REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2010/03
Judicial and Related Offices – Remuneration and Allowances
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.
JUDICIAL AND RELATED OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 17 of 2009 as amended) for the purposes of this Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 and 1.3 provide for an increase in remuneration of 1.5 per cent (rounded) for certain judicial offices in Table 1 (Rates of Remuneration – Judicial Offices) with effect on and from 1 May 2010; also an increase of 1.5 per cent from the same date to an allowance for certain specified offices.
6. Clause 1.4 amends clause 2.2 of the Principal Determination to increase an allowance for certain office holders by 1.5 per cent from 1 November 2009, and by a further 1.5 per cent from 1 May 2010.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.