REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2011/17
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 2011 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 to 1.13 increase the remuneration of full-time office holders associated with the following offices: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Solicitor-General. The date of effect is from 10 August 2011.
6. Clauses 1.14 to 1.16 set remuneration for the new office of CEO, Australian Commission on safety and Quality in Health Care, with effect on and from
1 July 2011.
7. Clauses 1.17 and 1.18 remove all reference to a personal loading determined for Mr Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission.
8 Clause 1.19 sets remuneration for the Chair, Anindilyakwa Land Council, when undertaken on a full-time basis.
9. Clauses 1.20 to 1.22 set accommodation and reunion travel allowances for the new Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Helen Szoke with effect on and from 5 September 2011 while she maintains her principal place of residence in Melbourne.
PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
11. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 9 of 2011 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
12. Clause 2.2 to 2.3 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair and Member of the Board of Taxation with effect from 8 August 2011.
13. Clauses 2.4 to 2.6 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair, Member and the Expert Committees of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, with effect on and from 1 July 2011.
14. Clauses 2.7 to 2.8 corrects all references to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality Council. The associated fees and entitlements have not been changed with effect from 11 August 2011.
15. Clause 2.9 provides an increased level of remuneration for the Chairman of the Anindilyakwa Land Council. It also changes the payment from an annual rate to a daily rate.
16 Clause 2.10 deletes all reference to the Australian Industry Development Corporation. This body has been abolished.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.