REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2006/20
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 – 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 sets remuneration for the new body, the Telstra Sale Company Limited.
6. Clause 1.3 specifies the date of effect of Clause 1.2, being the date on which the Tribunal made its in principle decision.
7. Clause 1.4 deletes the reference to the now defunct part-time offices in the “Australian Research Council” in Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination.
8. Clauses 1.5 and 1.6 remove the entry for the ‘Commissioner for Complaints under the Aged Care Complaints Resolution Scheme’ from the Principal Determination with effect from 1 November 2006. Consistent with Clause 2.5 of this Determination, the office will in future be considered a full-time office for Remuneration Tribunal purposes.
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 amend Part 2 of the Principal Determination and provide that Mr Steve Karas, Principal Member of the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal will be entitled to Tier 1 travel while he occupies this office, with effect from 17 October 2006.
11. Clause 2.4 amends Part 3 of the Principal Determination and ensures that where office holders are required to reside in an official residence as a requirement of office, total remuneration does not include the value of accommodation in the official residence, or the associated running costs and upkeep of the premises.
12. Clause 2.5 notes that the insertion of the clause about official residences causes the consequent renumbering of a clause already in the Principal Determination.
13. Clause 2.6 amends Part 4 of the Principal Determination and provides that for the period of his appointment, the current Administrator, Mr Neil Lucas, will be provided with two return economy class fares per annum to his principal place of residence for himself and any immediate family members resident with him on Christmas Island.
14. Clause 2.7 amends Part 5 of the Principal Determination and provides that for the period of his appointment, Mr Neil Lucas is entitled to an additional seven days recreation leave per annum.
15. Clauses 2.8 and 2.9 include the office of ‘Commissioner for Complaints’ in the Principal Determination, with effect from 1 November 2006. This office was originally a part-time office, but is now a full-time office.
PART 3 – MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
16. Clause 3.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 18 of 2006) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
17. Clause 3.2 amends clause 9.13 of the Principal Determination to provide greater flexibility in relation to who may accompany members of parliament on overseas study travel.
18. Clause 3.3 specifies the date of effect of Clause 3.2 as 1 November 2006.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.