Health Insurance Act 1973

A Chairperson and a member of a Committee other than a Chairperson shall be paid such fees and allowances as the Remuneration Tribunal determines.

The appointment of the holder of a prescribed office as a Chairperson or as a member of a Committee other than a Chairperson, or service by the holder of a prescribed office as a Chairperson or such a member, does not affect the holder’s tenure of that prescribed office or the holder’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of that prescribed office and, for all purposes, the holder’s service as a Chairperson or such a member shall be taken to be service as the holder of the prescribed office.

This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

In this section, prescribed office means an office, appointment or other employment which is:

referred to in subsection 7(11) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 as an office, appointment or other employment on a full‑time basis; or

a judicial office referred to in subsection 7(12) of that Act.