Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 2021 - SECT 116

  (1)   A Judge is to be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 .

  (3)   In this section:

"remuneration" has the same meaning as in Part   II of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 .

Note 1:   A Judge's remuneration may not be diminished during the Judge's continuance in office: see paragraph   72(iii) of the Constitution.

Note 2:   Subsection   3(2) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 provides that a reference in Part   II of that Act to remuneration is to be read as including a reference to annual allowances.

Note 3:   Under subsection   7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 , the Remuneration Tribunal may determine any matter significantly related to the remuneration of Judges.