REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

Explanatory Statement:  Determination 2015/17
Specified Statutory Offices – Remuneration and Allowances

1. The Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into and determined a general adjustment of 2 per cent in the remuneration of Public Offices in its jurisdiction with effect on and from 1 January 2016, as it is empowered to do by the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 (the Act).  
2. In undertaking its inquiry and making this Determination the Tribunal has informed itself through consultation in accordance with established practice.

PART 1 – GENERAL

3.                 Part 1 sets out the authority for and the date of effect of the Determination and supersedes and revokes the previous principal Determination 2015/03 (as amended) applying to the offices covered by this Determination.  The Part also contains definitions of certain words used in the Determination.

4.                 The definition of Employer Superannuation Contribution has been modified to provide greater clarity on how employer superannuation is derived under the different superannuation fund membership arrangements.  (This definition is called up in other Tribunal determinations in order to determine the Reference Salary used for the calculation of certain payments on termination).  There have been no changes to the superannuation entitlement provisions.

5.                 The provisions in Part 1 remain unchanged from those contained in Part 1 of the previous Determination.

PARTS 2

6.                 Table 1 of Schedule A, sets out the Base Salary and Total Remuneration effective on and from the date specified for the Specified Statutory Offices listed in the Table. 

7.                  The remuneration includes increases to finalise the transition paths, as decided by the Tribunal in its 2011 Review of Specified Statutory Offices.

PARTS 3 – 5

8.                 Parts 3 to 5 set out:

• the official travel provisions which are contained in Determination 2015/11;
• the compensation for early loss of office provisions which are contained in Determination 2014/17; and
• the recreation leave provisions which are contained in Determination 2012/11.

9.                 The provisions in Parts 3 to 5 remain unchanged from those contained in Parts 3 to 5 of the previous determination.

Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973