REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2006/17
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 – PART-TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 12 of 2006 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 inserts a daily fee of $607 for members of the ANSTO – Technical Advisory Committee with effect from 1 July 2006. This entry was inadvertently omitted when the Principal Determination was made.
6. Clause 1.3 changes the name of a committee referred to in Schedule C of the Principal Determination from “Finance and Audit Committee” to its current name, “Finance, Risk and Audit Committee”.
7. Clause 1.4 deletes references to the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) Board and National Employment and Training Task Force. These bodies are now defunct.
8. Clause 1.5 deletes the reference to the now defunct Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) Board in Clause A6 of the Additional Clauses to Table A1A of the Principal Determination.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
9. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2006) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
10. Clauses 2.2 and 2.3 remove the accommodation allowance for the Commissioner, Australian Federal Police, Mr Mick Keelty APM. Mr Keelty’s circumstances have now changed and he no longer requires this allowance.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.