REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2005/12
Remuneration and Allowances for Office Holders
1. The Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into and determined the remuneration and significantly related matters for office holders, as it is empowered to do by the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
2. In making this determination the Tribunal has informed itself through consultation in accordance with established practice.
3. Any retrospective application of this determination is in accordance with subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 as it does not affect the rights of a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) to that person’s disadvantage, nor does it impose any liability on such a person.
PART 1 – PART-TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 5 of 2005) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 updates the name of a Government Department (now Health and Ageing) named in the Determination.
6. Clause 1.3 inserts an entry for the new office of Associate Member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
7. Clause 1.4 deletes the obsolete entry for the National Health Information Management Advisory Council.
8. Clause 1.5 deletes the entry for the Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund, which has ceased operations.
9. Clauses 1.6 and 1.7 move the entries for the Clinical Casemix Committee of Australia, the General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committees and the General Practice Recognition Appeals Committee from Table A1A in Schedule A to clause B1.1 in Schedule B. This does not affect remuneration paid to these bodies.
10. Clause 1.8 deletes the entry for ‘Quality Use of Pathology Committee’, which is no longer within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction.
11. Clause 1.9 specifies a date of effect of 1 July 2005 in relation to all the provisions in Part 1, this being the date of effect of the Principal Determination.
PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
12. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 10 of 2005) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
13. Clause 2.2 rectifies a typographical error in clause 1.5 of the Principal Determination. Clause 1.5 was intended to refer to the National Water Commission, and not to any other organisation. The Explanatory Statement described the intended effect of the clause.
14. Clause 2.3 notes that Clause 1.5 of the Principal Determination should apply from its originally intended date of effect, 10 March 2005.
PART 3 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
15. Clause 3.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 6 of 2005) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
16. Clause 3.2 includes entries for the new organisation, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, sets a date of effect, and specifies, in the associated table, remuneration and travel tier for its Chair, Deputy Chair and Members.
PART 4 – PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES
17. Clause 4.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 15 of 1999) for the purposes of Part 4 of the Determination.
18. Clause 4.2 renews the capacity for an Employing Body to adjust Total Remuneration by up to 5 per cent during the financial year (2005-2006) in accordance with Clause D1 of the Principal Determination.
19. Clause 4.3 deletes the footnote reference concerning future financial years in which the Remuneration Tribunal will determine an amount by which remuneration may be adjusted.
20. Clause 4.4 specifies the date of effect of 1 July 2005 for clauses 4.2 and 4.3 of the Determination.
Authority: Sub-sections 5(2A), 7(3), 7(3D) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.