REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

Explanatory Statement: Determination 2012/22
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.
4.	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 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
5.	Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 12 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
6.	Clause 1.2 removes all reference to Clause 2.2.15 for the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.  
7.	Clause 1.3 removes all reference to Clause 2.2.21 for the Commonwealth Financial Officer for Norfolk Island.
 8.	Clause 1.4 removes Clauses 2.2.15 and 2.2.21 which are no longer applicable.
9.	Clauses 1.5 and 1.6 set a person specific loading for the Mr Vipan Mahajan, Director of the Tuition Protection Service, with effect on and from 1 July 2012.
10.	Clauses 1.7 and 1.8 set increased remuneration for the Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority, with effect on and from         1 July 2012.
11.	Clause 1.9 removes the first sentence of Clause 2.2.1 which is no longer applicable.
12.	Clauses 1.10 and 1.11 set reduced remuneration for the Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, with effect on and from 23 October 2012.

PART 2 – PART-TIME OFFICES
13.	Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 13 of 2012 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
14.	Clauses 2.2 and 2.3 removes all references to the Financial Reporting Panel. This office is now defunct.
15.	Clauses 2.4 and 2.5 set remuneration for the Chair of the reconstituted APS Reconsideration Committee, with effect on and from 1 July 2012.
16.	Clause 2.6 and 2.7 set a daily fee for the Chair of Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Advisory Council, in place of the previously determined annual fee, with effect on and from 23 August 2012.
17.	Clauses 2.8 to 2.11 removes the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority Clinical Advisory Committee from Table A1A and places the Committee under Schedule B, with effect on and from 1 October 2012.  The fees and allowances have not changed.  

PART 3 – SPECIFIED STATUTORY OFFICES
18.	Clause 3.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 16 of 2012) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
19.	Clauses 3.2 and 3.3 allows the employer to approve a housing assistance benefit to the Chief of the Defence Force, with effect on and from 1 July 2012.

Authority: Subsections 7(3) and 7(4) of 
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.