Remuneration Tribunal (Members’ Fees and Allowances) Amendment Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 23 November 2023

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Patrick Gorman

Assistant Minister for the Public Service
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Public Service

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Remuneration Tribunal (Members’ Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2016

1  Name

  This instrument is the Remuneration Tribunal (Members’ Fees and Allowances) Amendment Regulations 2023.

2  Commencement

 (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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Remuneration Tribunal (Members’ Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2016

1  Section 6

Repeal the section, substitute:

6  Fees

 (1) For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, the fees set out in this section are prescribed.

 (2) For the period between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023, the fees are:

 (a) for the President—$135,117 per year; and

 (b) for other members—$46,069 per year.

 (3) For the period on and after 1 July 2023, the fees are:

 (a) for the President—$140,522 per year; and

 (b) for other members—$47,912 per year.