REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2008/13
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 7 of 2008) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 deletes the references in Table A1A of Schedule A to all offices associated with four bodies which are now defunct: the Australian Film Commission; Film Australia Limited; Film Finance Corporation Australia; and the Life Insurance Actuarial Standards Board.
6. Clauses 1.3 to 1.8 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair, Deputy Chair and Member of the Boards of Screen Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive, with effect on and from 1 July 2008.
7. Clause 1.9 deletes the reference in Table A1A of Schedule A to offices associated with the National Institute of Clinical Studies as this body has become an institute of the National Health and Medical Research Council.
8. Clause 1.10 deletes the references in Clause B1.1 of Schedule B to three bodies. Two of these bodies are now defunct – the Acute Care Advisory Committee and the Medical Services Review Tribunal. The remaining body, the Australian Prescriber Executive Editorial Board, is no longer within the jurisdiction of the Remuneration Tribunal.
9. Clauses 1.11 to 1.12 correct references to two bodies named in Clause B.1 of Schedule B. They also ensure that the list remains in alphabetical order.
10. Clauses 1.13 to 1.15 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair, Deputy Chair and Member of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission, with effect on and from 1 July 2008. They also remove the entry for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as previously constituted.
11. Clauses 1.16 to 1.17 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair and Member of Wheat Exports Australia, with effect on and from 1 July 2008. They also remove the entry for Wheat Exports Australia’s predecessor body, the Export Wheat Commission.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
12. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2008 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
13. Clauses 2.2 to 2.4 set remuneration for the new office of Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission, with effect on and from 1 July 2008. They also provide a personal loading for Mr Glenn Hurry while he occupies this office.
14. Clauses 2.5 to 2.7 provide accommodation and reunion travel allowances for Ms Sarah Court, a member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, with effect on and from 1 May 2008.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.