REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2008/03
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 to 1.5 relate to a number of Gene Technology Committees. They delete the entries for two statutory bodies which no longer exist – the Gene Technology Community Consultative Committee (GTCCC) and the Gene Technology Ethics Committee (GTEC).
6. Clauses 1.2 to 1.5 also set remuneration for the new offices of Chair and Member of the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee (GTECCC), the statutory body which has replaced the GTCCC and the GTEC. In addition, they set remuneration for the office of Expert Adviser to either the GTECCC or the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (a body currently in the Determination). The date of effect is on and from 1 January 2008.
7. Clauses 1.6 and 1.7 set remuneration for the new office of Member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, with effect on and from 3 March 2008.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
8. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2007 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
9. Clauses 2.2 and 2.3 set remuneration for the new office of Chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, with effect on and from 3 March 2008.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.