REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2005/18
Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament
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 – MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2005) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 replaces the word “days” with “overnight stays” to correct an administrative error.
PART 2 – PART TIME OFFICES
6. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 5 of 2005 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
7. Clause 2.2 deletes the annual fee set for the former President of the National Competition Council, as the position will not be filled on a permanent basis until at least August 2006.
8. Clause 2.3 adjusts the fee payable to the Chair, Disability Standards Review Panels, by abolishing the annual fee and increasing the daily fee from $434 to $615.
9. Clause 2.4 deletes the footnotes relating to the former President of the National Competition Council and to the annual fee of the Chair, Disability Standards Review Panels; and notes that this action will cause other footnotes to be renumbered.
10. Clause 2.5 specifies a date of effect of 1 January 2006 for clauses 2.2 to 2.4, to ensure that these changes are not retrospective.
11. Clause 2.6 deletes entries for three obsolete bodies, the National Occupational Health and Safety Committee, the Government’s Civics Education Group, and the Steering Committee on Community Civics Education.
12. Clause 2.7 includes entries to set remuneration for three new organisations, Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, the Australian Safety and Compensation Council and the Award Review Taskforce.
13. Clause 2.8 includes two further footnotes to set loadings for the Chair and Deputy Chair in Teaching Australia, to set a separate Travel Tier for Teaching Australia’s Chair and to set a fee for the Australian Safety and Compensation Council’s Deputy Chair.
PART 3 – JUDICIAL AND RELATED OFFICES
14. Clause 3.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 11 of 2005) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
15. Clause 3.2 increases the remuneration in Table 1 for Judicial Registrars of the Family Court of Australia.
16. Clause 3.3 establishes the date of effect for this increase as 30 September 2005.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(1), 7(2), 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.