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Environment Act 1986

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - Administrative provisions

9: Salary and allowances of Commissioner

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"The Commissioner's Pay and Benefits"

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You get paid if you are the Commissioner. The Remuneration Authority decides how much you get paid. You also get allowances. Your pay does not go down while you are the Commissioner. You get travelling allowances when you travel for work. This is according to the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. You are entitled to annual leave, sick leave, and other leave. The Speaker of the House of Representatives decides how much leave you get. You are not considered a public servant because you are the Commissioner, according to the Public Service Act 2020.

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Part 1Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Administrative provisions

9Salary and allowances of Commissioner

  1. There shall be paid to the Commissioner out of public money, without further appropriation than this section,—

  2. a salary at such rate as the Remuneration Authority from time to time determines; and
    1. such allowances as are from time to time determined by the Remuneration Authority.

      1. The salary of the Commissioner shall not be diminished during the continuance of the Commissioner's appointment.

      2. Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), there shall be paid to the Commissioner, in respect of time spent in travelling in the exercise of the Commissioner's functions, travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly as if the Commissioner were a member of a statutory board and the travelling were in the service of a statutory board.

      3. The Commissioner shall be entitled to such annual leave, sick leave, and other leave as may be determined by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

      4. The Commissioner shall not be regarded as being employed in the service of the Sovereign for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020 by reason of appointment as the Commissioner.

      Notes
      • Section 9(1): amended (with effect on 1 July 1989), on , by section 86(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).
      • Section 9(1)(a): amended, on , by section 4(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
      • Section 9(1)(b): amended, on , by section 4(1) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
      • Section 9(4): substituted, on , by section 87 of the State Sector Act 1988 (1988 No 20).
      • Section 9(5): editorial change made by the PCO, on , under sections 86(1) and 87(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
      • Section 9(5): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).