PAPUA NEW GUINEA (STAFFING
ASSISTANCE)
ACT 1975
No. 100 of 1975
An Act to amend the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973.
BE IT ENACTED by
the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as
follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1975.
(2) The Papua New
Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal
Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Papua New Guinea
(Staffing Assistance) Act 1973-1975.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall
come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3. Section
3 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
sub-section:—
“(3) In this Act,
a reference to Papua New Guinea, in relation to a time after Papua New Guinea
becomes an independent sovereign state, is a reference to the Independent State
of Papua New Guinea.”.
Termination
of employment by Minister.
4. Section
14 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting
the following sub-section:—
“(1) The Minister may, after giving the prescribed notice,
terminate the employment of a person if he is satisfied that the services of
the person are no longer required.”.
Benefits
under this Part.
5. Section
19 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (2) the
following sub-section:—
“(2a) Regulations under sub-section (1) may
include provision for deferred benefits in specified circumstances.”.
Membership
of Superannuation Board.
6. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) and substituting the following paragraph:—
“(a) a person appointed by the
Minister, being the holder of an office or appointment under the Public Service Act 1922-1975 or any other Act;”.
Membership
of Benefits Board.
7. Section
24 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1)
and substituting the following paragraph:—
“(a)
a person appointed by the Minister, being the holder of an office or
appointment under the Public Service Act 1922-1975 or
any other Act; ”.
8. After section
28 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—
Effect
of other Acts on certain appointments.
“28a. A person appointed as a member of a Board under paragraph 21(1)(a) or 24(1)(a) shall be deemed to
perform his duties under this Act as part of his duties under any other Act
under which he holds an office or appointment.”.
Regulations
for purposes of this Part
9. Section
38 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-section
(1), after the word
“persons”, the words “(including persons who have ceased to be employed under
Part II in specified circumstances)”.
10. After section
62 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—
Payments
may be made by Papua New Guinea.
“62a. Where the whole or part of any benefit payable to a person under this
Act is paid to that person by the Government of Papua New Guinea out of the
moneys of that Government, the amount of that benefit that would, but for this
section, be payable under this Act by Australia to that person shall be reduced
by the amount so paid.”.
Making
of regulations
11. The power to
make regulations under the Principal Act as amended by this Act extends to the
making of regulations expressed to take effect on and from a date earlier than
the date of commencement of this Act, not being a date earlier than 30 June
1975.
Transitional
provision.
12.