Cities Commission Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 142

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CITIES COMMISSION ACT 1972-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Cities Commission Act 1972-1973.

Dated this nineteenth day of July, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

TOM UREN

Minister of State for Urban and Regional Development.

 

CITIES COMMISSION REGULATIONS

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cities Commission Regulations.

Remuneration of Chairman.

2. In respect of any period of office before 1st January, 1974—

(a) the rate of remuneration payable to the Chairman is Twenty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per year and the rate of annual allowance payable to the Chairman is One thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per year; and

(b) the rate of remuneration payable to a part-time Commissioner is Two thousand six hundred dollars per year.

Travelling allowance.

3. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (3), where—

(a) the Chairman, or the Associate Commissioner, is, in the course of performing his duties, necessarily absent overnight from Canberra; or

(b) a part-time Commissioner is, in the course of performing his duties, necessarily absent overnight from the city in which he normally resides,

travelling allowance is payable to him in accordance with this regulation.

(2) Travelling allowance in respect of a period of absence is payable to the Chairman at the rate of Thirty-four dollars per day and to the Associate Commissioner, or a part-time Commissioner, at a rate of Twenty-five dollars per day.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 26 July 1973.

 

(3) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include, the cost of conveyance.

(4) Travelling allowance is payable under this regulation in respect of 15th July, 1973, or any subsequent day.

Allowances in respect of service outside Australia.

4. (1) Where the Chairman, or the Associate Commissioner, performs duties outside Australia and the Territories not forming part of Australia, he is entitled to be paid such allowances as he would be entitled to be paid—

(a) in the case of the Chairman—if he were the Permanent Head of a Department and in receipt of salary equal to the salary payable to the Secretary to the Department of Urban and Regional Development; or

(b) in the case of the Associate Commissioner—if he were an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth and were included in the Second Division.

(2) Where the Chairman, or the Associate Commissioner, is entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of a period under sub-regulation (1), he is not entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of that period under regulation 3.

Living allowance of Chairman.

5. A living allowance is payable to the Chairman—

(a) in respect of any period of office from and including 15th July, 1973, to and including 31st August, 1973—at the rate of Ninety-five dollars per week; and

(b) in respect of any period of office from and including 1st September, 1973, to and including 31st July, 1974—at the rate of Twenty dollars per week.