{"id":"F2022L00559","name":"Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Economic Empowerment) (Remuneration and Allowances—Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation) Determination 2022","slug":"aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441344,"registerId":"F2022L00559-fast-fetch-1775956658912","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Economic Empowerment) (Remuneration and Allowances—Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Economic Empowerment) (Remuneration and Allowances—Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation) Determination 2022\n\nI, Ken Wyatt AM, Minister for Indigenous Australians, make the following determination.\n\nDated 6 April 2022\n\nKen Wyatt AM\n\nMinister for Indigenous Australians\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Remuneration and allowances\n\n6 When determination ceases to have effect\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Economic Empowerment) (Remuneration and Allowances—Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (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.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 8 April 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.\n\n (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.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under item 17 of Schedule 1 to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Act 2021.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation;\n\n(b) NTAI Corporation commencement day.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Act 2021.\n\nRemuneration and Allowances Determination means the Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2021, as in force at the commencement of this instrument.\n\nTravel Determination means the Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2019, as in force at the commencement of this instrument.\n\n5  Remuneration and allowances\n\n (1) The remuneration and allowances determined for a person who is a member of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation, other than a person who is also the Chair of a Land Council, are those that would be payable in relation to the person under the Remuneration and Allowances Determination and the Travel Determination if:\n\n (a) the person were an office holder to whom those determinations applied; and\n\n (b) Table 4A in section 22 of the Remuneration and Allowances Determination included:\n\n (i) a reference in column 1 to the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation; and\n\n (ii) a reference in column 2 to the daily fee of $778; and\n\n (iii) a reference in column 4 to the daily fee of $506; and\n\n (iv) a reference in column 6 to travel tier 2.\n\n (2) If a person is both a member of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation and the Chair of a Land Council, the allowances determined for the person in respect of the person’s membership of the Interim Board are those that would be payable in relation to the person under the Travel Determination if:\n\n (a) the person, in the person’s capacity as a member of the Interim Board, were an office holder to whom that determination applied; and\n\n (b) subsections 9(2) and (3) of that determination were disregarded; and\n\n (c) for the purposes of that determination, the person’s travel tier in that capacity were tier 2.\n\n (3) A person appointed under subitem 13(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act to preside at the first meeting of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation is taken, for the purposes of the table mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), to be the interim Chair of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation in respect of the period starting when the person is appointed to preside and ending when the interim Chair is elected.\n\n (4) The Remuneration and Allowances Determination and the Travel Determination apply in relation to remuneration and allowances determined under subsections (1) and (2) as if they were remuneration and allowances payable under those determinations.\n\n6  When determination ceases to have effect\n\n  Unless sooner revoked, this determination ceases to have effect:\n\n (a) in relation to a member of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation other than the interim Chair—at the start of the NTAI Corporation commencement day; or\n\n (b) in relation to the interim Chair—when the interim Chair ceases to hold that office.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination performs exactly the narrow, technical function its title suggests: setting remuneration for a specific interim board. It has not expanded beyond this purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: only 6 operative sections spanning approximately 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 3 definitions in section 4, plus 2 terms incorporated by reference from the parent Act","Heavy reliance on external instruments: the Determination imports pay rates and travel rules from two separate Remuneration Tribunal determinations rather than setting its own","Conditional logic limited to two scenarios: (1) ordinary members vs (2) Land Council Chairs, with a third minor provision for the meeting chair","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond the incorporation by reference mechanism","Sunset clause is straightforward with two simple termination triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination fixes pay and travel allowances for members of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation—setting daily fees ($778 full day, $506 part-day) and \"tier 2\" travel coverage. Land Council Chairs on the Board receive travel but no additional pay, and the interim Chair is paid until a permanent chair is elected.\n\nIt ensures fair, transparent compensation to attract qualified members while the temporary board sets up the new Indigenous investment corporation; it expires once the permanent board assumes control."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or reduce the classes of persons covered under the Act; it specifies how remuneration and travel allowances are to be calculated for Interim Board members by applying and adapting existing Remuneration Tribunal determinations (authority: s 3; mechanics: s 5) and sets a temporary end point tied to the NTAI Corporation commencement day or the interim Chair’s departure (s 6)."},"complexity_factors":["Heavy cross-referencing to external Remuneration Tribunal instruments rather than stating amounts directly (see definitions and s 5(1)–(4)).","Layered conditional rules: different rules for members who are also Land Council Chairs (s 5(2)) and for the person presiding at the first meeting (s 5(3)).","Specific table-entry simulation: the instrument requires treating Table 4A of the Remuneration Determination as if it included particular column entries (s 5(1)(b)(i)–(iv)), which requires reading both instruments together.","Modification of application rules: it directs disregarding subsections 9(2)–(3) of the Travel Determination for certain members (s 5(2)(b)), creating an exception to an external instrument.","Temporary and staggered cessation rules tied to the NTAI Corporation commencement day and the interim Chair’s tenure, so effect varies by officeholder (s 6).","Dependence on defined terms in the enabling Act and on the state of the Tribunal determinations 'as in force at the commencement' (Definitions and s 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the pay and travel allowances for members of the Interim Board of the NTAI Corporation. It adopts entries from existing Remuneration Tribunal determinations—fixing a daily fee of $778, a lower daily fee of $506 and travel tier 2 for ordinary members—and limits travel-only allowances for members who are also Land Council Chairs. The rates apply only until the NTAI Corporation commencement day or until the interim Chair leaves."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b","history":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b/history","analysis":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-economic-empowerment-remuneration-and-allowances-interim-b/documents"}}