Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2010/03: Judicial and Related Offices Remuneration and Allowances (Cth)

Determination 2010/03:

Judicial and Related Offices – Remuneration and Allowances

(i)        Pursuant to subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, the Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into the remuneration and allowances to be paid to holders of public office, and other matters significantly related thereto, and determines as set out below.

(ii)        This Determination takes effect on and from the day following the day it is registered in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments unless otherwise specified.

JUDICIAL AND RELATED OFFICES

1.1       Determination Number 17 of 2009 (as amended) is referred to as the Principal Determination.

1.2       Table 1 of the Principal Determination is amended by deleting the current table “Table 1 – Rates of Remuneration – Judicial Offices” and replacing it with the table contained in Attachment A to this determination.

1.3Clause 1.2 has effect on and from 1 May 2010.

1.4       Clause 2.2 of the Principal Determination is amended by replacing the following wording: “A Judge who also holds any of the following part-time offices shall be provided with an additional expense allowance of $1,860 a year” with “A Judge who also holds any of the following part-time offices shall be provided with an additional expense allowance of $1,888 a year with effect on and from 1 November 2009 to 30 April 2010 and $1,917 a year with effect on and from 1 May 2010”.

Signed this 1st day of April 2010.

Signed	Signed	Signed
John C Conde AO PRESIDENT	Janet E Grieve MEMBER	John B Prescott AC MEMBER

Attachment A

Table 1		RATES OF REMUNERATION – JUDICIAL OFFICES
Effective on and from 1 May 2010
Column 1	Column 2		Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Authority	Office		Full-Time Office Base Salary $	Part-Time Office  Daily Fee $	Travel Tier
High Court of Australia	Chief Justice		460,080	-	1
Justice		417,530	-	1
Federal Court of Australia	Chief Justice		389,610	-	1
Judge		354,070	-	1
Family Court of Australia	Chief Justice		389,610	-	1
Deputy Chief Justice		364,530	-	1
Judge (including Judges assigned to the appeal division, Judge administrators and senior Judges)		354,070	-	1
Judicial Registrar (1) (2)		266,270	1,054	1
Federal Magistrates Court	Chief Federal Magistrate		325,440	-	1
Federal Magistrate		276,150	-	1
Copyright Tribunal	President (3)		354,070	-	1
	Deputy President (Judicial)		-	-	1
Australian Competition Tribunal	President (3)		354,070	-	1
Australian Law Reform Commission	President (Judicial)		354,070	-	1
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	President (3)		354,070	-	1
National Native Title Tribunal	President (Judicial)		354,070	-	1
Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal	President		-	-

⁽¹⁾ For part-time office holders a minimum annual payment of ten times the daily fee applies.

⁽²⁾ A person appointed to this office before 10 December 1991 shall accrue recreation leave of six weeks per year of service.

⁽³⁾ An expense of office allowance of $1,917 a year is payable to a sitting Judge who also holds this office on a part-time basis.