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REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL (MEMBERS' FEES AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 237

Statutory Rules 1995 No. 237

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industrial Relations

Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

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

Section 13 of the Remuneration Act 1973 (the Act) provides that 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 annual fees to be paid to the President and other members of the Tribunal.

It is appropriate to adjust the annual fees paid to the holders of the offices, in line with increases determined by the Tribunal for other part-time statutory public office holders. This approach is consistent with the approach taken in the past to adjust the fees of Tribunal members.

Annual fees for other part-time office holders were adjusted by 5% effective from 1 December 1994. This adjustment was consistent with movements in average weekly ordinary time earnings. The factors taken into consideration in coming to the decision to make this adjustment included the principles of wage determination, and National Wage Case decisions, of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission over the previous 12 month period. These factors are also relevant to the present proposed increase.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the Regulations by omitting the annual fees payable to the President and members and prescribing new fees for these offices.

The Regulations commenced on gazettal.