The Commission shall have the function of considering and determining the salaries and principal allowances of—

The Commission shall have the function of considering and making determinations with respect to—

The Commission shall, in making a determination under subsection (2)(b) of this section, determine—

Any maximum amount determined under subsection (3)(a) of this section may be expressed as either a specified monetary amount or a percentage of salary, either of which may vary according to any category of judicial officer.

Nothing shall prevent the holder of any one particular judicial office from being treated as a category of judicial officer for the purposes of subsection (4) of this section if the Commission considers it to be appropriate.

Any reference in this section to ‘judicial officer’ includes any person appointed to the office of Solicitor-General.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Crown’s liability to any registered superannuation scheme to which a judicial officer referred to in subsection (2)(b) of this section chooses to contribute shall be limited to payment of such subsidy as may be determined pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.

In this section ‘registered superannuation scheme’ means any superannuation scheme that is registered under the Superannuation Schemes Act 1989.

Every determination to which subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section applies shall be deemed to be a regulation for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 out not for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.”

Any determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12b(2)(a) of this Act may contain provisions which modify, or are to apply instead of, provisions of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.

Before making a determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12b(2)(a) of this Act in respect of rights under the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, the Commission shall consult with the Superintendent of the Government Superannuation Fund concerning the substance and form of the Commission’s proposed determination.

Before making a determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12(1)(ba) or section 12b(2) of this Act, the Commission shall consult with the Government Actuary concerning the substance and form of the Commissions proposed determination.

Any determination made under section 12(1)(b) or section 12(1)(ba) or section 12b(2) of this Act, and any provision of any such determination, may be made so as to come into force on a date to be specified in that behalf in the determination, being the date of the making of the determination or any other date, whether before or after the date of the making of the determination or the date of the commencement of this section.

Every such determination, and every provision of any such determination, in respect of which no date is specified shall come into force on the date of the making of the determination.

Where a determination made under section 12(1)(ba) or section 12b(2)(b) of this Act requires or allows for, in relation to any person, the payment out of public money of any superannuation subsidy, that subsidy may in accordance with, and within any limits prescribed by, this Act and any such determination be paid out of public money without further appropriation than this section.

Every determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12(1)(ba) of this Act shall be made known in accordance with section 16 of this Act as if it were a determination in respect of the salaries and allowances of members of the House of Representatives.

Except to the extent that a determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12b(2)(a) of this Act modifies, or is expressed to be in substitution for, any provision of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, nothing in any such determination shall affect the provisions of that Act.”