REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2008/22
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 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2008 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 to 1.4 set personal remuneration arrangements for Mr Ed Killesteyn while he occupies the office of Australian Electoral Commissioner, with effect on and from 5 January 2009.
6. Clauses 1.5 to 1.6 set personal remuneration arrangements for the Hon John Hannaford for the period of his reappointment as Examiner of the Australian Crime Commission, which commences on 12 January 2009. This represents a reduction in remuneration but is in line with the provisions set out in Cabinet Circulars 2 and 6 of 2006 relating to remuneration arrangements for former state parliamentarians.
7. Clause 1.7 sets remuneration for the office of Chief Executive of the National Capital Authority. This office was previously in the Principal Executive Office structure.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.