REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2013/01
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 – SPECIFIED STATUTORY OFFICES
1. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 16 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
2. Clauses 1.2 and 1.3 increase the Base Salary and Total Remuneration for the Commissioner of Taxation with effect on and from 1 January 2013.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
3. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 24 of 2012) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
4. Clause 2.2 fixes an error in the original Determination.
5. Clause 2.3 clarifies the Travel Allowance arrangements for a dual appointee as Principal Member of the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal.
Authority: Subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.