Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-time Public Office) Determination (No. 2) 2023
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8 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including office and public office.
In this instrument:
ADF Super member has the same meaning as in the Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015.
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.
authority is the body or office to which an office holder is appointed.
authority business means any authority business conducted by an office holder with the authority’s approval, but does not include the following:
(a) attendance at a formal meeting;
(b) official travel time on a meeting day;
(c) normal preparation time for a formal meeting (although time spent by the office holder preparing for a formal meeting may be treated as authority business if the Chair considers the time excessive to normal preparation time).
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.
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.
normal preparation time means the time that a member of an authority (including the Chair or a Deputy Chair) ordinarily requires to prepare for a meeting of the authority. It can occur on either a day of a meeting or on another day.
office holder means the holder of a part‑time public office.
official travel determination means the Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2022 (or any determination that supersedes that determination).