REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2013/04
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 deletes all reference to the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency from Table A2A and Clause A2A-1. The office is now in Table A1A.
7. Clause 1.3 is the commencement of Clause 1.2.
8. Clause 1.4 give increased remuneration to the Board members of Indigenous Business Australia, apart from the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson.
9. Clause 1.5 is the commencement of Clause 1.4.
10. Clause 1.6 removes all reference to the Review of the Distribution of the Goods and Services Tax. This office is now defunct.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
11. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 24 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
12. Clause 2.2 removes the reference to the person specific base salary set for the former Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman, Ms Alison Larkins.
13. Clause 2.3 removes an obsolete clause relating to the Chief Executive Officer, of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC).
14. Clause 2.4 removes Clauses 2.2.14 and 2.2.17 which are no longer applicable.
Authority: Subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.