REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2006/22
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. Clauses 1.2 to 1.5 increase remuneration for Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) Members and set a minimum rate for Medical Members, largely in recognition of a substantial increase in the SSAT’s responsibilities from 1 January 2007. Separate reference to Presiding Members has been removed as there is no distinction between the remuneration of these members and other Panel Members.
6. Clause 1.6 provides for an increase in remuneration for Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) Members, following a review of the SCT’s role by the Remuneration Tribunal.
7. Clause 1.7 provides for the inclusion of a new office, the Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) Board with annual fees for the Chair and Members. Clause 1.8 removes from the Determination the three organisations that have been replaced by the ARIA Board, and clause 1.9 removes associated references that are now redundant. Clause 1.10 provides an operative date consistent with the establishment of ARIA and the replacement of its predecessor Boards.
8. Clause 1.11 deletes references to a number of now defunct Professional Committees in the Health and Ageing portfolio from subclause B1.1 of Schedule B of the Principal Determination.
9. Clauses 1.12 and 1.13 change the names of two of the Professional Committees referred to in subclause B1.1 of Schedule B of the Principal Determination from “Medicare Services Advisory Committee” and “National Therapeutic Goods Committee, Subcommittee on Child Resistant Packaging” to their current names “Medical Services Advisory Committee” and “Therapeutic Goods Committee, Subcommittee on Child Resistant Packaging”, respectively.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
10. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2006 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
11. Clauses 2.2 and 2.3 increase remuneration for the full-time office holders in the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT), largely in recognition of a substantial increase in the SSAT’s responsibilities from 1 January 2007.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.