Meat Export Control (Fees and Expenses) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 41.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE MEAT EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1935-1936.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Meat Export Control Act 1935-1936.

Dated this first day of April, 1936.

(SGD.) GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Acting Minister of State for Commerce.

 

Meat Export Control (Fees and Expenses) Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Meat Export Control (Fees and Expenses) Regulations.

Application of regulations.

2. These Regulations shall not apply to the Chairman of the Board, or to any member of the Board or of any Committee of the Board, or to the deputy of any such member, if he is a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any State.

Fees of Chairman and members.

3. The Chairman of the Board shall receive a fee of Four pounds four shillings per day, and each member, or deputy of a member of the Board while acting as such, shall receive a fee of Two pounds two shillings per day, for attendance at meetings of the Board or of any Committee of the Board:

Provided that, if he attends a meeting of the Board and of a Committee on the same day, he shall be entitled to one fee only in respect of such attendance.

Travelling expenses.

4.—(1.) Where any member resides at a distance of more than fifteen miles from the place where a meeting of the Board or of the Committee, as the case may be, is held, he shall, subject to this regulation, receive an allowance at the rate of Two pounds two shillings per day to cover expenses incurred in travelling in connexion with attendance at that meeting:

Provided that an allowance shall not be payable under this sub regulation in respect of any day upon which the member attends a meeting of the Board or of a Committee and receives a fee for such attendance in pursuance of the last preceding regulation.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1936.

1623.—10/30.3.1936.—Price 3d.

(2.) In addition to the allowance specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, a member shall be reimbursed the return fares actually and necessarily incurred in travelling from his place of residence to the place where the meeting is held:

Provided that where the member travels by air and the amount of fare exceeds the amount which would have been payable if he had travelled by rail or steamer, he shall not be entitled to reimbursement of the excess except with the approval of the Minister.

(3.) In this regulation, “member” means a member of the Board or of the Executive Committee of the Board or the Beef Committee of the Board, and includes the Chairman of the Board and any deputy of a member of the Board.

 

By Authority: L. F Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.