REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement:  Determination 2012/13
Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-Time Public Office

1.	The Remuneration Tribunal has determined an annual adjustment of 3 per cent in the remuneration of public offices in its jurisdiction with effect from 1 July 2012, as it is empowered to do by the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
2.	This Determination gives effect to this adjustment.
3.	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 – GENERAL
4.	Part 1 specifies the authority for and the date of effect of the Determination and revokes and supersedes the previous principal Determination 2011/09 (as amended) applying to the Offices covered by this Determination.  The Part also contains definitions of certain words used in the Determination.
PART 2 – FEES
5.	Part 2 sets out the fees for public offices not specified in the Determination, and the related Schedules set out the fees payable to specified office holders, expressed either as annual or daily fees.  It also sets out the payment conditions for both specified and unspecified offices.
6.	The fees in this Determination have been rounded where appropriate.
7.	Other changes in this Determination from Determination 2011/09 (as amended) relate to changing the order of certain entries in the Tables and attached clauses to take into account amendments made over the life of the previous Determination, to remove or modify the wording of any clauses which no longer have effect and to clarify the application of provisions.
8.	Determination 2011/08 (as amended) has also been changed to reflect the addition of newly established authorities and/or offices and the cessation of former authorities/offices. 
PART 3 – CONDITIONS OF OFFICIAL TRAVEL
9.	Part 3 sets out the entitlements for official travel.  These provisions are substantively unchanged from those contained in Determination 2011/09 (as amended).

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