Australian Federal Police Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 831

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Australian Federal Police Regulations2

(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901,hereby make the following Regulations under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.

Dated 18 May 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Michael Tate

Minister of State for Justice

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Australian Federal Police Regulations.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting the definitions of “Board”, “Deputy President” and “President”; and

(b) by inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘Agency’ means the Merit Protection and Review Agency established by the Merit Protection Act as modified in its application to and in relation to members by regulations made under section 85 of that Act;

‘Convenor’ has the same meaning as in subsection 10 (1) of the Merit Protection Act;

‘Director’ means the Director of the Agency;

‘Merit Protection Act’ means the Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984;

 

(S.R. 38/88) Cat. No. 14/26.4.1988

‘Review Committee’ means:

(a) a Review Committee within the meaning of the Act; or

(b) a Promotion Appeal Committee established in accordance with Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part II of the Merit Protection Act, being that Subdivision as modified in its application to and in relation to members by regulations made under section 85 of that Act;”.

Repeal of Division 1 of Part IIa

3. Division 1 of Part IIa of the Principal Regulations is repealed.

Hearings by Review Committee

4. Regulation 14n of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting subregulation (1);

(b) by omitting from subregulation (6) “President or the Deputy President” and substituting “Convenor”;

(c) by omitting from subregulation (7) “President or the Deputy President” and substituting “Convenor”; and

(d) by omitting subregulation (9).

Repeal of regulation 14s

5. Regulation 14s of the Principal Regulations is repealed.

Repeal of Division 2 of Part III

6. Division 2 of Part III of the Principal Regulations is repealed.

Prescribed ranks for purposes of paragraph 40 (1) (c) of the Act

7. Regulation 25b of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (d) and (e).

Statement by member selected for promotion

8. Regulation 25c of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) “21 days” and substituting “14 days”.

Appeal against selection for promotion

9. Regulation 26 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subparagraph 26 (2) (c) (i) “21 days” and substituting “14 days”.

Notification of appeal

10. Regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “Secretary to the Board” and substituting “Agency”.

Powers of Review Committee

11. Regulation 31 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subparagraph (b) (iii).

Determination of appeal

12. Regulation 32 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “Board” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Review Committee”.

Rules of association

13. Regulation 38 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) “Promotion Appeals Board” and substituting “Review Committees”.

Further amendments

14. The Principal Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

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SCHEDULE Regulation 14

FURTHER AMENDMENTS

1. The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended by omitting “Board” (wherever occurring, except where occurring in the expression “Secretary to the Board”) and substituting “Review Committee”:

Regulations 14k, 14land 14m, subregulations 14n (2), (3), (5), (6), (7) and (8), 14p (1) and (3), 14q (1), (2) and (3), regulations 14r and 25c, subregulations 26 (1) and (2), regulations 27 and 31, paragraph 34a (4) (c), subparagraph 34c (b) (i), regulation 34d, subregulations 34e (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), paragraph 34f (b) and regulation 34g.

2. The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended by omitting “Secretary to the Board” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Agency”:

Subregulations 14n (3) and (4), regulation 25c, paragraph 26 (2) (c), subregulation 34a (4), regulations 34b, 34c and 34d, subregulations 34e (2), (3), (4) and (5) and regulation 34f.

3. The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended by omitting “President” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Director”:

Paragraph 25c (b), subparagraph 26 (2) (c) (ii), paragraphs 34a (4) (b) and 34d (b).

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 May 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1979 No. 210 as amended by 1980 No. 140; 1981 Nos. 161 and 192; 1982 Nos. 199 and 282; 1983 No. 158; 1984 Nos. 164, 296 and 297; 1985 Nos. 82 and 293; 1986 No. 299; 1987 No. 14.

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