Explanatory Statement: Determination 2014/20
Members of Parliament – Entitlements
- 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.
PART 1 – ENTITLEMENTS
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 4 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clause 1.2 changes the wording of paragraph (b) of clause 3.3 of the Principal Determination to extend to senators the entitlement to ferry transportation costs where the ferry service charges for the transport of a vehicle separately to the fare of a passenger.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(1), 7(2) and 7(4)
of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973