Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2018
We, the members of the Remuneration Tribunal, make the following determination.
Dated 25 June 2018
John Conde AO | Ewen Crouch AM | Heather Zampatti |
President | Member | Member |
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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Determination supersedes previous determination
5 Schedules
6 Simplified outline of this instrument
7 Definitions
Part 2—General provisions
8 Fees are gross fees
9 Remuneration packaging
10 Other holders of part‑time public office
Part 3—Annual fees
11 Simplified outline of this Part
12 Application of this Part
13 Payment of annual fees
14 Annual fees
15 Special provisions for certain offices
Part 4—Daily fees
16 Simplified outline of this Part
17 Application of this Part
18 Payment of daily fees
19 Calculation of daily fees
20 Daily fees
21 Special provisions for certain offices
22 Specified professional committees
Part 5—Annual meeting fees and additional daily fees
23 Simplified outline of this Part
24 Application of this Part
25 Payment of annual meeting fees
26 Payment of additional daily fees
27 Authority business—exclusion
28 Calculation of additional daily fees
29 Annual meeting fees and additional daily fees
30 Special provisions for certain offices
Part 6—Base fees and meeting fees
31 Simplified outline of this Part
32 Application of this Part
33 Payment of base fees
34 Payment of meeting fees
35 Base fees and meeting fees
36 Special provisions for certain offices
Part 7—Aboriginal Land Councils fees
37 Simplified outline of this Part
38 Application of this Part
39 Payment of annual fees
40 Payment of daily fees
41 Calculation of daily fees
42 Travel tier
43 Annual fees
44 Daily fees
Schedule 1—Repeals
Determination 2017/10: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑Time Public Office
This instrument is the Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-time Public Office) Determination 2018.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 July 2018. | 1 July 2018 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under subsections 7(3) and (4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
4 Determination supersedes previous determination
This instrument supersedes Determination 2017/10: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part—Time Public Office.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
6 Simplified outline of this instrument
This instrument is structured so that Part 2 contains general provisions, and each of Parts 3 to 7 contains the provisions for a specific remuneration model, as follows:
• Part 3 applies to office holders remunerated by annual fees;
• Part 4 applies to office holders remunerated by daily fees;
• Part 5 applies to office holders who are remunerated under an annual meeting fee and additional daily fee model;
• Part 6 applies to office holders who are remunerated under a base (annual) fee and (daily) meeting fee model;
• Part 7 applies to offices of the Aboriginal Land Councils.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including office and public office.
In this instrument:
agency, of an office holder, means:
(a) the agency to which the office holder is attached; or
(b) if the office holder is not attached to an agency—the portfolio Department.
authority is the body or office to which an office holder is appointed.
authority business means any authority business conducted by an office holder with the authority’s approval, but does not include the following:
(a) attendance at a formal meeting;
(b) official travel time on a meeting day;
(c) normal preparation time for a formal meeting (although time spent by the office holder preparing for a formal meeting may be treated as authority business if the Chair considers the time excessive to normal preparation time).
employing authority, in relation to an office holder, means an entity exercising a power or performing a function in relation to the office holder’s employment or remuneration.
fringe benefits tax means fringe benefits tax (within the meaning of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 as it applies of its own force or because of the Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986).
normal preparation time means the time that a member of an authority (including the Chair or a Deputy Chair) ordinarily requires to prepare for a meeting of the authority. It can occur on either a day of a meeting or on another day.
office holder means the holder of a part‑time public office.
official travel determination means Determination 2017/15: Official Travel by Office Holders (or any determination that supersedes that determination).
official travel time is the reasonable period, certified by a Chair, that an office holder spends travelling on official business away from the town or city in which the office holder’s principal place of residence is located. It does not include time spent travelling between an office holder’s home and principal place of work. The Chair may consider agency travel guidelines (if any) when determining the reasonable period.
specified professional committee means a professional committee specified in Table 4C.
Table 2A means the table of daily fees in section 10.
Table 3A means the table of annual fees in section 14.
Table 3B means the table of special provisions for certain offices in section 15.
Table 4A means the table of daily fees in section 20.
Table 4B means the table of special provisions for certain offices in section 21.
Table 4C means the table of specified professional committees in section 22.
Table 5A means the table of annual meeting fees and additional daily fees in section 29.
Table 5B means the table of special provisions for certain offices in section 30.
Table 6A means the table of base fees and meeting fees in section 35.
Table 6B means the table of special provisions for certain offices in section 36.
Table 7A means the table of annual fees for holders of public offices in Aboriginal Land Councils in section 43.
Table 7B means the table of daily fees for holders of public offices in Aboriginal Land Councils in section 44.
Fees set out in this instrument are gross fees, and no additional amount is payable by the employing authority to meet any taxation obligations.
(1) An employing authority may provide access to remuneration packaging to office holders.
(2) An office holder may elect to take the fees and allowances payable under this instrument either as a cash payment, or a combination of a cash payment and other benefits.
(3) An election made in accordance with subsection (2) must be consistent with:
(a) applicable agency policies and procedures on remuneration packaging; and
(b) relevant taxation laws, rulings and guidelines issued by the Australian Taxation Office.
(4) Remuneration packaging must be administered without additional cost to the employing authority and any fringe benefits tax associated with a benefit must be included in the remuneration package.
10 Other holders of part‑time public office
(1) The following daily fees apply to offices that are not specified in Part 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7.
Table 2A—Other office holders | |
Column 1 Kind of office | Column 2 Daily fee |
Chair | $545 |
Member | $409 |
(2) Fees set out in subsection (1) are to be paid in accordance with Part 4.
(3) For the purposes of the official travel determination, travel tier 2 applies to an office holder whose fees are set out in subsection (1).
Note: This instrument applies only to offices that are public offices (see the definition of public office in subsection 3(4) of the Act).
11 Simplified outline of this Part
This Part applies to office holders who receive an annual fee. It sets out the way fees are paid and the activities covered by the fee. Table 3A sets out the following:
• the individual public offices remunerated by annual fees;
• the fees payable to Chairs, Deputy Chairs and Members (where applicable);
• any additional provisions or conditions that apply to the office;
• the travel tier for the office.
This Part applies to office holders whose annual fees are set out in Table 3A.
(1) The annual fees set out in Table 3A are payable on a periodic basis throughout each year. Part years are paid on a proportionate basis. The annual fee covers all activities undertaken by the office holder in performing the duties of their office.
Reduction for lengthy absence
(2) The annual fee is proportionally reduced where an office holder is unavailable to perform the duties of their office for a period of more than 3 months, except to the extent that a reduction would be inconsistent with the terms of the office holder’s appointment.
The following table (Table 3A) sets out, for each office holder or authority in column 1:
(a) if column 1 specifies an office holder—the annual fee for the office holder; and
(b) if column 1 specifies an authority—the annual fee for one or more of the following office holders in relation to the authority:
(i) the Chair;
(ii) a Deputy Chair;
(iii) a member other than the Chair or a Deputy Chair; and
(c) the special provisions (if any) of this instrument that apply to the office holder or office holders; and
(d) the travel tier that applies to the office holder or office holders for the purposes of the official travel determination.
Note: Some authorities specified in column 1 have office holders who receive daily fees under Part 4, who are not covered by this instrument because they hold office on a full‑time basis, or who do not receive fees.
Table 3A—Annual fees | |||||
Column 1 Office or authority | Column 2 Chair | Column 3 Deputy Chair | Column 4 Member | Column 5 Special provisions | Column 6 Travel tier |
NBN Co Limited | $222,480 | $179,120 | $111,290 |
| 1 |
Future Fund | $210,460 |
| $105,230 |
| 1 |
Commonwealth Grants Commission | $206,940 |
| $109,540 |
| 1 |
Australia Post | $189,910 | $105,980 | $94,990 | Table 3B, items 1 and 10 | 1 |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | $174,690 | $86,240 | $57,510 |
| 1 |
ASC Pty Ltd | $163,020 |
| $76,090 | Table 3B, items 2 and 6 | 1 |
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor | $163,020 |
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| 1 |
WSA Co Limited | $163,020 | $122,270 | $81,510 |
| 1 |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | $138,050 | $103,540 | $69,030 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency | $138,050 |
| $69,030 | Table 3B, items 2 and 7 | 1 |
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation | $138,050 |
| $66,030 | Table 3B, items 2 and 4 | See Table 3B, item 4 |
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility | $117,530 |
| $58,430 | Table 3B, items 2 and 13 | 1 |
Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited | $116,840 | $93,480 | $58,420 |
| 1 |
Airservices Australia | $116,840 | $87,630 | $58,420 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Australian Digital Health Agency Board | $116,840 |
| $58,420 | Table 3B, item 12 | 1 |
Australian Maritime Safety Authority | $116,840 | $87,630 | $58,420 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd | $116,840 |
| $58,420 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board | $116,840 | $87,630 | $58,420 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Australian Rail Track Corporation | $116,840 |
| $58,420 |
| 1 |
Board of Taxation | $116,840 |
| $58,420 |
| 1 |
Defence Housing Australia | $116,840 |
| $58,420 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Infrastructure Australia | $116,840 |
| $58,420 |
| 1 |
Payments System Board | Full‑time |
| $59,780 |
| 1 |
Murray‑Darling Basin Authority | $116,840 |
| $70,110 |
| 1 |
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority | $108,680 | $81,510 | Daily fee | Table 3B, item 5 | See Table 3B, item 5 |
Special Broadcasting Service | $108,680 | $81,510 | $43,480 |
| 1 |
Clean Energy Finance Corporation | $108,680 |
| $54,340 |
| 1 |
Clean Energy Regulator | Full‑time |
| $54,340 |
| 1 |
Foreign Investment Review Board | $108,680 |
| $54,340 | Table 3B, item 15 | 1 |
National Health and Medical Research Council | $108,680 |
| $27,170 | Table 3B, item 4 | See Table 3B, item 4 |
National Health and Medical Research Council—Research Committee | $84,230 |
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| 2 |
National Health and Medical Research Council—All other Principal Committees | $67,930 |
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| 2 |
National Health and Medical Research Council—Australian Health Ethics Committee | $67,930 |
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| 2 |
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd | $100,540 | $75,410 | Daily fee | Table 3B, item 5 | See Table 3B, item 5 |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Board | $100,540 | $75,410 | $50,270 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Tourism Australia | $100,540 | $75,410 | $50,270 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Innovation and Science Australia Board | $100,540 |
| $45,250 | Table 3B, items 4 and 8 | See Table 3B, item 4 |
Innovation and Science Australia Committee | $19,030 |
| $11,420 | Table 3B, item 8 | 2 |
Australian Sports Commission | $92,390 | $69,300 | $46,200 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission | $92,390 |
| $41,580 |
| 1 |
Food Standards Australia New Zealand | $84,230 |
| $42,120 | Table 3B, item 3 | 1 |
International Air Services Commission | $84,230 |
| $42,120 |
| 1 |
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority | $84,230 |
| $31,220 |
| 2 |
Medical Services Advisory Committee | $84,230 |
| Daily fee |
| 1 |
Prostheses List Advisory Committee | $84,230 |
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| 1 |
Regional Investment Corporation Board | $84,230 |
| $42,120 | Table 3B, items 2 and 19 | 2 |
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation | $76,090 | $57,070 | $34,250 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Indigenous Business Australia | $76,090 | $57,070 | $38,050 | Table 3B, items 2 and 17 | 1 |
Indigenous Land Corporation | $76,090 | $57,070 | $38,050 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
National School Resourcing Board | $76,090 | $57,070 |
| Table 3B, item 11 | 2 |
Aboriginal Hostels Limited | $76,090 |
| $38,050 |
| 2 |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | $76,090 |
| $38,050 |
| 2 |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| $76,090 | Table 3B, item 1 | 1 |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | $76,090 |
| $25,340 |
| 2 |
Australian Electoral Commission | $76,090 |
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| 1 |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority Commission | $76,090 | $38,050 | $38,050 |
| 1 |
Australian Hearing Services | $76,090 |
| $34,250 | Table 3B, items 2 and 9 | 1 |
Australian Heritage Council | $76,090 |
| $34,250 |
| 1 |
Australian Heritage Council—Associate Member |
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| $34,250 |
| 1 |
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority | $76,090 |
| $25,340 |
| 2 |
Grains Research and Development Corporation | $76,090 |
| $38,050 | Table 3B, item 2 | 1 |
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | $76,090 |
| $38,050 |
| 2 |
Outback Stores Pty Ltd | $76,090 |
| $38,050 |
| 2 |
Wine Australia | $76,090 | $38,050 | $38,050 |
| 2 |
Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council | $76,090 |
| Daily fee |
| 2 |
Referendum Council, Co‑Chair | $76,090 |
| Daily fee |
| 2 |
Cancer Australia Advisory Council | $67,930 |
| $33,970 |
| 2 |
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority Board | $67,930 |
| $33,970 |
| 1 |
Australia Council | $59,780 | $44,840 | $32,880 | Table 3B, item 3 | 1 |
Screen Australia | $59,780 | $44,840 | $32,880 | Table 3B, item 3 | 1 |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau Commission, Commissioner |
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| $59,780 |
| 1 |
Army and Air Force Canteen Service (AAFCANS) | $59,780 |
| $29,890 | Table 3B, item 2 | 2 |
Climate Change Authority | $59,780 |
| $29,890 | Table 3B, item 18 | 2 |
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation | $59,780 |
| $35,870 |
| 1 |
National Capital Authority | $59,780 |
| $23,920 |
| 1 |
National Rural Advisory Council | $59,780 |
| $32,880 |
| 1 |
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation | $59,780 |
| $35,870 | Table 3B, item 3 | 1 |
Safe Work Australia | $59,780 |
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| 2 |
National Gallery of Australia Council | $51,640 | $38,730 | $25,820 |
| 2 |
Australian Institute of Marine Science Council | $51,640 |
| $25,820 | Table 3B, item 3 | 2 |
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation | $51,640 |
| Daily fee |
| 1 |
Australian War Memorial Council | $51,640 |
| $25,820 |
| 2 |
Cotton Research and Development Corporation | $51,640 |
| $25,820 |
| 2 |
Australian Film Television and Radio School—Council | $51,640 |
| $25,820 | Table 3B, items 2 and 14 | 2 |
Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council | $51,640 |
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| 2 |
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust | $51,640 |
| $25,820 | Table 3B, item 2 | 2 |
National Library of Australia Council | $43,480 | $32,610 | $21,740 |
| 2 |
Australian National Maritime Museum Council | $43,480 |
| $21,740 |
| 2 |
Fishing Industry Policy Council | $43,480 |
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| 2 |
National Film and Sound Archive | $43,480 | $21,740 | $21,740 |
| 2 |
National Museum of Australia Council | $43,480 |
| $21,740 |
| 2 |
National Portrait Gallery of Australia | $43,480 | $21,740 | $21,740 |
| 2 |
Old Parliament House Board | $43,480 | $21,740 | $21,740 |
| 2 |
Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority | Full‑time | $38,870 | $35,330 |
| 2 |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee | Full‑time |
| $54,350 | Table 3B, item 16 | 1 |
Australia Business Arts Foundation | $35,330 | $26,500 | $17,670 |
| 1 |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare—Ethics Committee | $35,330 |
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| 2 |
Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority—Advisory Board | $35,330 |
| Daily fee |
| 2 |
Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee | $35,330 |
| $24,740 |
| 2 |
Australian Statistics Advisory Council | $35,330 |
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| Table 3B, item 4 | See Table 3B, item 4 |
Classification Review Board | $35,330 | Daily fee | Daily fee |
| 2 |
Defence Reserves Support Council National Executive | $35,330 |
| $30,040 |
| 2 |
Defence Strategic Reform Advisory Board | $35,330 |
| $24,740 |
| 1 |
Public Lending Right Committee | $35,330 |
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| 2 |
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | $27,190 |
| Daily fee |
| 2 |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | Full‑time |
| $27,190 |
| 2 |
15 Special provisions for certain offices
The provisions in column 2 of the following table (Table 3B) apply for the purposes of paragraph 14(c).
Table 3B—Special provisions for certain offices | ||
Item | Column 1 Description | Column 2 Special provision |
1 | Audit fees | A member who is also appointed to an Audit Committee (however named) is entitled to additional fees as follows: (a) for the Chair—$21,990 per year; (b) for a member—$11,000 per year. |
2 | Audit fees | A member who is also appointed to an Audit Committee (however named) is entitled to additional fees as follows: (a) for the Chair—$16,000 per year; (b) for a member—$8,000 per year. |
3 | Audit fees | A member who is also appointed to an Audit Committee (however named) is entitled to additional fees as follows: (a) for the Chair—$9,680 per year; (b) for a member—$4,840 per year. |
4 | Travel tier | The Chair is entitled to tier 1 travel arrangements. Other members or directors are entitled to tier 2 travel arrangements. |
5 | Travel tier | The Chair and Deputy Chair are entitled to tier 1 travel arrangements. Other members or directors are entitled to tier 2 travel arrangements. |
6 | ASC Pty Ltd | This item does not apply to the Chair. A member who is Chair of the Business Assurance and Security Committee (BAS Committee) is to receive an additional $15,360 per year. A member who is a member of the BAS Committee is to receive an additional $7,680 per year. |
7 | National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency | Members appointed to the Sustainability Committee are entitled to additional fees as follows: (a) Chair—$11,970 per year; (b) Member—$5,990 per year. The Chair of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency Board is not entitled to additional fees. |
8 | Innovation and Science Australia Board | The Chair and Members of the Innovation and Science Australia Board are to receive remuneration for only one committee. |
9 | Australian Hearing Services | While Dr Peta Seaton occupies the office of Chair she is to receive an annual fee of $54,430 instead of the amount in Column 2 of Table 3A. |
10 | Australia Post | Members appointed to the People, Safety and Culture Sub‑committee are entitled to additional fees as follows: (a) Chair—$18,730 per year; (b) Member—$9,370 per year. The Chair and Deputy Chair of the Australia Post Board are not entitled to these additional fees. |
11 | National School Resourcing Board | The Chair and Deputy Chair are each to receive an additional loading of $15,000 per year for the first 12 months of their appointment. |
12 | Australian Digital Health Agency Board | A Member of the Board who is appointed to Chair a Standing Advisory Committee is entitled to an additional fee of $10,410 per year. |
13 | Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility | Mr Barry Coulter is to receive an annual member fee of $45,610 instead of the amount in Column 4 of Table 3A. |
14 | Australian Film Television and Radio School—Council | A member who is appointed Chair of the Academic Board is entitled to receive an additional fee of $11,970 per year. The Chair of the Australian Film Television and Radio School is not entitled to this additional fee. |
15 | Foreign Investment Review Board | While the Hon Cheryl Edwardes AM occupies the office of Member she is to receive an annual fee of $43,560 instead of the amount in Column 4 of Table 3A. |
16 | Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) | A member other than the Chair or Deputy Chair who is a PBAC Executive sub‑committee member is entitled to an additional fee of $10,520 per year. |
17 | Indigenous Business Australia | A Member of the Board who is appointed Chair of the Finance, Investment and Performance Committee is to receive an annual fee of $11,970. A Member of the Board who is appointed a Member of the Finance, Investment and Performance Committee is to receive an annual fee of $5,990. |
18 | Climate Change Authority | The Chair and Members of the Climate Change Authority appointed prior to 12 February 2018 are to be paid in accordance with Part 6, instead of this Part, for the duration of each office holder’s current term of appointment. |
19 | Regional Investment Corporation Board | The Chair is to receive an additional fee of $16,600 per year and a member is to receive an additional fee of $4,200 per year from 29 March 2018 until 28 March 2019. |
16 Simplified outline of this Part
This Part applies to office holders who receive a daily fee. It sets out the conditions that must be met for payment of fees, including certification of hours and minimum claim and maximum payment arrangements. Table 4A identifies the following:
• the individual public offices remunerated by daily fees;
• the fees payable to Chairs, Deputy Chairs and Members (where applicable);
• any additional provisions or conditions that apply to the office;
• the travel tier for the office.
This Part also applies to office holders whose daily fees are set out in Table 2A.
This Part applies to:
(a) office holders whose daily fees are set out in Table 2A; and
(b) office holders whose daily fees are set out in Table 4A.
(1) The daily fees set out in Tables 2A and 4A are payable in accordance with this Part.
Certification of time
(2) For an office holder other than the Chair, daily fees may only be paid after the Chair certifies the total time claimed by the office holder, including any official travel time.
(3) However, if the Chair is absent from a meeting, the office holder’s daily fees which relate to that meeting may only be paid after the nominated presiding officer for the meeting certifies the total time claimed by the office holder for the day or days to which those fees relate.
(4) For the Chair, daily fees may only be paid after the total time claimed by the Chair is certified in accordance with the terms set out in the Chair’s appointment or under governance arrangements approved by the responsible portfolio minister or employing authority.
Maximum payment
(5) The maximum payable for any one day is one daily fee.
Minimum claim
(6) Unless the employing authority determines otherwise, the minimum amount that may be claimed for payment at any one time is one daily fee.
Meeting days
(1) The amount of a daily fee paid to an office holder for a meeting day is:
(a) if the office holder’s qualifying meeting day time is less than 2 hours—40% of the daily fee; or
(b) if the office holder’s qualifying meeting day time is at least 2 hours and less than 3 hours—60% of the daily fee; or
(c) otherwise—100% of the daily fee.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), qualifying meeting day time is time that an office holder spends on a meeting day:
(a) attending a formal meeting; or
(b) on authority business; or
(c) on official travel time.
Non‑meeting days
(3) The amount of a daily fee paid to an office holder for a non‑meeting day is 20% of the daily fee set out in Table 7C for each hour, to a maximum of 5 hours per day, that the office holder spends:
(a) on authority business; or
(b) on official travel time.
Note: Normal preparation time must not be taken into account in working out fees under this section (see paragraph (c) of the definition of authority business in section 7).
The following table (Table 4A) sets out, for each office or authority in column 1:
(a) if column 1 specifies an office—the daily fee for the office holder; and
(b) if column 1 specifies an authority—the daily fee for each of the following office holders in relation to the authority:
(i) the Chair;
(ii) a Deputy Chair;
(iii) a member other than the Chair or a Deputy Chair; and
(c) the special provisions (if any) of this instrument that apply to the office holder or office holders; and
(d) the travel tier that applies to the office holder or office holders for the purposes of the official travel determination.
Note: Some offices or authorities specified in column 1 have office holders who receive annual fees under Part 3, who are not covered by this instrument because they hold office on a full‑time basis, or who do not receive fees.
Table 4A—Daily fees | |||||
Column 1 Office or authority | Column 2 Chair | Column 3 Deputy Chair | Column 4 Member | Column 5 Special provisions | Column 6 Travel tier |
Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board | $1,469 | $1,323 | $1,176 |
| 1 |
Member, Registration and Disciplinary Committees (Bankruptcy Practitioners) |
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| $1,176 |
| 1 |
Examiner, Australian Crime Commission |
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| $1,469 | Table 4B, item 1 | 1 |
Professional Services Review—Committees | $1,469 |
| $1,323 |
| 1 |
Professional Services Review—Determining Authority | $1,469 |
| $1,323 |
| 1 |
Member, Registration and Disciplinary Committees (Corporate Insolvency Practitioners) |
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| $1,176 |
| 1 |
Australian Medical Research Advisory Board | $1,306 |
| $1,045 |
| 1 |
Australian Renewable Energy Agency | $1,306 |
| $1,045 |
| 2 |
Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board | $1,306 |
| $1,045 |
| 1 |
Inspector–General of Biosecurity | $1,306 |
|
| Table 4B, item 18 | 2 |
Specialist Medical Review Council—Convenor or Councillor | $1,306 |
| $1,045 | Table 4B, item 2 | 1 |
Australian Energy Regulator |
|
| $1,252 |
| 1 |
Administrative Review Council | $1,143 |
| $915 |
| 1 |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee—Review Members |
|
| $858 |
| 2 |
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority—Vigilance and Surveillance Expert Advisory Committee | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 1 |
Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, Director |
|
| $858 |
| 1 |
Family Law Council | $1,143 |
| $915 |
| 1 |
Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee | $1,143 |
| $858 | Table 4B, item 3 | 1 |
Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee | $1,143 |
| $858 | Table 4B, item 3 | 1 |
Hazardous Waste Technical Group | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Innovation and Science Australia Committee—Non‑Board Member | $1,143 |
| $1,143 |
| 2 |
National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency—Advisory Council | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
National Mental Health Commission (Chair or Commissioner) | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
National Transport Commission | $1,143 |
| $1,029 |
| 1 |
Specified professional committees (see Table 4C) | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 1 |
Repatriation Medical Authority | $1,143 |
| $1,029 | Table 4B, item 4 | 1 |
Scientific Advisory Group (Biosecurity) | $1,143 |
| $1,029 |
| 2 |
Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority | $1,143 | $1,052 |
|
| 1 |
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency—Chief Commissioner and Commissioners | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Trans‑Tasman IP Attorneys Board | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Trans‑Tasman IP Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal | $1,143 |
| $858 |
| 2 |
Threatened Species Scientific Committee | $1,143 |
| $763 |
| 1 |
Tuition Protection Service Advisory Board | $1,143 |
| $572 |
| 2 |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—Associate Member |
|
| $1,088 | Table 4B, item 17 | 1 |
Australian Communications and Media Authority—Associate Member |
|
| $1,088 |
| 1 |
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd | Annual fee | Annual fee | $1,088 |
| 2 |
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority | Annual fee | Annual fee | $1,088 |
| 2 |
Fair Work Commission Expert Panel Member |
|
| $1,088 | Table 4B, item 5 | 1 |
Commonwealth Science Council |
|
| $1,088 |
| 1 |
Tax Practitioners Board—Member |
|
| $1,088 | Table 4B, item 7 | 2 |
Tax Practitioners Board—Committee Member |
|
| $816 |
| 2 |
Australian Accounting Standards Board |
|
| $1,045 |
| 1 |
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board |
|
| $1,045 |
| 1 |
Ambassador for Women and Girls | $980 |
|
|
| 2 |
Special Envoy for Human Rights | $980 |
|
|
| 2 |
Australian National Council on Drugs | $980 | $882 | $784 |
| 2 |
Aged Care Quality Advisory Council | $980 |
| $784 |
| 2 |
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Council | Annual fee |
| $654 |
| 2 |
Australia Council, Sector Strategy Panels | $980 |
| $784 |
| 2 |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Ethics Committee | Annual fee |
| $784 |
| 2 |
Australia Council, Peer Assessment Panel Members |
|
| $735 |
| 2 |
Australian Astronomical Observatory Advisory Committee | $980 |
| $654 |
| 2 |
Australian Community Pharmacy Authority | $980 |
| $784 |
| 2 |
Wine Australia Selection Committee | $980 |
|
|
| 2 |
Australian National Preventive Health Agency Advisory Council | $980 |
| $654 |
| 2 |
Commission for International Agricultural Research | $980 |
| $735 |
| 2 |
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (Convener or Member) | $980 |
| $882 |
| 1 |
Disability Standards Review Panel | $980 |
| $490 |
| 2 |
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Selection Committees | $980 |
|
|
| 1 |
Fuel Standards Consultative Committee | $980 |
| $654 |
| 2 |
Indigenous Advisory Committee established by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 | $980 |
| $654 |
| 2 |
Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board | $980 |
| $882 |
| 2 |
National Health and Medical Research Council—Commissioner of Complaints | $654 |
|
|
| 2 |
Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board—Committees | $654 |
| $491 |
| 2 |
Ministerial Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention | $980 |
| $882 |
| 2 |
National Blood Authority | $980 |
| $735 |
| 1 |
National School Resourcing Board | Annual fee | Annual fee | $785 |
| 2 |
Referendum Council | Annual fee |
| $785 |
| 2 |
Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee | $980 |
| $784 |
| 2 |
Selection Committees for Research and Development Corporations | $980 |
|
| Table 4B, item 12 | 1 |
Classification Review Board | Annual fee | $954 | $926 | Table 4B, item 9 | 2 |
Anti‑Doping Research Program Panel |
|
| $926 |
| 1 |
Defence Force Advocate |
|
| $926 | Table 4B, item 10 | 1 |
Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal |
|
| $926 |
| 1 |
AAT (former Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) Member) |
|
| $926 | Table 4B, item 11 | 2 |
AAT (former Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) Member) |
|
| $926 | Table 4B, item 11 | 2 |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal |
|
| $926 |
| 1 |
Productivity Commission, Associate Commissioner |
|
| $926 |
| 1 |
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal | Full‑time |
| $926 | Table 4B, item 6 | 2 |
Veterans’ Review Board (Senior Member or Member) | $930 |
| $797 |
| 2 |
Australian Strategic Policy Institute | $872 |
| $698 |
| 2 |
Climate Change Authority Associate Member |
|
| $857 | Table 4B, item 19 | 2 |
Geographical Indications Committee | $872 |
| $785 |
| 2 |
Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans’ Mental Health | $872 |
| No fee |
| 2 |
Australian Digital Health Agency—Standing Advisory Committees | Annual fee |
| $816 |
| 2 |
Australian National Maritime Museum—Committee (non‑Board member) |
|
| $816 |
| 2 |
Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority—Advisory Board | Annual fee |
| $816 |
| 2 |
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation | Annual fee |
| $816 |
| 1 |
Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council | Annual fee |
| $785 |
| 2 |
Medical Services Advisory Committee | Annual fee |
| $816 |
| 1 |
ABC Advisory Council | $762 |
| $686 |
| 2 |
Anti‑Doping Rule Violation Panel | $762 |
| $686 |
| 2 |
AIATSIS Research Advisory Committee |
|
| $492 |
| 2 |
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation | $762 | $572 | $572 |
| 2 |
Committees of Research and Development Corporations | $762 |
| $686 | Table 4B, item 13 | 2 |
Defence Industry Study Course | $762 |
|
|
| 2 |
Editorial Advisory Board | $762 |
|
| Table 4B, item 14 | 2 |
Higher Education Standards Panel | $762 |
| $686 |
| 2 |
Management Advisory Committees, Australian Fisheries Management Authority | $762 |
| $572 |
| 2 |
National Archives of Australia Advisory Council | $762 |
| $686 |
| 2 |
National Customs Brokers Licensing Advisory Committee | $762 |
| $686 |
| 2 |
Religious Advisory Committee to the Services | $762 |
| $762 |
| 2 |
Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel | $762 |
| $686 |
| 2 |
National Rural Advisory Council—Specialist Committees |
|
| $708 |
| 2 |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
| $663 | $491 | Table 4B, item 15 | 2 |
Torres Strait Regional Authority Member Advisory Committee |
|
| $491 | Table 4B, item 15 | 2 |
Aboriginals Benefit Account Advisory Committee | $654 |
| $491 |
| 2 |
APS Reconsideration Committee | $654 |
| $589 |
| 2 |
Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority—Advisory Group | $654 |
| $491 |
| 2 |
CSIRO Advisory Committees | $654 |
| $491 |
| 2 |
Defence Force Case Assessment Panel | $654 |
| $589 |
| 2 |
Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme Reconsideration Committee | $654 |
| $589 |
| 2 |
Uluru‑Kata Tjuta Board of Management | $654 |
| $491 |
| 2 |
Kakadu Board of Management | $654 |
| $491 |
| 2 |
Booderee Board of Management | $545 |
| $409 |
| 2 |
Defence Families of Australia—National Convenor | $545 |
|
|
| 3 |
Defence Families of Australia—National Delegates |
|
| $410 |
| 3 |
Defence Families of Australia—National Communications Officer |
|
| $410 |
| 3 |
Defence Families of Australia—National Policy Officer |
|
| $410 |
| 3 |
Defence Reserves Support Council—State and Territory Chairs | $545 |
|
|
| 2 |
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections | $545 |
| $409 | Table 4B, item 16 | 2 |
Medical Training Review Panel |
|
| $491 |
| 2 |
Australian Bravery Decorations Council | No fee |
| No fee |
| 1 |
Council for the Order of Australia | No fee |
| No fee |
| 1 |
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission | No fee |
| No fee | Table 4B, item 8 | 2 |
21 Special provisions for certain offices
The provisions in column 2 of the following table (Table 4B) apply for the purposes of paragraph 20(c).
Table 4B—Special provisions for certain offices | ||
Item | Column 1 Office | Column 2 Special provision |
1 | Examiner, Australian Crime Commission | The maximum amount an Examiner who is paid by way of daily fees can be paid in one year is $242,480. |
2 | Specialist Medical Review Council | In addition to the relevant daily fee, the Convenor is to receive a retainer of $28,920 per year. A councillor who is appointed as a presiding councillor under subsection 196ZK(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 is to receive a retainer of $19,510 per year in addition to the relevant daily fee. |
3 | Gene Technology Committees | An Expert Advisor appointed to either the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee or the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee is to receive $857 per day and is entitled to Tier 1 Travel. |
4 | Repatriation Medical Authority | In addition to the relevant daily fee, retainers of $57,750 per year for the Chair and $38,510 per year for Members are payable. |
5 | Fair Work Commission—Expert Panel Member | Fees for all official business are to be calculated in accordance with subsection 19(3). Subsection 19(1) does not apply. |
6 | Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) | All daily fees for part‑time office holders of the SCT are calculated in accordance with subsection 19(3); subsection 19(1) does not apply. The following conditions also apply: (a) the time referred to in subsection 19(3) includes all official travel time; time spent on Tribunal business; and preparation for, attendance and finalisation of all matters associated with a Tribunal hearing; (b) the Chair of the SCT is to certify the nature, reasonableness and duration of official business undertaken prior to any payment of fees. |
7 | Tax Practitioners Board | The maximum fees payable each year to part‑time Members of the Tax Practitioners Board are capped at 80% of the sum of the base salary payable each year to a full‑time Member. |
8 | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission | Where a member has an entitlement to Tier 1 travel by virtue of a full‑time appointment, that entitlement also applies to this office. |
9 | Classification Review Board | When the Deputy Convenor acts as Convenor, the Deputy Convenor is entitled to the remuneration and other conditions determined for the Convenor. |
10 | Defence Force Advocate | The daily fee specified in Table 4A is payable when the Advocate undertakes tasks that do not require the advocacy and legal advice skills of a Senior Counsel. Fees payable for advocacy and legal advice that the Department certifies as within the Advocate’s functions under section 58T of the Defence Act 1903 and requiring the skills of a Senior Counsel or a Queen’s Counsel, is to be at the rate of $3,500 per day. |
11 | Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)—former Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) and Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) | This instrument applies to an AAT member appointed on a part‑time basis who is a former member of the MRT or the RRT and is covered by item 5 of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (i.e. for the remaining balance of the former MRT or RRT member’s term of appointment that commenced before 1 July 2015). Section 19 does not apply. The following conditions apply: (a) members receive a daily fee for 7 hours work (which may accumulate over several days); (b) the nature, reasonableness and duration of official business is to be reviewed prior to payment of fees, according to governance arrangements established by the President of the AAT. |
12 | Selection Committees for Research and Development Corporations | This entry refers to Selection Committees established under Part 4 of the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989. |
13 | Committees of Research and Development Corporations | This entry refers to committees established under Part 2 of the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989. |
14 | Editorial Advisory Board | Subject to a minimum payment of $3,355 per year. |
15 | Torres Strait Regional Authority | Section 19 does not apply. Office holders are to be paid in accordance with the following conditions: (a) for formal meetings or authority business aggregating 6 hours or more on any one day—100% of the daily fee; (b) for formal meetings or authority business aggregating 3 hours or more but less than 6 hours on any one day—60% of the daily fee; (c) for formal meetings or authority business aggregating less than 3 hours on any one day—40% of the daily fee. |
16 | Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (MACBBVSTI) | Members appointed as organisational representatives, such as Federal Parliamentarians and State or Territory officials, do not receive the travel allowance determined for MACBBVSTI Members if they have an entitlement to travel allowance from a different source. |
17 | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—Associate Member (Agriculture) | The office holder is to receive an annual fee of $261,780 while working the equivalent of 3 days per week, in accordance with Part 3, instead of the amount in Column 4 of Table 4A. |
18 | Inspector‑General of Biosecurity | The daily fee is capped at 175 days per year. |
19 | Climate Change Authority Associate Member | An Associate Member of the Climate Change Authority appointed before 12 February 2018 is to receive $915 instead of the fee in Table 4A for the duration of the office holder’s current term of appointment. |
22 Specified professional committees
The following table (Table 4C) sets out the specified professional committees.
Table 4C—Specified professional committees | |
Item | Professional committee |
1 | Advisory Committee for Biologicals |
2 | Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling |
3 | Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines |
4 | Advisory Committee on Medical Devices |
5 | Advisory Committee on Medicines |
6 | Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling |
7 | Advisory Committee on Vaccines |
8 | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care—Expert Committees |
9 | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority Clinical Advisory Committee |
10 | Medicare Participation Review Committees |
11 | National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council |
12 | Pharmaceutical Services Federal Committee of Inquiry |
Part 5—Annual meeting fees and additional daily fees
23 Simplified outline of this Part
This Part applies to office holders who receive an annual meeting fee and additional daily fee. The annual meeting fee compensates for formal meetings of the authority with the additional daily fee payable for authority business unrelated to the formal meetings.
This Part sets out the conditions that must be met for payment of both the annual meeting fee and the additional daily fee, including certification of hours and minimum claim and maximum payment arrangements. Table 5A identifies the following:
• the individual public offices remunerated by annual meeting and additional daily fees;
• the fees payable to Chairs and Members (where applicable);
• any additional provisions or conditions that apply to the office, including any caps that apply to the additional daily fee;
• the travel tier for the office.
This Part applies to office holders whose annual meeting fees and additional daily fees are set out in Table 5A.
25 Payment of annual meeting fees
(1) The annual meeting fees set out in Table 5A are payable on a periodic basis throughout each year. Part years are paid on a proportionate basis. The annual meeting fee covers the following:
(a) attendance at all formal meetings of the authority (regardless of their duration);
(b) any preparation time for the formal meetings;
(c) any official travel time associated with the formal meetings.
Reduction for lengthy absence
(2) The annual meeting fee is proportionally reduced where an office holder is unavailable to attend meetings of the authority for a period of more than 3 months, except to the extent that a reduction would be inconsistent with the terms of the office holder’s appointment.
26 Payment of additional daily fees
(1) The additional daily fees set out in Table 5A are payable for time spent on authority business in accordance with this Part and as calculated under section 28.
Certification of time
(2) For an office holder other than the Chair, additional daily fees may only be paid after the Chair certifies the total time claimed by the office holder, including any official travel time that is not associated with a formal meeting.
(3) For the Chair, additional daily fees may only be paid after the total time claimed by the Chair is certified in accordance with the terms set out in the Chair’s appointment or under governance arrangements approved by the responsible portfolio minister or employing authority.
Maximum payment
(4) The maximum payable for any one day is one additional daily fee.
Minimum claim
(5) Unless the employing authority determines otherwise, the minimum amount that may be claimed for payment at any one time is one additional daily fee.
Annual cap
(6) If Table 5A sets out a cap on additional daily fees for an office holder, additional daily fees are not payable to the office holder once their aggregate additional daily fee earnings during that financial year reach the cap.
27 Authority business—exclusion
For the purposes of this Part, time spent on the following is not to be treated as time spent on authority business:
(a) all preparation for a formal meeting, even where it is considered excessive to normal preparation time;
(b) any official travel time associated with a formal meeting regardless of when the travel occurs.
28 Calculation of additional daily fees
(1) The amount of an additional daily fee paid to an office holder for a day is 20% of the additional daily fee set out in Table 5A for each hour, to a maximum of 5 hours per day, that the office holder spends:
(a) on authority business; or
(b) on official travel time that is not associated with a formal meeting.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), disregard any period of time of less than one hour that the office holder spends as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b).
29 Annual meeting fees and additional daily fees
The following table (Table 5A) sets out, for each office holder in column 1:
(a) the annual meeting fee for the office holder; and
(b) the additional daily fee for the office holder; and
(c) the annual cap on additional daily fees for the office holder (if applicable); and
(d) the special provisions (if any) of this instrument that apply to the office holder; and
(e) the travel tier that applies to the office holder for the purposes of the official travel determination.
Table 5A—Annual meeting fees and additional daily fees | |||||
Column 1 Office holder | Column 2 Annual meeting fee | Column 3 Additional daily fee | Column 4 Annual cap on additional daily fees | Column 5 Special provisions | Column 6 Travel tier |
Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority—Chair | $24,000 | $1,143 |
|
| 1 |
Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development—Chair | $84,230 | $1,143 | $22,850 |
| 1 |
Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development—Member | $56,170 | $858 | $17,140 |
| 1 |
Prostheses List Advisory Committee—Member | $21,740 | $857 |
|
| 1 |
National Competition Council—President | $35,330 | $1,143 |
| Table 5B, item 1 | 1 |
National Competition Council—other councillor | $17,670 | $858 |
| Table 5B, item 1 | 1 |
30 Special provisions for certain offices
The provisions in column 2 of the following table (Table 5B) apply for the purposes of paragraph 29(d).
Table 5B—Special provisions for certain offices | ||
Item | Column 1 Description | Column 2 Special provision |
1 | National Competition Council | The annual fee applies to all Council work including governance, meeting preparation and consideration of applications at and prior to scheduled meetings. The additional daily fee applies only to consideration of applications that are not able to be covered in the scheduled meetings due to statutory timeframes. |
Part 6—Base fees and meeting fees
31 Simplified outline of this Part
This Part applies to office holders who receive a combination of a base (annual) fee and a (daily) meeting fee. The base fee compensates for a wide range of work undertaken by the office holder as set out in this Part. The meeting fee component applies only to full day formal meetings of the authority and is payable in accordance with the provisions set out in this Part. Table 6A identifies the following:
• the individual public offices remunerated by base fees and meeting fees;
• the fees payable to Chairs and Members (where applicable);
• any additional provisions or conditions that apply to the office;
• the travel tier for the office.
This Part applies to office holders whose base fees and meeting fees are set out in Table 6A.
(1) The base fees set out in Table 6A are annual fees payable on a periodic basis throughout each year. Part years are paid on a proportionate basis. The base fee covers all activities undertaken by an office holder in performing the duties of their office, including the following:
(a) part day meetings (involving less than 5 hours including official travel time);
(b) preparation for a formal meeting;
(c) sub‑committee work;
(d) formal dinners;
(e) teleconferences;
(f) representational activities;
(g) other authority business.
Reduction for lengthy absence
(2) The base fee is proportionally reduced where an office holder is unavailable to attend meetings of the authority for a period of more than 3 months, except to the extent that a reduction would be inconsistent with the terms of the office holder’s appointment.
(1) The meeting fees set out in Table 6A are payable in accordance with this Part.
(2) Meeting fees are payable only where the total time spent on a formal meeting of the authority, combined with official travel time associated with the meeting, is 5 hours or more on the same day. Part days do not accrue.
Certification of time
(3) For an office holder other than the Chair, meeting fees may only be paid after the Chair certifies the total time claimed by the office holder, including any official travel time.
(4) However, if the Chair is absent from a meeting, the office holder’s meeting fees which relate to the meeting may only be paid after the nominated presiding officer for the meeting certifies the total time claimed by the office holder for the day or days to which those fees relate.
(5) For the Chair, meeting fees may only be paid after the total time claimed by the Chair is certified in accordance with the terms set out in the Chair’s appointment or under governance arrangements approved by the responsible portfolio minister or authority.
The following table (Table 6A) sets out, for each office holder in column 1:
(a) the base fee for the office holder; and
(b) the meeting fee for the office holder; and
(c) the special provisions (if any) of this instrument that apply to the office holder; and
(d) the travel tier that applies to the office holder for the purposes of the official travel determination.
Table 6A—Base fees and meeting fees | ||||
Column 1 Office | Column 2 Base fee | Column 3 Meeting fee | Column 4 Special provisions | Column 5 Travel tier |
Climate Change Authority—Chair | $59,780 | $1,143 | Table 6B, item 1 | 2 |
Climate Change Authority—Member | $29,890 | $915 | Table 6B, item 1 | 2 |
Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Advisory Board—Chair | $35,330 | $980 |
| 2 |
Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Advisory Board—Member | $14,140 | $655 |
| 2 |
Takeovers Panel—Chair | $27,190 | $1,143 | Table 6B, item 2 | 1 |
Takeovers Panel—Member | $5,438 | $1,143 | Table 6B, item 2 | 1 |
Woomera Prohibited Area Advisory Board—Independent Chair | $14,140 | $980 |
| 2 |
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation—Chair | $27,190 | $1,143 |
| 1 |
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation—Member | $13,600 | $1,029 |
| 1 |
36 Special provisions for certain offices
The provisions in column 2 of the following table (Table 6B) apply for the purposes of paragraph 35(c).
Table 6B—Special provisions for certain offices | ||
Item | Column 1 Description | Column 2 Special provision |
1 | Climate Change Authority | The fees set out in Table 6A apply only to the Chair and Members of the Climate Change Authority appointed prior to 12 February 2018, for the duration of such an appointment that was in force on that day. |
2 | Takeovers Panel | Meeting fees are payable for sitting days of takeover proceedings and for Panel days where the duration of the proceedings is of a minimum of 3 hours. Payment of fees is subject to a maximum of one meeting fee for any one day. For periods of work of less than 3 hours, a fee is payable as follows: (a) less than 2 hours—40% of a meeting fee; (b) 2 hours to less than 3 hours—60% of a meeting fee. |
Part 7—Aboriginal Land Councils fees
37 Simplified outline of this Part
This Part applies to office holders of the Aboriginal Land Councils. Depending on their Council, Councillors may receive either an annual fee or a daily fee. This Part sets out the conditions that must be met for payment of fees, including certification of hours and minimum claim and maximum payment arrangements. Table 7A sets out:
• the individual office holders who receive annual fees; and
• the fees payable to Chairs, Deputy Chairs (where applicable) and Members who receive annual fees.
Table 7B sets out:
• the individual office holders who receive daily fees; and
• the fees payable to Chairs, Deputy Chairs (where applicable) and Councillors who receive daily fees.
This Part applies to:
(a) office holders whose annual fees are set out in Table 7A; and
(b) office holders whose daily fees are set out in Table 7B.
(1) The annual fees set out in Table 7A are payable on a periodic basis throughout each year. Part years are paid on a proportionate basis. The annual fee covers all activities undertaken by an office holder in performing the duties of their office.
Reduction for lengthy absence
(2) The annual fee is proportionally reduced where an office holder is unavailable to perform the duties of their office for a period of more than 3 months, except to the extent that a reduction would be inconsistent with the terms of the office holder’s appointment.
(1) The daily fees set out in Table 7B are payable in accordance with this Part.
Certification of time
(2) For an office holder other than the Chair, daily fees may only be paid after the Chair certifies the total time claimed by the office holder, including any official travel time.
(3) However, if the Chair is absent from a meeting, the office holder’s daily fees which relate to that meeting may only be paid after the nominated presiding officer for the meeting certifies the total time claimed by the office holder for the day or days to which those fees relate.
(4) For the Chair, daily fees may only be paid after the total time claimed by the Chair is certified in accordance with the terms set out in the Chair’s appointment or under governance arrangements approved by the responsible portfolio minister or employing authority.
Maximum payment
(5) The maximum payable for any one day is one daily fee.
Minimum claim
(6) Unless the employing authority determines otherwise, the minimum amount that may be claimed for payment at any one time is one daily fee.
Meeting days
(1) The amount of a daily fee paid to an office holder for a meeting day is:
(a) if the office holder’s qualifying meeting day time is less than 2 hours—40% of the daily fee; or
(b) if the office holder’s qualifying meeting day time is at least 2 hours and less than 3 hours—60% of the daily fee; or
(c) otherwise—100% of the daily fee.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), qualifying meeting day time is time that an office holder spends on a meeting day:
(a) attending a formal meeting; or
(b) on authority business; or
(c) on official travel time.
Non‑meeting days
(3) The amount of a daily fee paid to an office holder for a non‑meeting day is 20% of the daily fee set out in Table 7C for each hour, to a maximum of 5 hours per day, that the office holder spends:
(a) on authority business; or
(b) on official travel time.
Note: Normal preparation time must not be taken into account in working out fees under this section (see paragraph (c) of the definition of authority business in section 7).
For the purposes of the official travel determination, travel tier 2 applies to an office holder.
The following table (Table 7A) sets out, for each office holder in column 1, the annual fee for the office holder.
Table 7A—Annual fees for holders of public offices in Aboriginal Land Councils | |
Column 1 Office | Column 2 Annual fee |
Tiwi Land Council—Chair | $59,780 |
Tiwi Land Council—Deputy Chair | $35,870 |
Tiwi Land Council—Member of the Management Committee | $35,870 |
The following table (Table 7B) sets out, for each office holder in column 1, the daily fee for the office holder when the office holder is engaged in the activity in column 2.
Table 7B—Daily fees for holders of public offices in Aboriginal Land Councils | ||
Column 1 Office | Column 2 Activity | Column 3 Daily fee |
Northern Land Council—Chair | If engaged part‑time on the functions and duties of the office | $762 |
Northern Land Council—Member | If engaged on general Council business | $305 |
Northern Land Council—Member | If engaged on business of the executive | $496 |
Central Land Council—Chair | If engaged part‑time on the functions and duties of the office | $762 |
Central Land Council—Member | If engaged on general Council business | $305 |
Central Land Council—Member | If engaged on business of the executive | $496 |
Anindilyakwa Land Council—Chair | If engaged part‑time on the functions and duties of the office | $654 |
Anindilyakwa Land Council—Member | If engaged part‑time on the functions and duties of the office | $327 |
Determination 2017/10: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑Time Public Office
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.