REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2006/01
Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office
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 – FULL TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 6 of 2005 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 increases the remuneration for the Chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and removes a personal loading payable to the previous Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
6. Clause 1.3 removes a clause in the Principal Determination referring to the previous Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and establishes a personal loading for the Chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
7. Clause 1.4 specifies the date of effect for clauses 1.2 and 1.3 as 27 February 2006, the date of commencement of the Chair of the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
PART 2 – PART TIME OFFICES
8. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 5 of 2005 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
9. Clause 2.2 revokes some amendments to the Principal Determination made in a previous amending Determination (Number 18 of 2005), as it is not clear that the Remuneration Tribunal had the power to make all of those amendments at the time they were made.
10. Clauses 2.3 and 2.4 reinstate the proposed amendments referred to in the previous paragraph, as at the time of making this Determination the Remuneration Tribunal now has the power to make these amendments.
11. Clause 2.5 specifies the date of effect of the changes in clauses 2.3 and 2.4.
12. Clause 2.6 deletes the entries in the Principal Determination for a number of defunct bodies.
13. Clause 2.7 increases remuneration for the Chief Scientist.
14. Clauses 2.8 and 2.9 increase remuneration for the Chairman and Members of the Industry Research and Development Board, and specify the date of effect of the increases.
15. Clauses 2.10 and 2.11 increase remuneration for the Chairperson of the Grains Research and Development Corporation, and specify the date of effect of the increase.
16. Clause 2.12 adjusts the remuneration of the Chairperson of the Grains Research and Development Corporation for a period before the Principal Determination came into effect.
17. Clause 2.13 changes the name of a Committee of the Grains Research and Development Corporation to reflect current usage. This change does not involve any change in remuneration.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.