Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2012/13 Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office (Cth)

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REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

Determination 2012/13:

Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time

Public Office

As amended.

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

Consolidated by the Remuneration Tribunal Secretariat as at 27 May 2013 and incorporates amending determinations up to and including 2013/06 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office including Judicial and Related Offices  

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 Portfolio)

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.

Schedule F – Specified offices – Annual Meeting Fee and Additional Daily Fees

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 2012.

1.3Effect on Earlier Determinations:  This Determination supersedes and revokes in full Determination 2011/09 (as amended) – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office and also supersedes and revokes the following Determinations (that amended 2011/09): 2011/13; 2011/14; 2011/17; 2011/19; 2011/21; 2011/23;   2012/01; 2012/07; 2012/08.

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 2.9;

‘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.  They are inclusive of the amount necessary to meet any taxation obligation in respect of these fees.

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.

2.2.1Any 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 2.9 to 2.13 of this Determination, be paid a daily fee as set out in Table 2A below.  These fees are inclusive of the amount necessary to meet any taxation obligation in respect of these fees.

Table 2A: Public Offices not specified in this Determination – Daily Fees with effect from 1 July 2012.

Office Category 1 Category 2 Category 3
$ per day $ per day $ per day
Chairperson 418 564 681
Member 314 418 606

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 base and meeting fees

2.4Application:  The provisions of clauses 2.5 to 2.7 apply to office-holders covered by Table A2A in Schedule A.  Clauses 2.8 to 2.13 do not apply to offices covered by Table A2A.

2.5Base fee:  The base fee is an annual fee payable on a periodic basis throughout each year.  Part years are paid on a proportionate basis. The base fee covers all activities undertaken on behalf of the authority, except formal meetings of the authority.  Committee work is included in the base fee.

2.6Meeting fee:  The daily meeting fees specified in Table A2A are payable only in respect of formal meetings of the prescribed authority, requiring attendance for a full day, or more than one day, of at least 5 hours on each day.  Formal meeting attendance for each member must be certified by the Chair or nominated presiding officer.

2.7Exclusions:  No meeting fee is payable in respect of part-day meetings, preparation or travel time, committee meetings, formal dinners, teleconferences, representational activities or other business of the authority.  The base fee covers those activities.  There is no payment in respect of aggregation of part-day work of any kind.

Conditions of payment of daily fees

2.8Application:  The provisions of clauses 2.9 to 2.13 apply to office-holders covered by clause 2.3 and by Schedules A (Table A1A only), B and C, unless otherwise specified.  Clauses 2.9 to 2.13 do not apply to Schedules D and E.

2.9Daily 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.

2.10Daily 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.

2.10.1The 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.

2.10.2The maximum payment in respect of any one day shall be the daily fee.

2.11Part-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 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 2.10.1; and

(e)         preparation time shall only be included in accordance with clause 2.9.

2.12Aggregation 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 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 2.10.1; and

(e)         preparation time shall only be included in accordance with clause 2.9.

2.13    Daily Fees – travelling on non-meeting days: Where an office holder must undertake official travel on a non-meeting day, the chairperson or nominated presiding officer may determine that the office holder is engaged on business of the authority for the period of that travel and is therefore entitled to receive all or part of the daily fee in accordance with subclause 2.10.1 and 2.10.2.

2.14    Daily Fee – Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT): The following sub-clauses          apply, (and clauses 2.4 to 2.7 and clauses 2.9 to 2.13 do not apply) in relation to a person who holds an office as a member of the SCT on a part-time basis.

2.14.1 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.

2.14.2 The Chairperson of the SCT must certify the nature, reasonableness and   duration of official business undertaken prior to any payment of fees to such a          person.

2.14.3 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.

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

2.15    Daily Fee – Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT): The following sub-clauses apply, (and clauses 2.4 to 2.7 and clauses 2.9 to 2.13 do not apply) in relation to a person who holds an office as a member of the SSAT on a part-time basis.

2.15.1A 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.

2.15.2The Principal Member of the SSAT is to certify the nature, reasonableness and               duration of official business undertaken prior to any payment of fees to such a                   person.

2.15.3Official 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.

2.15.4    In addition to fees specified a part-time member shall be paid a cancellation fee             equivalent to 50 per cent of one day’s fee for the cancellation of all work on a    day with fewer than 5 working days’ notice.

2.15.5The maximum payment in respect of any one day shall be the 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

Table A1A – Specified offices – annual and daily fees and travel tier. (Rates are effective from 1 July 2012 unless otherwise specified.)

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:

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

o  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.

Column 1

Office/Authority

Column 2

Chair

$

Column 3

Member

$

Column 4

Additional clauses applying

Column 5

Travel tier

NBN Co Limited 204,710 a 102,400 a A44 1
Future Fund 193,660 a 96,850 a 1
Australia Post 174,740 a 87,400 a A1 1
Commonwealth Grants Commission (full-time) 100,790 a 1
Fair Work Australia – Minimum Wage Panel Members - 71,120 a 1
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 160,740 a $52,910 a A2 1

ASC Pty Ltd

Effective 17 December 2012 ref Det 2013/02

150,000 a 70,000 a A4 1
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) 127,020 a A3, A8, A45 See A8
Medibank Private Ltd 125,510 a 62,810 a A3, A46 1
Murray-Darling Basin Authority 105,770 a 62,780 a A43 1
Reserve Bank of Australia 62,780 a 1
Airservices Australia 105,770 a 52,910 a A3, A5 1
Australian Rail Track Corporation 105,770 a 52,910 a 1
Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board (CASA) 105,770 a 52,910 a A3, A6 1
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 105,770 a 52,910 a A3, A7 1
Defence Housing Australia 105,770 a 52,910 a A3 1

National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency

(DisabilityCare Australia)

Effective 11 May 2013 ref Det 2013/05

105,770 a 52,910 a A34 1

Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (IMT)

Effective  13 December 2012 ref Det 2013/02

105,770 a 52,910 a A23 1
Commissioner, Australian Transport Safety Bureau Commission 52,910 a 1
Board of Taxation 103,000 a 51,500 a 1

Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)

Effective 1 July 2012 ref Det 2012/17

100,000 a 50,000 a A47 1
Payments System Board (full-time) 51,360 a 1
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 91,020 a 903 d A8, A40 See A8
Tourism Australia 89,060 a 44,580 a A3, A9 1
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd (AITSL) 88,360 a 881 d A8, A10 See A8
Foreign Investment Review Board 87,500 a 47,500 a 1

Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA)

Effective 1 June 2013 ref Det 2013/06

85,330 a 34,230 a 1
Innovation Australia Board 85,330 a 39,820 a 2
Innovation Australia Committee 14,270 a 8,380 a A11 2

Innovation Australia Committee – Non

Innovation Australia Board Member

913 d 913 d 2
Private Health Insurance Administration Council 80,950 a 47,270 a A3 1
General Practice Education and Training Limited 80,950 a 36,570 a 1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (full-time) 35,880 a 1
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission 80,950 a 34,230 a 1

Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA)

Effective 1 March 2013 ref Det 2013/03

80,950 a 34,230 a A49 2
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 80,950 a 20,740 a A8 See A8
NHMRC – Research Committee 71,290 a 2
NHMRC – Australian Health Ethics Committee 57,670 a 2
NHMRC – All other Principal Committees not specified in this Determination 57,670 a 2
International Air Services Commission 68,070 a 34,230 a 1
Medical Services Advisory Committee 68,070 a 681 d 1
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 67,770 a 34,230 a A12 1
National Competition Council 64,290 a 34,230 a 1
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 61,800 a 20,600 a 2
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) 61,800 a 20,600 a 2
Aboriginal Hostels Limited 61,760 a 33,490 a 2
Indigenous Land Corporation 61,760 a 33,490 a A3, A13 1
Outback Stores Pty Ltd – Chair/Director 61,760 a 33,490 a 2
Australian Hearing Services 61,760 a 27,030 a A3 1
Australian Heritage Council 61,760 a 27,030 a 1
Australian Heritage Council – Associate Member - 27,030 a 1
Australian Maritime Safety Authority 61,760 a 27,030 a A3, A13 1
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Board (ANSTO) 61,760 a 27,030 a A3, A13 1
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation 61,760 a 27,030 a A3, A13, A14 1
Indigenous Business Australia 61,760 a 33,490 a A3, A13 1
Special Broadcasting Service 61,760 a 27,030 a A13 1
Australian Electoral Commission 61,760 a 1
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority Board 54,020 a 27,030 a 1

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Advisory Council

Effective 23 August 2012 ref Det 2012/22

797 d 659 d 2
Health Workforce Australia 54,020 a 659 d 2
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency 51,360 a 27,030 a 1
Australian Sports Commission 51,360 a 27,030 a A3, A15 1
National Rural Advisory Council 51,360 a 27,030 a 1
Screen Australia 51,360 a 27,030 a A16 1
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (full-time) 27,030 a A15 2
Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation 51,360 a 25,770 a 1
National Capital Authority 51,360 a 20,740 a 1
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (full-time) 20,740 a 2
Australia Council 51,360 a 14,700 a A15 1
Safe Work Australia 51,360 a - 2
National Health Performance Authority 41,200 a 20,600 a A18 2
Australian Institute of Marine Science Council 40,510 a 20,740 a A17 2
Cancer Australia Advisory Council 40,510 a 20,740 a 2
Frontline Defence Services (AAFCANS) 40,510 a 20,740 a A3 2
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust 40,510 a 20,740 a A3 2
Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council 40,510 a - 2
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation 38,950 a 691 d 1
Council for the Australian Film Television and Radio School 35,820 a 17,930 a A3 2
Defence Strategic Reform Advisory Board 29,830 a 19,890 a 1
Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee 29,370 a 20,740 a 2
Australia Business Arts Foundation 29,370 a 14,270 a A19 1
Australian National Maritime Museum Council 29,370 a 14,700 a 2
Australian National Maritime Museum – Member of a Committee (other than a council member) 691 d 2
Australian War Memorial Council 29,370 a 14,700 a 2
National Gallery of Australia Council 29,370 a 14,700 a A19 2
National Library of Australia Council 29,370 a 14,700 a A19 2
National Museum of Australia Council 29,370 a 14,700 a 2
Australian Statistics Advisory Council 29,370 a - 1
Public Lending Right Committee 29,370 a - 2
Classification Review Board 27,720 a 775 d A20 2
Defence Reserves Support Council (DRSC) – National Executive 24,750 a 21,060 a 2
DRSC – State/Territory Chairs 480 d - 2
Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority – Advisory Board 23,460 a 681 d 2
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 21,320 a 616 d 2
Australia Council, Boards 21,320 a - 2
Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula 16,920 a - 2
Professional Services Review – Committees 1,312 d 1,164 d 1
Professional Services Review – Determining Authority 1,312 d 1,164 d 1
Australian Energy Regulator - 1,081 d 1
Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board 1,213 d 985 d A22 1
Examiner, Australian Crime Commission 1,213 d - A41 1
Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) – Member - 985 d A24 2
TPB – Committee Member - 681 d 2
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) 1,090 d 900 d 2
Co-operative Research Centres Committee 1,090 d 900 d 2
Education Investment Fund Advisory Board 1,090 d 900 d 1
Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board 1,090 d 900 d 1
Infrastructure Australia 1,090 d 900 d 1
Specialist Medical Review Council (SMRC) – Convenor/councillor 1,090 d 900 d A25 1
Australian Government Reconstruction Inspectorate 1,090 d 900 d 1
Regional Development Australia Fund Advisory Panel 1,090 d 900 d 1
Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) 1,058 d 873 d 2
National Transport Commission 1,004 d 900 d 1
ACCC – Associate Member - 900 d 1
ACMA – Associate Member - 900 d 1
Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council - 900 d 1

Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) – Senior Member

Effective 1 January 2013 ref Det 2013/05

- 850 d 2
Administrative Review Council 1,004 d 833 d 1
Migration Review Tribunal - 831 d A29 2
Refugee Review Tribunal - 831 d A30 2
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (full-time) 831 d 2
Family Law Council 1,004 d 828 d 1
Comcover Advisory Council - 828 d 1
Productivity Commission (full-time) 828 d 1
Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal 985 d - 2
Threatened Species Scientific Committee 976 d 654 d 1
Takeovers Panel 900 d 900 d A26 1
Repatriation Medical Authority 900 d 798 d A27 1
Anti-Doping Research Program Panel - 798 d 1
Defence Force Advocate - 798 d A28 1
Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal - 798 d 1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal (full-time) 798 d 1
Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) Member - 775 d 3
Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee 900 d 681 d A31 1
Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee 900 d 681 d A31 1
National Film and Sound Archive 900 d 681 d A32 2
Official Establishments Trust 900 d 681 d 1
Oil Stewardship Advisory Council 900 d 681 d 1

National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency – Advisory Council (DisabilityCare Australia)

Effective 11 May 2013 ref Det 2013/05

900

d

681

d

2

Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority 900 d 681 d 1
Professional Committees in Health and Ageing (listed in Schedule B) 900 d 681 d 1
Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 900 d 681 d 1
Tuition Protection Service (TPS) Advisory Board 900 d 418 d A21 2
Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority 900 d - A33 1
Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme Review Authority 900 d - 1
National Mental Health Commission (Chair/Commissioner) 898 d 681 d 2
National Blood Authority 866 d 656 d 1
Defence Science and Technology Organisation Advisory Board 833 d 681 d 2
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (Convener/Member) 828 d 753 d 1

Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board

Effective 1 December 2012 ref Det 2013/03

828 d 753 d 2

Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board - Committees

Effective 1 December 2012 ref Det 2013/03

564 d 418 d 2
Australian Community Pharmacy Authority 828 d 681 d 2
Australian National Council on Drugs 828 d 681 d A35 2
Australian River Co. Ltd 828 d 681 d A36 2
Co-operative Research Centres Appraisal Panels 828 d 681 d 2
Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee 828 d 681 d 2
Disciplinary Appeal Committees under PE(CT) Regulations 1999 828 d - 2
Commission for International Agricultural Research 798 d 581 d 2
Biological Diversity Advisory Committee 798 d 506 d 2
Fuel Standards Consultative Committee 798 d 506 d 2
Indigenous Advisory Committee 798 d 506 d 2
Australian Astronomical Observatory Advisory Committee (AA0AC) 798 d 506 d 2
Disability Standards Review Panel 798 d 418 d 2
National Housing Supply Council 798 d - 2
Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) Advisory Council 797 d 531 d 2
Geographical Indications Committee 768 d 681 d 2
Australian Strategic Policy Institute 768 d 622 d 2
Australian Social Inclusion Board 768 d 606 d 2
Veterans’ Review Board (Senior Member; Member) 758 d 676 d 2
ABC Advisory Council 681 d 606 d 2
Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel 681 d 606 d 2
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) 681 d 606 d 2
AIATSIS Research Advisory Committee - 423 d 2
National Archives of Australia Advisory Council 681 d 606 d 2
National Customs Brokers Licensing Advisory Committee 681 d 606 d 2
Editorial Advisory Board 681 d - A37 2
Defence Industry Study Course 681 d - 2
Religious Advisory Committee to the Services 606 d 606 d 2
National Rural Advisory Council – Specialist Committees - 606 d 2
Defence Force Case Assessment Panel 564 d 518 d 2
Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme Reconsideration Committee 564 d 518 d 2

APS Reconsideration Committee

Effective 1 July 2012 ref Det 2012/22

564 d 518 d 2
Aboriginals Benefit Account Advisory Committee (ABAAC) 564 d 418 d 2
ASADA – Advisory Group 564 d 418 d 2
CSIRO – Advisory Committees 564 d 418 d 2
Medical Training Review Panel - 418 d 2
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections 418 d 314 d A38 2
Defence Families of Australia 418 d - 2
Australian Bravery Decorations Council No fee No fee 1
Council for the Order of Australia 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. Australia Post: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive an additional $10,115 per annum.  A member who is appointed to the Audit Committee will receive an additional $10,115 per annum as member, or $20,210 per annum as Chair, of the Committee.  A member who is appointed to the Board of Postcorp will receive an additional $4,553 per annum.

A2. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $79,340 per annum.

A3. 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 $14,700 per annum.  A member who is a member of the Committee will receive an additional $7,350 per annum.  In lieu of the preceding amounts, the Hon Michael Knight AO will receive $5,238 per annum for service on Australian Hearing Services, Audit and Risk Committee.

A4. ASC Pty Ltd: This Clause does not apply to the Chair. A member who is Chair of the Audit Committee, or Audit and Risk Committee, however named, will receive an additional $14,700 per annum. A member who is a member of the Committee will receive an additional $7,350 per annum. A member who is Chair of the Business Assurance and Security (BAS) Committee will receive an additional $14,120 per annum. A member who is member of the BAS Committee will receive an additional $7,056 per annum.

A5. Airservices Australia: A member who is appointed as Deputy Chair will receive an additional fee of $7,350 per annum.

A6. Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Board: A member who is appointed a Deputy Chair will receive $60,250 per annum.

A7. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): An additional per diem payment of $811 shall be paid to members of CSIRO who serve on the boards of subsidiaries/associated commercial enterprises.

A8. Various: The Chair is entitled to Tier 1 travel arrangements. Members/Directors are entitled to Tier 2 travel arrangements.

A9. Tourism Australia: A member who is appointed as Deputy Chair will receive $59,190 per annum.

A10. Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd (AITSL): The Deputy Chair will receive $66,280 per annum. The Deputy Chair is entitled to Tier 1 Travel arrangements.

A11. Innovation Australia: The Chair and Members of the Innovation Australia Board shall only receive     remuneration for one Committee.

A12. Food Standards Australia New Zealand: A Member who is the Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management (FARM) Committee will receive an additional $8,807 per annum.  A Member who is member of the FARM Committee will receive an additional $4,404 per annum.

A13. Various: A member of the named body who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $40,510 per annum.

A14. Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC): A member who is the Chair of EFIC’s Alliance and Contingent Divestment Implementation Committee will receive an additional pro-rata payment of $8,807 per annum.  A member who is a member of EFIC’s Alliance and Contingent Divestment Implementation Committee will receive an additional pro-rata payment of $4,404 per annum.

A15. Various: A member of the named body who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $30,110 per annum.

A16. Screen Australia: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $27,030 per annum.  A member who is chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $8,817 per annum.  A member who is a member of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $4,409 per annum.

A17. Australian Institute of Marine Science: A member who is chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $8,807 per annum.  A member who is a member of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $4,404 per annum.

A18. National Health Performance Authority: The Deputy Chair will receive $30,900 per annum.

A19. Various: A member of the named body who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $20,740 per annum.

A20. Classification Review Board: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Convener will receive $794 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.

A21. Tuition Protection Service (TPS): The Advisory Board Chair will receive an additional $159 per day until 30 June 2013.

A22. Company Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board: The Deputy Chairman will receive $1,109 per diem. 

A23. Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (IMT): The Chair will receive an additional loading of $19,740 per annum. The Deputy Chair will receive $84,620 per annum and an additional loading of $15,380 per annum.  A Member will receive an additional loading of $9,900 per annum. The additional loadings will cease at close of business on 31 December 2014. In lieu of any other determined provisions, the Hon Andrew Fraser will be paid $31,405 per annum while he fills the office of Director, IMT.

A24. Tax Practitioners Board (TPB): 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.

A25. Specialist Medical Review Council (SMRC): In addition to the relevant daily fee, the Convenor will receive a retainer of $26,600 per annum. A councillor who is appointed as a presiding councillor under subsection 196ZK(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 will, in addition to the relevant daily fee, receive a retainer of $17,930 per annum.

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 $19,400 for the Chairman and $3,247 for the Members.

A27. Repatriation Medical Authority: Retainers of $53,130 for the Chairperson and $35,410 for the Members will be payable.

A28. 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.

A29. Migration Review Tribunal: Members of the Migration Review Tribunal receive a daily fee for seven hours work (which may be cumulative over several days).

A30. Refugee Review Tribunal: Members of the Refugee Review Tribunal receive a daily fee for seven hours work (which may be cumulative over several days).

A31. 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 $681 per day and is entitled to Tier 1 Travel.

A32. National Film and Sound Archive: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $681 per day.

A33. Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $828 per day.

A34.  National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency (DisabilityCare Australia): The Chair will receive an additional loading of $20,000 per annum. A Member will receive an additional loading of $10,000 per annum.  The additional loadings will cease at close of business on      30 June 2016. A Member who is appointed as the Audit Committee Chair will receive an additional $14,700 per annum.  A Member who is appointed as a Member of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $7,350 per annum. The Board Chair is not eligible for additional fees, should that office holder be appointed to the Audit Committee.

A35. Australian National Council on Drugs: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chairman will receive $743 per day.

A36. Australian River Company: Mr E G Anson shall receive additional remuneration of $55,460 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 $753 per day.

A37. Editorial Advisory Board: Subject to a minimum payment of $3,085 per annum.

A38. 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.

A39. Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission: 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. Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA): The Deputy Chair will receive $68,270 per annum, and is entitled to Tier 1 Travel.

A41. Examiner, Australian Crime Commission: The maximum amount an Examiner who is paid by way of daily fees can be paid in one year is $206,920.

A42.  Deleted.

A43. Murray-Darling Basin Authority: While Mr Craig Knowles occupies the office of Chair, he will receive an annual fee of $67,400.

A44. NBN Co Limited: A member who is appointed as Deputy Chair will receive an additional fee of $62,410 per annum. The Deputy Chair is entitled to Tier 1 Travel arrangements.

A45. Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC): The Director will receive $60,750 per annum.

A46. Medibank Private Ltd: While Ms Anna Bligh occupies the office of member, she will receive $46,483 per annum.

A47. Clean Energy Finance Corporation Board (CEFC) Members: Until 30 June 2013, in addition to the annual fee, a daily fee of $850 is payable for 7½ aggregated hours of work; only where a member is involved in organisational establishment tasks over and above those reasonably expected of Board Members. Payment is subject to approval by the Chair. Member’s remuneration is capped at $60,000 during the 2012/13 financial year.

A48. Deleted.

A49. Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency: While Mr Mark Darras occupies the office of Chair, he will receive a personal loading of $7,500 per annum.

Table A2A – Specified offices – base and meeting fees and travel tier. (Rates are effective from 1 July 2012 unless otherwise specified.)

General provisions relating to the following table: 

  • The fees set out in Table A2A below are payable in accordance with the conditions of this Determination to the holders of the relevant office.

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

Column 1

Office/Authority

Column 2

Base fee

$

Column 3

Meeting fee

$

Column 4

Additional clauses applying

Column 5

Travel tier

Climate Change Authority -                  Chair 51,500 1000 2
Member 25,750 800
Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) 36,050 500 1

National Water Commission -  

Chair

51,500 800 2
Commissioner 25,750 500
Clean Energy Regulator -                 Member 25,750 900 A2A-2 1

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board

               Chair

25,750 800 2

                      Member

Effective 6/12/2012 ref Det 2012/25

10,300 500
Independent Assessor - Special Building Industry Powers 20,600 - A2A-3 2
Woomera Prohibited Area Advisory Board (WPAAB) - Independent Chair 10,300 800 2
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation -                 Chair 20,000 1,000 1

Member

Effective 20/08/2012 ref Det  2012/17

10,000 850

ADDITIONAL CLAUSES TO TABLE A2A

A2A-1 Deleted.

A2A–2 Clean Energy Regulator: A maximum cap of 15 daily meeting fees will be paid each calendar year.  Meeting fees are not payable for any meetings which exceed this 15 meeting fee cap.

A2A-3.  Independent Assessor – Special Building Industry Powers: The base fee includes payment for the first 20 full days of work, in any given financial year, where a day is an aggregate of at least 7 hours, after which a daily fee of $824 per day of work would apply.

SCHEDULE B – PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES – HEALTH AND AGEING PORTFOLIO

B1.  The Offices in subclause B1.1 are defined as Professional Committees in the Health and Ageing Portfolio. As determined in Table A1A of Schedule A, the entitlements of these committees are as follows.

  • Chair  $900 per day
  • Member  $681 per day
  • Travel Tier 1

B1.1 Professional Committees

  • Advisory Committee for Biologicals

  • Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling

  • Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines

  • Advisory Committee on Medical Devices

  • Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling

  • Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines

  • Advisory Committee on Non-Prescription Medicines

  • Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medical Devices

  • Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medicines

  • Advisory Committee on the Safety of Vaccines

  • Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Expert Committees

  • Australian Therapeutic Goods Advisory Committee

  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority Clinical Advisory Committee

  • Medicare Participation Review Committees

  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality Council

  • National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council

  • Pathology Services Table Committee

  • Pharmaceutical Services Committee of Inquiry

  • 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:

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

o  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 2012 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

65,270

a

32,830

a

C1

1

Grains Research and Development Corporation

64,560

a

32,130

a

C2

1

Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation

51,360

a

29,370

a

2

Wine Australia Corporation

51,360

a

29,230

a

2

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

51,360

a

29,230

a

1

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

51,360

a

29,230

a

C3

1

Cotton Research and Development Corporation

40,510

a

20,740

a

2

Sugar Research and Development Corporation

40,510

a

20,740

a

C4

2

Fishing Industry Policy Council

35,820

2

Wheat Exports Australia

1,004

d

654

d

1

Research and Development Corporations Selection Committees

Effective 1 July 2012 ref Det 2013/05

828

d

1

Wine Australia Corporation Selection Committee

828

d

-

1

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Selection Committees

828

d

-

1

Committees of Research and Development Corps

681

d

606

d

C5

2

Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel

681

d

606

d

2

Management Advisory Committees, Australian Fisheries Management Authority

606

d

418

d

2

ADDITIONAL CLAUSES TO SCHEDULE C

C1. Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission: A member who is appointed as a Deputy Chair will receive $32,830 per annum.

C2. Grains Research and Development Corporation: The Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee will receive an additional annual fee of $14,700; whilst a member of the same committee will receive an additional annual fee of $7,350.

C3. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: The Chair of the Audit Committee will receive an additional annual fee of $8,897; whilst a member of the same Committee will receive an additional annual fee of $4,404.

C4. Sugar Research and Development Corporation: A Non-executive Director who sits on of the Audit Committee will receive an additional $8,807 per annum as Chair of the Committee or $4,404 per annum as Member of the Committee.

C5. Research & Development Corps: This entry refers to committees established under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and 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 2012 unless otherwise specified).

Office Daily fee Travel Tier
Chair Deputy Chair Member
Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) - $564 $418 2
TSRA – Member Advisory Committees - - $418 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 2012 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 681 Daily, maximum one per day 2
Member
if engaged on general Council business 272 Daily, maximum one per day 2
if engaged on business of the executive 388 Daily, maximum one per day 2
CENTRAL LAND COUNCIL
Chairman
If engaged part-time on the functions and duties of the office 681 Daily, maximum one per day 2
Member
if engaged on general Council business 272 Daily, maximum one per day 2
if engaged on business of the executive 388 Daily, maximum one per day 2
TIWI LAND COUNCIL
Chairman 52,080 Annual fee 2
Deputy Chairman 29,370 Annual fee 2
Member, Management Committee 29,370 Annual fee 2
ANINDILYAKWA LAND COUNCIL

Chairman

If engaged part-time on the functions and duties of the office

598 Daily, maximum one per day 2
Member 272 Daily, maximum one per day 2

SCHEDULE F – SPECIFIED OFFICES – ANNUAL MEETING FEE AND ADDITIONAL DAILY FEES

General Provisions relating to the following table:

F1.         Application:  The office-holders specified in this Schedule shall be paid in accordance with the following clauses.  For the purposes of Clauses F3 to F4 ‘business of the authority’ as defined at Clause 1.4, also excludes travel associated with attendance at a formal meeting.

F2.         Annual meeting fee:  The annual meeting fee is an annual fee payable on a periodic basis throughout each year.  Part years are paid on a proportionate basis. The annual meeting fee covers all formal meetings, regardless of their duration, of the prescribed authority, including any preparation time and travel associated with the meetings.

F3.         Additional daily fee:  The additional daily fee specified in Table F1A is payable in respect of other business of the authority undertaken for periods of a full day, or more, of at least five hours on each day.  For this purpose business of the authority includes sub-committee work and reasonable travel where it is not associated with a formal meeting.

F.4         Aggregation of hours for additional daily fee:  An office-holder may also be paid an additional daily fee in respect of aggregates of periods of business       of the authority of less than five hours, subject to the following conditions:

(a)   individual periods of business must be for a minimum of one hour;

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

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

(d)   eligibility for each payment shall be certified by the chairperson.

F.5         Annual cap: Payment of the additional daily fee to an office-holder may be subject to an annual cap where specified in Column 4 of Table F1A.          No additional daily fees are payable where the accumulated daily fee earnings of the individual office-holder during a financial year reach the cap specified in Column 4 of Table F1A. 

F.6Additional clauses: The additional clauses referred to in Column 5, where applicable, are listed immediately following the Table.

Table F1A – Annual meeting fee and additional daily fee – fees and travel tier. 

Column 1

Office/Authority

Column 2

Annual meeting fee

$

Column 3

Additional daily fee

$

Column 4

Annual cap on additional daily fees

$        

Column 5

Additional clauses applying

Column 6

Travel tier

Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal
Mining Development   Chair

50,000

1,000

20,000

F1A-1

1

Member 35,000 700 14,000 F1A-1 1

Prostheses List Advisory Committee

         Chair

35,000

900

1
Member 18,000 681 1

ADDITIONAL CLAUSES TO TABLE F1A

F1A-1 IESC on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development:  The Chair will receive an additional establishment loading of $20,000 per annum until 15 November 2013.  Members will receive an additional establishment loading of $10,000 per annum until 15 November 2013.

Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2012/13:

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 2012/13 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office

22/06/2012

F2012L01300

1/07/2012

-

Determination 2012/17 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office including Judicial and Related Offices

28/08/2012

F2012L01779

Cl  2.8, 2.9 – 1/07/2012

Cl  2.12 – 20/08/2012

Cl  2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13 – 29/08/2012

-

Determination 2012/20 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office, Principal Executive Office – Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions and Judicial and Related Offices

3/10/2012

F2012L01996

Cl  2.5, 2.6 – 1/07/2012

Cl  2.2 – 1/09/2012

Cl  2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.7 – 4/10/2012

-

Determination 2012/22 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Specified Statutory Offices

30/10/2012

F2012L02104

Cl 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11 – 31/10/2012

Cl  2.4 – 1/07/2012

Cl  2.6 – 23/08/2012

Cl  2.8, 2.9, 2.10 -1/10/2012

-

Determination 2012/23 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

20/11/2012

F2012L02200

Cl 2.2, 2.3,2.4, - 9/11/2012

Cl 2.1, 2.5 – 21/11/2012

-

Determination 2012/25 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

2/01/2013

F2013L00006

Cl  1.1, 1.3 - 3/01/2013

Cl  1.2 - 6/12/2012

-

Determination 2013/02 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

20/02/2013

F2013L00242

Cl 1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.14, 1.16 –21/02/2013

Cl 1.2, 1.3 – 13/12/2012

Cl 1.5, 1.6 – 17/12/2012

Cl 1.8 – 1/01/2013

Cl 1.10, - 14/02/2013

Cl 1.12, 1.13 – 21/12/2012

Cl 1.15 – 1/11/2012

-

Determination 2013/03: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

14/03/2013

F2013L00464

Cl 1.1, 1.4, 1.6 – 15/03/2013

Cl 1.2, 1.3 – 1/03/2013

Cl 1.5 – 1/12/2012

-

Determination 2013/04: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office

8/04/2013

F2013L00629

Cl 1.2 – 1/03/2013

Cl 1.4 – 4/04/2013

Cl 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6 – 9/04/2013

-

Determination 2013/05: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office including Judicial and Related Offices

10/05/2013

F2013L00761

Cl 1.8 – 1/07/2012   Cl 1.5 – 1/01/2013

Cl 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 – 11/05/2013

-

Determination 2013/06: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office including Judicial and Related Offices

27/05/2013

F2013L00849

Cl 1.1, 1.4, 1.5 – 28/05/2013

Cl 1.2, 1.3 – 1/06/2013

-

Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2012/13:

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 2012/17, am 2012/20, am 2012/22, am 2013/02, am 2013/03, am 2013/04, am 2013/05,       am 2013/06
Clause A3 am 2012/17
Clause A4 am 2013/02
Clause A23 rep 2012/22, ad 2013/02, am 2013/05
Clause A34 rs 2013/05
Clause A42 rep 2013/05
Clause A46 rep 2012/22, ad 2013/02
Clause A47 ad 2012/17
Clause A48 ad 2012/20, am 2013/02, rep 2013/06
Clause A49 ad 2013/03
Table A2A ad 2012/17, am 2012/25, am 2013/04
Clause A2A-1 rep 2013/04
Schedule B
Clause B1.1 am 2012/20, am 2012/22, am 2013/02
Schedule C
Table C1A am 2013/05
Schedule F ad 2012/23
Clause F1 ad 2012/23
Clause F2 ad 2012/23
Clause F3 ad 2012/23
Clause F4 ad 2012/23
Clause F5 ad 2012/23
Clause F6 ad 2012/23
Table F1A ad 2012/23, am 2013/02
Clause F1A-1 ad 2012/23
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