Navigation (Fees and Allowances of Members of Committees) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1962. No. 74.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1961.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1961.

Dated this twenty-third day of August, 1962.

DALLAS BROOKS

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.

 

Navigation (Fees and Allowances of Members of Committees) Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Fees and Allowances of Members of Committees) Regulations.

Repeal.

2. The Navigation (Fees and Allowances of Members of Committees) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1958, No. 1; Statutory Rules 1960, No. 65; and Statutory Rules 1961, No. 55) are repealed.

Interpretation.

3.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Committee” means the Marine Council, a Committee of Advice or the Crew Accommodation Committee;

“Committee of Advice” means a Committee of Advice appointed by the Minister under sub-section (7.) of section 424 of the Act;

“the Act” means the Navigation Act 1912-1961;

“the Crew Accommodation Committee” means the Crew Accommodation Committee appointed by the Minister under section 138 of the Act;

“the Marine Council” means the Marine Council constituted by sub-section (1.) of section 424 of the Act.

(2.) In these Regulations—

(a) a reference to the Chairman of a Committee shall be read as including a reference to the person who, in the absence of the Chairman, attends a meeting of the Committee as the deputy of the Chairman of the Committee; and

(b) a reference to a member of a Committee shall be read as including a reference to the person who, in the absence of the member, attends a meeting of the Committee as the deputy of the member.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30th August, 1962.

10244/61.—Price 3d. 10/9.7.1962.

Regulations not to apply to certain members.

4.—(1.) These Regulations do not apply to the Chairman of a Committee or a member of a Committee who is—

(a) a member of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission;

(b) an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth; or

(c) an officer of an Authority of the Commonwealth other than the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission.

(2.) The next two succeeding regulations do not apply to a member of a Committee who is an officer of the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission.

Fees of Chairman.

5. The Chairman of a Committee is entitled to receive—

(a) for each day or part of a day on which he attends a meeting or meetings of that Committee—a fee of Eight pounds eight shillings; and

(b) if he attends, whether as Chairman or a member, at a meeting or meetings, held on the same day, of a Committee (other than the first-mentioned Committee)—an additional fee of Four pounds four shillings.

Fees of members of Committees.

6.—(1.) A member of a Committee (other than the Chairman) is, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, entitled to receive—

(a) for each day or part of a day on which he attends a meeting or meetings of that Committee—a fee of Seven pounds seven shillings; and

(b) if he attends as a member at a meeting or meetings, held on the same day, of a Committee (other than the first-mentioned Committee)—an additional fee of Three pounds three shillings.

(2.) A member of a Committee who presides at a meeting of a Committee during the absence of the Chairman of the Committee is entitled to receive payment of fees in accordance with regulation 5 of these Regulations.

Travelling allowance.

7. Where the Chairman of a Committee or a member of a Committee is, in order to attend a meeting of a Committee, or meetings of two or more Committees, necessarily absent overnight from his place of residence, he is entitled to receive travelling allowance at the rate of Four pounds ten shillings per day during the time he is necessarily absent from his place of residence.

Fares.

8. Where the Chairman of a Committee or a member of a Committee attends a meeting of a Committee, or meetings of two or more Committees, held in a city or town other than that in which he resides—

(a) he is entitled, for the purpose of attending the meeting or meetings, to travel first-class by rail or air, at the cost of the Commonwealth, from the city or town where he resides to the city or town where the meeting is, or the meetings are, held and, on the completion of the meeting or meetings, from the city or town where the meeting was, or the meetings were, held to the city or town where he resides; or

(b) if he does not travel by rail or air, he is entitled to receive the amount of the first-class rail or air fare, whichever is the less.

Meal allowances.

9. Where the Chairman of a Committee or a member of a Committee attends the meeting of a Committee, or the meetings of two or more Committees, held in a city or town other than that in which he resides but is not absent overnight from his place of residence, he is entitled to receive for each meal purchased by him during the period he is necessarily absent from his place of residence an allowance in accordance with the following table:—

Meal.	Allowance.
Breakfast......................................................................	Six shillings and sixpence
Midday meal................................................................	Eight shillings
Evening meal................................................................	Twelve shillings and sixpence.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.