REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2007/19
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 10 of 2007 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 and 1.3 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair and Member of the Higher Education Endowment Fund Advisory Board, with effect on and from 2 October 2007.
PART 2 –FULL-TIME OFFICES
6. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2007 as amended) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
7. Clause 2.2 deletes footnote 1 from the Principal Determination, as Mr McDonald is no longer the Chairman of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, and renumbers the current footnote 2 as footnote 1.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.