REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Determination 2006/21:
Parliamentary Office Holders – Additional Salary
As amended.
Made under sub-sections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
Consolidated as at 22 December 2006 and incorporates amending determinations up to and including 2006/23 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament.
This Determination governs additional salary for parliamentary office holders.
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 This Determination is issued pursuant to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, sub-section 7(1), and prevails, to the extent of any inconsistency, over Schedule 4 of the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 (as contemplated in section 3(2) of that latter Act).
1.2 This Determination takes effect on and from the date of signature. It revokes Determination 2005/17 in full.
PART 2 – ADDITIONAL SALARY AND RELATED MATTERS
2.1 For the purposes of this Determination, the basic salary to which reference is made in Table 1 shall be the amount from time to time payable pursuant to Clause 1 of Schedule 3 to the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 and Regulation 4 of the Remuneration and Allowances Regulations 1999.
2.2 A person who holds a parliamentary office shall be paid the additional salary specified in Table 1.
2.3 In administering this Determination, authorities shall:
(a) calculate additional salary in Table 1 by rounding up to the nearest ten dollars; and
(b) pay the annual benefits specified in proportion (pro rata) to the office holder’s period of service during that year.
TABLE 1 RATES OF ADDITIONAL SALARY |
Effective on and from the date of signature
Office Additional salary as a percentage of the basic salary | |
Leader of the Opposition | 85.0% |
President of the Senate | 75.0% |
Speaker of the House of Representatives | 75.0% |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition | 57.5% |
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | 57.5% |
Leader of the Third Party in the House of Representatives | 45.0% |
Leader of a recognised non-government party of a total of at least 5 members of Parliament, sitting in either House, not otherwise specified | 42.5% |
Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives | 26.0% |
Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives | 23.0% |
Deputy President and Chair of Committees in the Senate | 20.0% |
Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives | 20.0% |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | 20.0% |
Government Whip in the Senate | 20.0% |
Opposition Whip in the Senate | 18.0% |
Second Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives | 13.0% |
Government Whip in the House of Representatives | 13.0% |
Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives | 12.0% |
Leader of the National Party in the Senate | 11.0% |
Third Party Whip in the House of Representatives | 11.0% |
Whip in the Senate of a recognised party of at least 5 members not otherwise specified | 9.0% |
Government Deputy Whip in the Senate | 5.0% |
Opposition Deputy Whip in the Senate | 5.0% |
Whip of the Second Government Party in the Senate | 5.0% |
Opposition Deputy Whip in the House of Representatives | 3.0% |
Member of the Speaker's Panel in the House of Representatives | 3.0% |
Temporary Chairman of Committees in the Senate | 3.0% |
Third Party Deputy Whip in the House of Representatives | 3.0% |
Parliamentary Committees
Chair of the Joint Statutory Committee of Public Accounts and Audit | 16% |
Chair of the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Works | 16% |
Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade | 16% |
Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | 16% |
Chair of a Joint Statutory Committee or Joint Standing Committee, not otherwise specified (except the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library) | 11% |
Chair of a Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee | 11% |
Chair of a House of Representatives General Purpose Standing Committee | 11% |
Chair of a Joint Select Committee or Select Committee in the Senate or the House of Representatives | 11% |
Chair of an Investigating Standing Committee established by resolution of either House | 11% |
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges | 11% |
Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee of Privileges | 11% |
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances | 11% |
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills | 11% |
Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Procedure | 11% |
Deputy Chair of the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Accounts and Audit | 8% |
Deputy Chair of the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Works | 8% |
Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade | 8% |
Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties | 8% |
Deputy Chair of a Joint Statutory Committee or Joint Standing Committee, not otherwise specified (except the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library) | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of a Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of a House of Representatives General Purpose Standing Committee | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of a Joint Select Committee or Select Committee in the Senate or the House of Representatives | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of an Investigating Standing Committee established by resolution of either House | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee of Privileges | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills | 5.5% |
Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Procedure | 5.5% |
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee of Senators’ Interests | 3% |
Chair of the House of Representatives Committee of Members’ Interests | 3% |
Chair of a Parliamentary Committee concerned with public affairs rather than the domestic affairs of Parliament not otherwise specified | 3% |
Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2006/21:
Parliamentary Office Holders – Additional Salary
This determination as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the tables below. Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Table of Instruments
Title |
Date of FRLI registration |
Date of commencement | Application saving or transitional provisions |
2006/21 – Parliamentary Office Holders - Additional Salary
| 23/10//2006 F2006L03471 |
17/10/2006 |
- |
2006/23 – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public office and Members of Parliament | 11/01/2007 F2007L00074 | 12/01/2007 | - |
Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2006/21:
Parliamentary Office Holders – Additional Salary
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rs. = repealed and substituted rep. = repealed
Provision affected | How affected |
Table 1 | ad 2006/23 |
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