Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 2021 (NO. 12, 2021) - SECT 116

             (1)  A Judge is to be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

             (2)  Subsection (1) has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 .

             (3)  In this section:

"remuneration " has the same meaning as in Part II of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 .

Note 1:       A Judge's remuneration may not be diminished during the Judge's continuance in office: see paragraph 72(iii) of the Constitution.

Note 2:       Subsection 3(2) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 provides that a reference in Part II of that Act to remuneration is to be read as including a reference to annual allowances.

Note 3:       Under subsection 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 , the Remuneration Tribunal may determine any matter significantly related to the remuneration of Judges.