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11  Classification structure
 (1) The following table (Table 2A) sets out:
 (a) for the purposes of subsection 13(1) of the Act, the classification structure for offices of Departmental Secretary; and
 (b) the total remuneration, per year, for each level and pay point in the classification structure.

Table 2A—Classification structure
Column 1                                  Column 2   Column 3

Level                                     Pay point  Total remuneration (per year)
Level 1 (the Prime Minister and Cabinet)             $1,011,410
Level 2 (the Treasury)                               $986,120
Level 3                                   1          $960,840
Level 3                                   2          $910,270
Level 4                                   1          $859,700
Level 4                                   2          $809,130

 (2) The following table (Table 2B) sets out the classification level to which each office of Secretary is assigned, by reference to the Department to which the office relates.

Table 2B—Classification of offices of Secretary
Level                                            Departments
Level 1                                          The Prime Minister and Cabinet
Level 2                                          The Treasury
Level 3                                          The following Departments:
                                                 (a) Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry;
                                                 (b) Attorney‑General's;
                                                 (c) Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water;
                                                 (d) Defence;
                                                 (e) Education;
                                                 (f) Employment and Workplace Relations;
                                                 (g) Finance;
                                                 (h) Foreign Affairs and Trade;
                                                 (i) Health and Aged Care;
                                                 (j) Home Affairs;
                                                 (k) Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts;
                                                 (l) Social Services
Level 4                                          The following Departments:
                                                 (a) Industry, Science and Resources;
                                                 (b) Veterans' Affairs

 (3) A Secretary at level 1 or level 2 is entitled to the total remuneration specified for that level in Table 2A.
 (4) Subject to section 12, a Secretary at level 3 or level 4 is entitled to the total remuneration specified for the pay point to which the office is assigned by a pay point assignment.
 (5) If a person is appointed to more than one office of Secretary at the same time, the person is entitled to the total remuneration specified for the highest of the pay points that would apply in relation to any of the appointments on its own.
 (6) If a person is appointed to an office of Secretary that does not appear in the classification in Table 2B, then, until Table 2B has been amended to include the office and a pay point assignment has been made for the office, the Secretary is entitled to:
 (a) if the Secretary has been transferred from another office of Secretary—the total remuneration specified for the pay point that applied to the person in the Secretary's former office; or
 (b) in any other case—the total remuneration specified for the lowest pay point for level 4.