REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2009/12
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 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 deletes a reference to a body which is no longer included in the Determination.
6. Clause 1.3 changes the name for a current entry in the Determination to the registered company name. The associated fees and entitlements have not been changed.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
7. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2008 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
8. Clause 2.2 provides an additional amount of total remuneration to maintain a total remuneration at $346,430. The additional amount is to cease when the total remuneration for the office is equal to, or exceeds, $346,430.
9. Clause 2.3 deletes the clause 2.2.6 from the entry for the Vice Chief of the Defence Force as it no longer applies.
10. Clause 2.4 to 2.6 set remuneration for the new office of Executive Director, Australian Solar Institute, with effect on and from 1 September 2009.
11. Clause 2.6 amends the clause to refer to the current HREOC President only. The associated fees and entitlements have not been changed.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.