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This Act may be cited as the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990.
Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Part 3 commences on 1 July 1990.
This Part has effect in spite of:
anything in any Determination of the Remuneration Tribunal made on or before 1 June 1990; or
any provision of an Act, being a provision providing for the remuneration or allowances of the holder of an office to be determined by the Remuneration Tribunal (including section 21 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996); or
any provision in the Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1984 that is inconsistent with this Part.
Where, after 1 June 1990, the Remuneration Tribunal has made, or makes, a Determination that is inconsistent with a provision of this Act:
subject to subsection (3), the Determination operates according to its terms in spite of the provision of this Act; and
the provision of this Act ceases to operate.
A Determination referred to in subsection (2) that purports to take effect from a day earlier than 1 June 1990 takes effect on 1 June 1990.
Where a resolution disapproving of a Determination referred to in subsection (2) is passed as mentioned in subsection 7(8) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, the provision of the Act overridden by the Determination operates with effect from the day on which the resolution is passed.
Determination No. 12 of 1994 of the Remuneration Tribunal, dated 30 June 1994, does not operate on or after the date of commencement of this section.
The holders of the offices specified in Schedule 1 are entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.
The holders of the offices specified in Schedule 2 are entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.
The salaries, allowances and contributions payable under this Act are to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and the Fund is accordingly appropriated for that purpose.
The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:
required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
Section 4
1. In respect of the period starting on 1 January 1990 and ending on 30 June 1990, the holders of the offices specified in this Schedule are taken to have been, and to be, entitled to remuneration and allowances at the rates, and subject to the conditions, that would have been applicable to them from 1 January 1990 if Determination No. 11 of the Remuneration Tribunal dated 23 May 1990 had not been made.
2. In respect of periods from or after 1 July 1990, the holders of the offices specified in this Schedule are entitled to salary at the rates set out below with effect from the dates specified.
Rate per annum of Salary | ||
|---|---|---|
Office | from 1.7.90 $ | from 1.1.91 $ |
Chief Justice of the High Court | 170,503 | 180,733 |
Justice of the High Court | 154,991 | 164,290 |
Rate per annum of Salary | ||
|---|---|---|
Office | from 1.7.90 $ | from 1.1.91 $ |
Chief Justice of the Federal Court | 143,789 | 152,416 |
Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) | 143,789 | 152,416 |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | 136,031 | 144,193 |
Deputy Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) | 135,195 | 143,307 |
Judge of the Federal Court | 131,734 | 139,638 |
Senior Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) | 131,734 | 139,638 |
Any other Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) | 131,734 | 139,638 |
Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | 131,734 | 139,638 |
Rate per annum of Salary | ||
|---|---|---|
Office | from 1.7.90 $ | from 1.1.91 $ |
President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 131,734 | 139,638 |
President of the Australian Competition Tribunal | 131,734 | 139,638 |
President of the Law Reform Commission | 131,734 | 139,638 |
Solicitor‑General | The salary and allowances payable to a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia | |