REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2013/03
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. Clauses 1.2 to 1.4 set remuneration for the new offices of the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA) with effect on and from 1 March 2013.
7. Clauses 1.5 and 1.6 set remuneration for the new offices of the Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board (the Board) and the Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board Committees with effect on and from 1 December 2012.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
8. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 24 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
9. Clauses 2.2 to 2.4 set remuneration for the new office of Vice President, Fair Work Commission on and from 1 March 2013.
Authority: Subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.