Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2011/05 Judicial and Related Offices Remuneration and Allowances (Cth)

Determination 2011/05:

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 12 of 2010 (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 2011.

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 $2,026 a year” with “A Judge who also holds any of the following part-time offices shall be provided with an additional expense allowance of $2,056 a year with effect on and from 1 May 2011”.

Signed this 27 day of April 2011.

Signed	Signed	Signed
John C Conde AO PRESIDENT	John B Prescott AC MEMBER	Ms Jillian Segal AM MEMBER

Attachment A

Table 1		RATES OF REMUNERATION – JUDICIAL OFFICES
Effective on and from 1 May 2011
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		493,440	-	1
Justice		447,790	-	1
Federal Court of Australia	Chief Justice		417,860	-	1
Judge		379,740	-	1
Family Court of Australia	Chief Justice		417,860	-	1
Deputy Chief Justice		390,960	-	1
Judge (including Judges assigned to the appeal division, Judge administrators and senior Judges)		379,740	-	1
Federal Magistrates Court	Chief Federal Magistrate		349,040	-	1
Federal Magistrate		296,180	-	1
Copyright Tribunal	President (1)		379,740	-	1
	Deputy President (Judicial)		-	-	1
Australian Competition Tribunal	President (1)		379,740	-	1
Australian Law Reform Commission	President (Judicial)		379,740	-	1
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	President (1)		379,740	-	1
National Native Title Tribunal	President (Judicial)		379,740	-	1
Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal	President		-	-

⁽¹⁾ An expense of office allowance of $2,056 a year is payable to a sitting Judge who also holds this office on a part-time basis.