REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2012/07
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.
4. This Determination is compatible with the human rights or freedoms recognised or declared in the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011. This Determination does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms.
PART 1 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
5. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2011 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
6. Clauses 1.2 to 1.6 set remuneration for the new office of Chair/Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Regulator. They also set accommodation and reunion travel allowances for the incoming occupant Ms C Munro, while she maintains her principal place of residence in Melbourne, with effect on and from 2 April 2012.
7. Clause 1.7 corrects all references to the CEO, National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority. The associated remuneration and entitlements have not been changed.
8. Clause 1.8 to 1.10 set remuneration for the new office of Commonwealth Financial Officer for Norfolk Island, with effect on and from 29 March 2012.
PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
9. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 9 of 2011 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
10. Clause 2.2 removes all reference to the Medical Device Incident Review Committee. This committee has been replaced.
11. Clause 2.3 sets remuneration for the new office of Chair and Member of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medical Devices by the Advisory Committee.
12. Clauses 2.4 to 2.10 set guidelines for a new category of specified offices and set remuneration for the new office of Clean Energy Regulator – Member with effect on and from 2 April 2012.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.