Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00795:reg:8:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00795
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 6100–8940

8  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) employing body;
(b) principal executive office;
(c) Tribunal.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
agency, of a PEO, means:
 (a) the agency to which the PEO is attached; or
 (b) if the PEO is not attached to an agency—the portfolio Department.
APS employment means employment as an APS employee.
band means a classification set out as a band of total remuneration in an item of Table 2A.
Note: Subsection 3A(2) of the Act provides for the Minister to assign a principal executive office to a classification within the classification structure.
benefit means:
 (a) any non‑monetary benefit provided at the employer's expense to or for the benefit of a PEO as a personal benefit, including:
 (i) a vehicle (see section 22); and
 (ii) vehicle parking (see section 23); and
 (b) any other benefit received by way of remuneration packaging (see section 18).
CSS (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme) has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1976.
DFRDB (short for Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits) means the scheme established by the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
employer superannuation contribution for a PEO means:
 (a) if the PEO is a member of the CSS, PSS, DFRDB or MSBS—the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution under subsection 21(1), (2), (3) or (4); or
 (b) if the PEO is a member of PSSAP—the amount worked out under paragraph 21(5)(b); or
 (c) if the PEO is a member of another superannuation fund—the amount worked out under subsection 21(6).
Note 1: A PEO's employer superannuation contribution is part of the PEO's total remuneration (see the definition of total remuneration in this section).
Note 2: Superannuation contributions made as a result of remuneration packaging do not form part of a PEO's employer superannuation contribution (see section 18).
fringe benefits tax means fringe benefits tax (within the meaning of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 as it applies of its own force or because of the Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986).
MSBS (short for Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme) has the same meaning as Scheme has in the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991.
office locality, in relation to a PEO, means the geographic locality of the PEO's usual place of work on official business.
official travel determination means the Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2023 (or any determination that supersedes that determination).
PEO (short for principal executive officer) means the holder of a principal executive office.
performance pay means an amount of at‑risk pay awarded on the basis of performance and paid