14Amount of remuneration

#### 14 Amount of remuneration Remuneration for certain Secretaries (1) The Tribunal must, from time to time, determine the amount of remuneration that is to be paid to: (a) the Secretary of the Department that is administered by the Prime Minister; and (b) the Secretary of the Department that is administered by the Treasurer. (2) The amount of remuneration determined under subsection (1) must be consistent with the classification structure determined by the Tribunal under section 13. > Note: Determinations made by the Tribunal under subsection (1) must be published in accordance with section 16. Remuneration for other Secretaries (3) The Secretary of the Department that is administered by the Prime Minister, in consultation with the President of the Tribunal and the Australian Public Service Commissioner, must, from time to time, assign each Departmental Secretary (other than a Departmental Secretary referred to in subsection (1)) to an amount of remuneration. (4) The amount of remuneration to which a Departmental Secretary is assigned under subsection (3) must be consistent with the classification structure determined by the Tribunal under section 13. (5) An assignment made under subsection (3): (a) must be in writing; and (b) comes into operation on the date specified in the instrument of assignment. (6) The Secretary of the Department that is administered by the Prime Minister must give the Minister a copy of each instrument of assignment made under subsection (3). (7) For the purposes of subsection 5(3AB) of the Superannuation Act 1976, an assignment under subsection (3) of this section of a Departmental Secretary to an amount of remuneration is taken to be a determination made under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 in respect of the remuneration of the Departmental Secretary.