chair’s fee plus an additional loading of 50%.

A43.    Tax Practitioners Board: The maximum fees payable each year to part-time Members of the Tax Practitioners Board are capped at 80% of the sum of the base salary payable each year to a full-time Member.

A44.    Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (MACBBVSTI): Members appointed as organisational representatives, such as Federal Parliamentarians and State/Territory Officials, will not receive the travel allowance determined for MACBBVSTI Members if they have an entitlement to travel allowance from a different source.

A45.    Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board: A member who is appointed a Deputy Chair will receive $52,945 per annum.

A46.      Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority: The Deputy Chair will receive $60,000 per annum, and is entitled to Tier 1 travel. The Chair and Deputy Chair will receive an additional 50 per cent loading until 1 July 2011 (subject to review).
SCHEDULE B – PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES – HEALTH AND AGEING, AND FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS PORTFOLIOS

B1.  The Offices in subclause B1.1 are defined as Professional Committees in the Health and Ageing, and Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Portfolios. As determined in Table A1A of Schedule A, the entitlements of these committees are as follows.

  • Chair  $789 per day
  • Member  $597 per day
  • Travel Tier 1

B1.1 Professional Committees

  • Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee

  • Australian Drug Evaluation Committee

  • Bioengineering and Biomaterials Subcommittee

  • Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee

  • Congenital Abnormalities Subcommittee

  • Expert Group on Outpatient Services

  • Fractionation Subcommittee of Human Pituitary Advisory Committee

  • General Practice Co-ordination Group

  • General Practice Education and Training Council

  • General Practice Policy Group

  • General Practice Recognition Appeals Committee

  • General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committees

  • Implantable Medical Devices Tracking Sub-committee

  • Medical Devices Evaluation Committee

  • Medical Devices Incident Review Committee

  • Medical Services Advisory Committee

  • Medicare Participation Review Committees

  • Medicines Evaluation Committee

  • National Drug Information Advisory Subcommittee

  • National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee

  • National Indigenous Health Equality Council

  • National Medicines Policy Committee

  • National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council

  • Pathology Services Table Committee

  • Pharmaceutical Services Committee of Inquiry

  • Rural Workforce Agency Evaluation Advisory Committee

  • Therapeutic Goods Committee

SCHEDULE C – FEES AND ALLOWANCES FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRY AUTHORITIES

General provisions relating to the following table: 

  • The fees set out in Table C1A below are payable in accordance with the conditions of this Determination to the holders of the relevant office.

  • In Columns 2 and 3:

 an “a” following the dollar amount signifies an Annual Fee applies;

 a “d” following the dollar amount signifies a Daily Fee applies.

  • The additional clauses referred to in Column 4 are listed immediately following the Table.

Table C1A – Primary Industry Authorities – fees and travel tier.  (Rates are effective from 1 July 2008 unless otherwise specified.)

Column 1

Authority/Office

Column 2

Chair $

Column 3

Member $

Column 4

Additional clauses

Column 5

Travel Tier

Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission

Effective 1 July 2008 ref Det 2008/13

57,350 a 28,850 a C1 1
Grains Research and Development Corporation 56,730 a 28,370 a C2 1
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation 45,130 a 25,800 a 2
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 45,130 a 25,800 a 1
Land and Water Australia 45,130 a 25,800 a 1
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation 45,130 a 25,800 a C3 1
Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation 45,130 a 25,800 a 2
Cotton Research and Development Corporation 35,600 a 18,220 a 2
Sugar Research and Development Corporation 35,600 a 18,220 a C4 2
Fishing Industry Policy Council 31,470 a - 2

Wheat Exports Australia

Effective 1 July 2008 ref Det 2008/13

880 d 572 d 1
Australian Fisheries Management Authority Selection Committee 726 d - C5 1
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Selection Committee 726 d - 1
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Selection Committees 726 d - 1
Research and Development Corporations Selection Committees 726 d - 1
Research and Development Councils Selection Committees 726 d - C6 1
Committees of Research and Development Corps 597 d 531 d C7 2
Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel 597 d 531 d 2
Management Advisory Committees, Australian Fisheries Management Authority 531 d 366 d 2
Rural Industries State Research Committees 453 d 366 d 2

C1. Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $38,850 per annum.

C2. Grains Research and Development Corporation: The Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee will receive an additional annual fee of $12,910; whilst a member of the same committee will receive an additional annual fee of $6,455.

C3. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: The Chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional annual fee of $7,740; whilst a member of the same Committee will receive an additional annual fee of $3,870. 

C4. Sugar Research and Development Corporation: A Non-executive Director who sits on of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $7,740 per annum as Chair of the Committee or $3,870 per annum as Member of the Committee.

C5. Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA): A member of the AFMA Selection Committee appointed under section 141B(1)(b) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 shall be paid a daily fee of $479.

C6. Research and Development Council: A member of a Selection Committee appointed under section 126(2)(b) of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 shall be paid a daily fee of $479.

C7. Research & Development Corps: This entry refers to committees established under the Primary Industries and Energy Research Development Act 1989.

SCHEDULE D – FEES AND ALLOWANCES FOR TORRES STRAIT REGIONAL AUTHORITY

General Provisions relating to the following table:

D1.  Fees:  The fees set out in Table D1A below are payable in accordance with this Determination to the holders of the relevant office.

D2.  Aggregated hours:  The office-holders specified in this Schedule shall be paid in accordance with the following conditions:

(a)     for formal meetings and/or business of the authority aggregating 6 hours or more on any one day – 100% of the daily fee;

(b)     for formal meetings and/or business of the authority aggregating 3 hours or more but less than 6 hours on any one day – 60% of the daily fee;

(c)     for formal meetings and/or business of the authority aggregating less than 3 hours on any one day – 40% of the daily fee; and

(d)     eligibility for each payment shall be certified by the chairperson or nominated presiding officer and in so certifying the chairperson may have regard to reasonable travelling time incurred by an office holder away from the metropolitan area of the capital city or the environs of the town in which the office holder lives.

Table D1A –Torres Strait Regional Authority – fees and travel tier.  (Rates are effective from 1 July 2008 unless otherwise specified).

Office Daily fee Travel Tier
Chair Deputy Chair Member
Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board $531 $366 2
Torres Strait Regional Authority $495 $366 2
TSRA – Member Advisory Council  - $366 2

SCHEDULE E – FEES AND ALLOWANCES FOR ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCILS

General Provisions relating to the following table:

·      Fees:  The fees set out in Table E1A below are payable in accordance with this Determination to the holders of the relevant office.

Table E1A – Holders of Public Offices in Aboriginal Land Councils. (Rates are effective from 1 July 2008 unless otherwise specified.)

 Office Rate of Salary or Fee Travel Tier
$ Frequency
NORTHERN LAND COUNCIL
Chairman
If engaged part-time on the functions and duties of the office 597 Daily fee 2
Member
if engaged on general Council business 237 Not exceeding daily fee 2
if engaged on business of the executive 339 Not exceeding daily fee 2
CENTRAL LAND COUNCIL
Chairman
If engaged part-time on the functions and duties of the office 597 Daily fee 2
Member
if engaged on general Council business 237 Not exceeding daily fee 2
if engaged on business of the executive 339 Not exceeding daily fee 2
TIWI LAND COUNCIL
Chairman 45,760 Annual fee 2
Deputy Chairman 25,800 Annual fee 2
Member, Management Committee 25,800 Annual fee 2
ANINDILYAKWA LAND COUNCIL
Chairman 62,780 Annual fee 2
Member 237 Not exceeding daily fee 2

Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2008/07:

Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office

This determination as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the tables below. Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Table of Instruments

Title

Date of FRLI registration

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Determination 2008/07 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office

12/06/2008

F2008L02070

1/07/2008

-

Determination 2008/13 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

31/07/2008

F2008L02738

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.15, 1.17 - 1/8/2008

Cl 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7,  1.13, 1.14, 1.16 - 1/7/2008

-

Determination 2008/16- Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

12/08/2008

F2008L03044

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5 - 13/8/2008 

Cl 1.3 -  28/7/2008

-

Determination 2008/18 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

17/09/2008

F2008L03461

Cl 1.1, 1.2  - 18/09/2008

-

Determination 2008/20 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

6/11/2008

F2008L04268

Cl 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8 - 7/11/2008

Cl 1.2  - 20/08/2008

Cl 1.4  - 12/09/2008

Cl 1.6  - 3/11/2008

-

Determination 2008/21 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

10/12/2008

F2008L04597

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 - 11/12/2008

-

Determination 2009/01 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament - Entitlements

14/01/2009

F2009L00049

Cl 1.1, 1.4 - 15/01/2009

Cl 1.2, 1.3 - 1/01/2009

-

Determination 2009/02 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

11/02/2009

F2009L00306

Cl 1.1, 1.3, 1.4 - 12/02/2009

Cl 1.2 - 15/12/2008

-

Determination 2009/03 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

25/03/2009

F2009L01174

Cl 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.10 - 26/3/2009

Cl 1.2 - 13/2/2009

Cl 1.9 – 1/3/2009

-

Determination 2009/04 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office; and Members of Parliament - Entitlements and Office Holders Additional Salary

28/04/2009

F2009L01579

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 - 29/4/2009

Cl 1.5 – 16/2/2009

-

Determination 2009/05 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

19/05/2009

F2009L01820

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.15, 1.19 - 20/5/2009

Cl 1.3 - 4/12/2008

Cl 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 – 27/4/2009

Cl 1.9, 1.10 – 17/3/2009

Cl 1.14 – 20/3/2009

Cl 1.16,  1.17, 1.18 – 26/3/2009

-

Determination 2009/08 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament  - Entitlements

24/06/2009

F2009L02522

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10 – 25/6/2009

Cl 1.3 - 31/3/2009

Cl 1.5, 1.7 - 1/7/2009

Cl 1.9 – 10/6/2009

-

Determination 2009/09 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office, Judicial and Related Offices, Members of Parliament, and Specified Statutory Officers

11/08/2009

F2009L03118

Cl 1.1,  1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.10, 1.12 12/8/09

Cl 1.3 –  1/7/2009

Cl 1.6 – 29/6/2009

Cl 1.8, 1.9  –  29/5/2009

Cl 1.11 – 6/8/2009

-

Determination 2009/12 –  Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

7/09/2009

F2009L03478

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 – 8/9/2009

-

Determination 2009/13 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

25/09/2009

F2009L03658

Cl 1.1, 1.5, 1.6 – 26/09/2009

Cl 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 – 1/09/2009

-

Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2008/07:

Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted                   am. = amended                    rs. = repealed and substituted   rep. = repealed

Provision affected How affected
Schedule A
Table A1A

am 2008/13, am 2008/16, am 2008/18, am 2008/20, am 2008/21, am 2009/01, am 2009/02,

am 2009/03, am 2009/04, am 2009/05, am 2009/08, am 2009/09, am 2009/12, am 2009/13

Clause A8 am 2009/13
Clause A15 rep 2009/12
Clause A19 am 2008/20
Clause A20 rep 2009/03
Clause A29 am 2009/03
Clause A33 rep 2009/04
Clause A40 ad 2008/13
Clause A41 ad 2008/13
Clause A42 ad 2009/01
Clause A43 ad 2009/05
Clause A44 ad 2009/05
Clause A45 ad 2009/05
Clause A46 ad 2009/09
Schedule B
Clause B1.1 am 2008/13, am 2008/20, am 2009/05
Schedule C
Table C1A am 2008/13, am 2009/04
Clause C1 am 2008/13
Clause C5 am 2009/05
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