Explanatory Statement: Determination 2015/01:
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.
Contents
PART 1 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
PART 3 – SPECIFIED STATUTORY OFFICES
PART 1 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 12 of 2014 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 and 1.3 set accommodation and reunion travel allowances for the incoming Integrity Commissioner, Australian Law Enforcement Integrity Commission.
6. Clause 1.4 sets the date of effect of Clauses 1.2 and 1.3.
7. Clauses 1.5 and 1.6 remove all reference to accommodation and reunion travel allowances for Ms L Sylvan, the former CEO, Australian National Preventive Health Agency.
8. Clause 1.7 extends the end date of the specific remuneration paid to the current Chair/CEO, Clean Energy Regulator.
9. Clause 1.8 sets increased remuneration for the office of Clean Energy Regulator.
10. Clause 1.9 removes the Chief Commissioner from the full-time Determination. This office now appears in the part-time determination. Clause 1.9 also sets revised remuneration for the Chief Executive Officer of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).
11 Clause 1.10 removes the Commissioner, TEQSA from the full-time determination. This office now appears in the part-time determination.
12. Clause 1.11 sets the date of effect of Clauses 1.9 and 1.10.
13. Clauses 1.12 and 1.13 remove all reference to person specific remuneration arrangements applying to the former Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission.
PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
14. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 08 of 2014 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
15. Clause 2.2 removes all reference to the National Precincts Board, General Practice Education and Training Limited and the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation. These offices have been abolished or absorbed into Government Departments.
16. Clause 2.3 removes all reference to Clause A8 and Clause A10. These clauses are no longer required.
17. Clause 2.4 removes the Clause number from the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal entry. This provision expired on 31 December 2014.
18. Clause 2.5 removes the Clause number from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority entry. This provision expired on 31 January 2015.
19. Clause 2.6 sets remuneration for the new office of Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee – Review Members.
20. Clause 2.7 sets reduced remuneration for the Chair and Members of the Higher Education Standards Panel.
21. Clause 2.8 sets remuneration for the Chief Commissioner and Commissioners of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).
22. Clause 2.9 sets person specific remuneration, accommodation and reunion travel allowances for Emeritus Professor Clifford Walsh while working four days full-time per week.
23. Clause 2.10 sets the date of effect of clauses 2.8 and 2.9.
PART 3 – SPECIFIED STATUTORY OFFICES
24. Clause 3.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 7 of 2014) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
25. Clause 3.2 corrects the Determination Number of the Compensation for Loss of Office for Holders of Public Office Determination.
26. Clause 3.3 sets the date of effect of Clause 3.2
Authority: Subsections 7(3), 7(4) and 7(4B)
of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.