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REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL (MEMBERS' FEES AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)1997 NO. 50

Statutory Rules 1997 No. 50

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industrial Relations

Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

Remuneration Tribunal (Members' Fees and Allowances) Regulations (Amendment)

Under section 13 of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 (the Act), the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Section 12 of the Act provides (in part) that a member of the Remuneration Tribunal (the Tribunal) is to be paid such fees and allowances as are prescribed.

Regulation 4 of the remuneration Tribunal (Members' Fees and Allowances) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribes an annual fee to be paid to the President and other members of the Tribunal.

The annual fees for the President and Members of the Tribunal, are to be adjusted to align them with increases determined by the Tribunal for other statutory public office holders, consistent with past practice in adjusting the fees of Tribunal members.

It would be appropriate to increase the fees of the President and Members by the same proportion as the increases received by other part-time statutory office holders since July 1995. The increases (taking into account the effect of compounding) would be 6.1% for the President and Members.

Annual fees for statutory public officers were adjusted by 2% in July 1995 and by an average of 4% to 5% in October 1996. These adjustments are consistent with salary movements for full-time office holders.

Proposed regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the Regulations by deleting the annual fees payable to the President and Members and prescribing new fees for these offices.

The Regulations commence on the date of Gazettal.