Economic Planning Advisory Council (Allowances for Expenses) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 991

 

Economic Planning Advisory Council (Allowances for Expenses) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901,hereby make the following Regulations under the Economic Planning Advisory Council Act 1983.

Dated 6 July 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Prime Minister

 

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Economic Planning Advisory Council (Allowances for Expenses) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“committee” means a committee established under section 19 of the Act;

“the Act” means the Economic Planning Advisory Council Act 1983.

Travelling allowance

3. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), where a member of the Council or of a committee (other than a member who is also a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of the Parliament of a State) is, by reason of—

(a) in the case of a member of the Council—his attendance at meetings of the Council or of his engagement, with the approval of the Council, on the affairs of the Council; or

 

S.R. 135/83—Cat. No. Recommended retail price 20c 10/27.6.1983

 

(b) in the case of a member of a committee—his attendance at meetings of the committee or of his engagement, with the approval of the committee, on the affairs of the committee,

necessarily absent from the city or town in which he normally resides or, if he does not normally reside in a city or town, the place at which he normally resides, the member is entitled to be paid in respect of that absence such travelling allowance as would be payable to him in respect of that absence if—

(c) he were a part-time member of the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation; and

(d) that absence were an absence of such a member of the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation from his home.

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

 

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 July 1983.

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