REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2009/10
Official Travel by Office Holders
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 – TRAVEL ALLOWANCE – OFFICE HOLDERS
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 4 of 2003 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 updates travelling allowance rates in Schedule A – Remuneration Tribunal Travelling Allowance Rates of the Principal Determination, with effect on and from 30 August 2009.
6. Clause 1.3 updates motor vehicle allowance rates in Table 4A – Motor Vehicle Allowance of the Principal Determination, with effect on and from 30 August 2009.
7. Clause 1.4 places Clauses 3.5 to 3.8 of the Principal Determination in a new sequential order.
8. Clause 1.5 amends the definition of partner in the Principal Determination to ensure that the definition is consistent with current standards.
Authority: Sub-sections 5(2A), 7(3), 7(3D) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.