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Table B3 - Daily fees for specified offices – fees and travel tier

General provisions relating to Table B3:

Remuneration for an office holder is at the rate specified in the appropriate column opposite the Office/Authority (Column 2 for the Chair, Column 3 for the Deputy Chair and Column 4 for Members). Where there is an additional condition that applies to a specified office, a sub-clause is listed in Column 5. The additional sub‑clauses are set out immediately following the Table.
Rates commence on 1 July 2017 unless otherwise specified.

Column 1Office/Authority	Column 2Chair$	Column 3Deputy$	Column 4Member$	Column 5Additional clauses	Column 6Travel Tier
Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board	1,440	1,296	1,152		1
Member, Registration and Disciplinary Committees (Schedule 2 to the Bankruptcy Act 1966)Effective 1 July 2017, refer Det 2017/14			1,152		1
Examiner, Australian Crime Commission			1,440	B3.1	1
Professional Services Review – Committees	1,440		1,296		1
Professional Services Review – Determining Authority	1,440		1,296		1
Member, Registration and Disciplinary Committees (Corporate Insolvency Practitioners)			1,152		1
Australian Medical Research Advisory Board	1,280		1,024		1
Australian Renewable Energy Agency	1,280		1,024		2
Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board	1,280		1,024		1
Inspector–General of Biosecurity	1,280			B3.18	2
Specialist Medical Review Council - Convenor/councillor	1,280

B3.1

Examiner, Australian Crime Commission: The maximum amount an Examiner who is paid by way of daily fees can be paid in one year is $237,720. The Hon John Hannaford is to receive the full amount determined in Column 2 until the remuneration for performing this office totals $32,130 in a financial year (1 July to 30 June). Once income in a financial year reaches this level, the daily rate applying will revert to $720.

B3.2

Specialist Medical Review Council: In addition to the relevant daily fee, the Convenor will receive a retainer of $28,350 per annum. A councillor who is appointed as a presiding councillor under subsection 196ZK(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 will, in addition to the relevant daily fee, receive a retainer of $19,120 per annum

B3.3

Gene Technology Committees: An Expert Advisor appointed to either the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee or the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee will receive $840 per day and is entitled to Tier 1 Travel.

B3.4

Repatriation Medical Authority: In addition to the relevant daily fee, retainers of $56,610 per annum for the Chairperson and $37,750 per annum for the Members are payable.

B3.5

Fair Work Commission Expert Panel Member: Fees for all official business will be calculated in accordance with Table B2. Table B1 does not apply.

B3.6

Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) – former Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT): This determination applies to an AAT member who is a former member of the SSAT and is covered by the transitional provisions of Section 5 of Item 9 to the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (i.e. for the remaining balance of the former SSAT member’s term of appointment that commenced before 1 July 2015). All daily fees for these part-time office holders are calculated in accordance with Table B2; Table B1 does not apply. The following conditions also apply:for the purpose of Column 3 of Table B2 total time includes all official travel time; time spent on Tribunal business; and preparation for, attendance and finalisation of all matters associated with a Tribunal hearing;the nature, reasonableness and duration of official business shall be reviewed prior to payment of fees, according to governance arrangements established by the President of the AAT; anda part-time office holder shall be paid a cancellation fee equivalent to 50 per cent of one day's fee for the cancellation of all work on a day with less than five working days' notice.

B3.7

Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT): All daily fees for part-time office holders of the SCT are calculated in accordance with Table B2; Table B1 does not apply. The following conditions also apply:for the purpose of Column 3 of Table B2 total time includes all official travel time; time spent on Tribunal business; and preparation for, attendance and finalisation of all matters associated with a Tribunal hearing; and(b) the Chairperson of the SCT is to certify the nature, reasonableness and duration of official business undertaken prior to any payment of fees.

B3.8

Tax Practitioners Board: The maximum fees payable each year to part-time Members of the Tax Practitioners Board are capped at 80 per cent of the sum of the base salary payable each year to a full-time Member.

B3.9

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission: Where a member has an entitlement to Tier 1 travel by virtue of a full-time appointment, that entitlement will also apply to this Office.

B3.10

Classification Review Board: When the Deputy Convenor acts as Convenor, he or she will be entitled to the remuneration and other conditions determined for the Convenor.

B3.11

Defence Force Advocate: The daily fee specified in Table B.3 is payable when the Advocate undertakes tasks that do not require the advocacy and legal advice skills of a Senior Counsel. Fees payable for advocacy and legal advice that the Department certifies as within the Advocate’s functions under s.58T of the Defence Act 1903 and requiring the skills of a Senior Counsel or a Queens Counsel, shall be at the rate of $3,500 per day.

B3.12

Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) – former Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal: This determination applies to an AAT member who is a former member of the MRT/RRT and is covered by the transitional provisions of Item 5 of Schedule 9 to the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (i.e. for the remaining balance of the former MRT/RRT member’s term of appointment that commenced before 1 July 2015). Table B1 and B2 do not apply to these part-time office holders. The following conditions also apply:members receive a daily fee for seven hours work (which may accumulate over several days); andthe nature, reasonableness and duration of official business shall be reviewed prior to payment of fees, according to governance arrangements established by the President of the AAT.

B3.13

Committees of Research and Development Corporations: This entry refers to committees established under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

B3.14

Editorial Advisor Board: Subject to a minimum payment of $3,289 per annum.

B3.15

Torres Strait Regional Authority: Table B1 and Table B2 do not apply. Office-holders shall be paid in accordance with the following conditions:(a) for formal meetings and/or authority business aggregating 6 hours or more on any one day – 100 per cent of the daily fee;(b) for formal meetings and/or authority business aggregating 3 hours or more but less than 6 hours on any one day – 60 per cent of the daily fee; and(c) for formal meetings and/or authority business aggregating less than 3 hours on any one day – 40 per cent of the daily fee.

B3.16

Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (MACBBVSTI): Members appointed as organisational representatives, such as Federal Parliamentarians and State/Territory Officials, will not receive the travel allowance determined for MACBBVSTI Members if they have an entitlement to travel allowance from a different source.

B3.17

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – Associate Member (Agriculture): The office holder will receive an annual fee of $256,640 while working the equivalent of 3 days per week, administered in accordance with Schedule A of the Determination, in lieu of any amount appearing in Column 4.

B3.18

Inspector-General of Biosecurity – The daily fee is capped at 175 days per annum.

B3.19

Climate Change Authority Associate Member: An Associate Member of the Climate Change Authority appointed prior 12 February 2018 will receive $897 in lieu of the fee included in Table B3 of the determination for the duration of the office holder’s current term of appointment.