REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2008/05
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 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2007 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 and 1.3 provide for an allowance for reunion travel from his office locality to the capital city nearest his principal place of residence for Mr Alastair Milroy, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission, with effect on and from 17 December 2007.
6. Clause 1.4 provides the ACCC with the ability to put in place arrangements for Members’ travel to Canberra that are more cost effective than the travel entitlements they are otherwise entitled to under the Determination.
PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
7. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 10 of 2007 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
8. Clauses 2.2 and 2.3 set remuneration and travel allowance for the newly established offices of Chair and Member of Infrastructure Australia, with effect on and from 8 April 2008.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.