PART 2 – REMUNERATION AND RELATED MATTERS

2.1 Base Salary: A person who holds a full-time office specified in Table 1 or Table 2A shall be paid the Base Salary specified in Table 1 or Table 2A.

2.2 Additional Allowances: A Judge who also holds any of the following part-time offices shall be provided with an additional expense allowance of $2,280 a year with effect on and from 1 January 2017:

(i) Aboriginal Land Commissioner;

(ii) Chairman of the Australian Electoral Commission;

(iii) Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island; and

(iv) other offices as specified in Table 1.

2.3 Remuneration of part-time office: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Determination, a person who holds office on a part-time basis, other than a member of the National Native Title Tribunal or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT):

(i) may not be paid more than the base salary of the equivalent full-time office (if any) in respect of any financial year; and

(ii) is deemed to hold a full-time office in that year for the purposes of entitlements, other than separation benefits and salary packaging, if paid an amount equal to the base salary of the equivalent full-time office in any given financial year.

2.3.1 Remuneration of Part-Time NNTT Members: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Determination, a person who holds office as a member of the National Native Title Tribunal on a part-time basis:

(i) may not be paid more than the amount calculated as the Total Remuneration of the equivalent full-time office less 15.4 per cent of the full-time office’s Base Salary, in respect of any financial year; and

(ii) is deemed to hold a full-time office in that year for the purposes of entitlements, other than separation benefits and salary packaging, if paid an amount equal to the amount calculated under 2.3.1 (i) in any given financial year.

2.4 Use of specified rates for part-time office: The appropriate authority may elect to pay a person who holds office on a part-time basis a proportion of the base salary of the equivalent full-time office specified in Table 2A (if any), in accordance with the hours worked, subject to a cap of 12 hours pay in any one day. Otherwise, the office holder shall be paid the daily fee specified in Table 2A. The proportion of base salary of the equivalent full-time office (hourly rate) will be ascertained by applying the following formula:

Base Salary x 6 = Hourly Rate.

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2.5 Payment of daily fees: A person who holds a part-time office specified in Table 2A is entitled to be paid the daily fee specified in Table 2A (unless paid under clause 2.4 or 2.6). A person who is eligible to receive a daily fee may not be paid more than one daily fee in respect of any one calendar day.