A decision of the GREAT Tribunal only comes into existence when the written instrument containing both result and reasons is made available, not when the result is informally communicated by telephone. An appeal filed before the written decision is handed down is incompetent under s 55(1) of the GREAT Act. Nightshift penalty rates regularly payable in respect of a vacant office but not the appellant's current office may constitute part of the 'maximum salary applicable to the vacant office' for the purposes of s 21(1)(e).
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