Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-time Public Office) Determination 2021
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7 Definitions
In this instrument:
agency, of an office holder, means:
(a) the agency to which the office holder is attached; or
(b) if the office holder is not attached to an agency—the portfolio Department.
benefit means:
(a) any non‑monetary benefit provided at the employing authority’s expense to or for the benefit of an office holder as a personal benefit, including:
(i) a vehicle (see section 16); and
(ii) vehicle parking (see section 17); and
(b) any other benefit received by way of remuneration packaging (see section 13).
CSS (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme) has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1976.
DFRDB (short for Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits) means the scheme established by the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
employer superannuation contribution for an office holder means:
(a) if the office holder is a member of the CSS, PSS, DFRDB or MSBS—the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution under subsection 14(1), (2), (3) or (4); or
(b) if the office holder is a member of the PSSAP—15.4% of ordinary time earnings (within the meaning of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992) for the office holder; or
(c) if the office holder is a member of another superannuation fund—the amount worked out under subsection 14(6).
Note 1: An office holder’s employer superannuation contribution is part of the office holder’s total remuneration (see section 8).
Note 2: Superannuation contributions made as a result of remuneration packaging do not form part of an office holder’s employer superannuation contribution (see section 13).
employing authority, in relation to an office holder, means an entity exercising a power or performing a function in relation to the office holder’s employment or remuneration.
fringe benefits tax means fringe benefits tax (within the meaning of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 as it applies of its own force or because of the Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986).
MSBS (short for Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme) has the same meaning as Scheme has in the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991.