EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 32
REMUNERATION TRIBUNALS (MEMBERS’ FEES AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 12 of the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973 provides that a member of the Remuneration Tribunal shall be paid such fees and allowances as are prescribed. Section 13 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed.
These regulations amend the Remuneration Tribunals (Members’ Fees and Allowances) Regulations to increase the fees payable to members by the 4.3% increase determined by the Remuneration Tribunal in its 1983 Review for part-time public officeholders within its jurisdiction. They also prescribe that the allowances payable to members are the allowances payable to an officer of the Australian Public Service. The regulations have retrospective effect from 6 October 1983, the date of effect of the Tribunal’s 1983 Review.