REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2012/25
Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office
1. The Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into and determined the remuneration and significantly related matters for certain 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 – PART-TIME OFFICES
5. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
6. Clause 1.2 and 1.3 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair and Member of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board with effect on and from 6 December 2012.
Authority: Subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.