River Murray Waters Act 1974 (Cth)

RIVER MURRAY WATERS ACT 1974

No. 146 of 1974

An Act to amend the River Murray Waters Act 1915-1973.

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 River Murray Waters Act 1974.

(2) The River Murray Waters Act 1915-1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the River Murray Waters Act 1915-1974.

Definitions.

2.Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “Schedule”.

Appointment of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.

3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the words who shall respectively be paid such salaries (if any) as the Parliament provides”; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:—

“(2) The Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner shall be paid such remuneration, if any, as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal, but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, they shall be paid such remuneration, if any, as is prescribed.

“(3) The Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner shall be paid such allowances, if any, as are prescribed.

“(4) This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973-1974.”.

Regulations made by Commission.

4.Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) the words “of this section”.

Preservation of rights.

5.Section 14 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:–

“14. (1) If a person appointed or employed as an officer or servant of the Commission was, immediately before his appointment or his becoming so employed, as the case may be, an officer of the Australian Public Service or a person to whom the Officers’ Rights Declaration Act1928-1973 applied–

(a) he retains his existing and accruing rights;

(b) for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as an officer or servant of the Commission shall be taken into account as if it were service in the Australian Public Service; and

(c) the Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928-1973 applies as if this Act and this section had been specified in the Schedule to that Act.

Application of Superannuation Act.

“14a. (1) The Commission shall be deemed to be an approved authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1922-1974.

“(2) Sub-section (6) of section 4 of the Superannuation Act 1922-1974 does not apply in relation to a person appointed or employed as an officer or servant of the Commission who is a member of a scheme established under the law of a State the Government of which is a Contracting Government to provide superannuation or other similar benefits for persons employed in the Public Service of that State.

“(3) For the purposes of sub-section (6) of section 4 of the Superannuation Act 1922