REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2011/22
Parliamentary Office Holders – Additional Salary
1. The Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into and determined the additional salary for parliamentary office holders, as it is empowered to do by the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 (the Act).
2. In making this determination the Tribunal has informed itself through consultation in accordance with established practice.
PART 1 – GENERAL
3. Part 1 specifies the authority for and the date of effect of the Determination and supersedes and revokes in full the previous principal Determination 2010/16. It also explains the scope of a reference to a ‘member of Parliament’. These provisions are substantively unchanged from the previous principal Determination.
PART 2 – ADDITIONAL SALARY AND RELATED MATTERS
4. Clause 2.1 defines the basic salary for the purposes of this Determination, taking into account the changes and transitional arrangements made by the Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011.
5. Clause 2.2 provides that the additional salary to be paid to parliamentary office holders is specified in Table 1 of the determination (as a percentage of the basic salary).
6. Clause 2.3 specifies how authorities are to administer payment of the additional salary.
Authority: Sub-section 7(1)
of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973