REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2010/19
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 12 of 2010) 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 the judicial offices specified in Table 1 (Rates of Remuneration – Judicial Offices) with effect on and from 1 November 2010. They also provide for an increase of 1.5 per cent in the expense of office allowance for sitting Judges who also hold certain part-time offices from the same date.
6. Clause 1.4 amends clause 2.2 of the Principal Determination to increase an expense allowance for certain office holders by 1.5 per cent from 1 November 2010.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.