Parliamentary Counsel Regulations (Cth)

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS In force under the Parliamentary Counsel Act
1970
- Reprinted as at 31 May 1982 (HISTREG CHAP 212 #DATE 31:05:1982)

*1* The Parliamentary Counsel Regulations (in force under the Parliamentary

Counsel Act 1970) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1970 No. 82
amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules
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Date of Application,
saving
notification Date of or transitional
Year and number in Gazette commencement provisions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 No. 82 29 June 1970 29 June 1970
1972 No. 142 24 Aug 1972 24 Aug 1972 R. 2
1973 No. 225 22 Nov 1973 R. 1: 2 Apr 1973 -
R. 2: 22 Nov 1973
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and
substituted
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Provision affected How affected
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- R. 4 . . . . . . . . . am. 1972 No. 142; 1973 No. 225
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PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                             TABLE  OF  PROVISIONS


Regulation

  1.       Citation

  2.       Interpretation

  3.       Salary of First Parliamentary Counsel and Second Parliamentary

           Counsel

  4.       Travelling allowance

  5.       Other allowances payable while serving in Australia

  6.       Allowances in respect of services outside Australia



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PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - SECT. 1. 
Citation 


  1. These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Counsel
Regulations.*1*


See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - SECT. 2. 
Interpretation 


  2. In these Regulations-



  "Parliamentary Counsel" means the First Parliamentary Counsel or a Second
Parliamentary Counsel;



  "the Act" means the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970.

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - SECT. 3. 
Salary of First Parliamentary Counsel and Second Parliamentary Counsel 


  3. In respect of any period of office before the first day of January,
1971-



  (a)  there is payable to the First Parliamentary Counsel salary at the rate
of Twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per year and an annual
allowance at the rate of One thousand five hundred dollars per year; and



  (b)  there is payable to a Second Parliamentary Counsel salary at the rate
of Eighteen thousand five hundred dollars per year.

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - SECT. 4. 
Travelling allowance 


  4. (1) Subject to regulation 6 of these Regulations, where a Parliamentary
Counsel is necessarily absent from Canberra overnight in the course of
performing his duties, travelling allowance is payable to him in accordance
with this regulation.


  (2) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, travelling allowance in
respect of the period of absence is payable to the First Parliamentary Counsel
at the rate of Thirty-four dollars per day and to a Second Parliamentary
Counsel at the rate of Twenty-eight dollars per day.


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

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - SECT. 5. 
Other allowances payable while serving in Australia 


  5. Subject to the next succeeding regulation, a Parliamentary Counsel is
entitled to be paid such allowances, other than travelling allowance, as would
be payable to him under the Public Service Regulations, as in force from time
to time, if he were an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth and
were included-



  (a)  in the case of the First Parliamentary Counsel-in the First Division;
or



  (b)  in the case of a Second Parliamentary Counsel-in the Second Division.

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL REGULATIONS - SECT. 6. 
Allowances in respect of services outside Australia 


  6. (1) Where a Parliamentary Counsel performs duties outside Australia and
the Territories of the Commonwealth, he is entitled to be paid such allowances
as he would be entitled to be paid-



  (a)  in the case of the First Parliamentary Counsel-if he were the Permanent
Head of a Department and in receipt of salary equal to the salary payable to
the Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department; or



  (b)  in the case of a Second Parliamentary Counsel-if he were an officer of
the Public Service of the Commonwealth and were included in the Second
Division.


  (2) A Parliamentary Counsel who is entitled to be paid travelling allowance
in respect of a period under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation is not
entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of that period under
regulation 4 of these Regulations.


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