Trade Commissioners Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 72

REGULATION UNDER THE TRADE COMMISSIONERS ACT 1933.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Trade Commissioners Act 1933.

Dated this second day of June, 1977.

A. R. CUTLER

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. D. ANTHONY

Minister of State for Overseas Trade.

 

Amendment of the Trade Commissioners Regulations

Regulation 11 of the Trade Commissioners Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:—

Equipment allowance.

“ 11. (1) A Commissioner who, while performing duty in Australia, is required to travel on official duty to a place outside Australia shall be entitled to be paid, by way of equipment allowance, such amount as would be payable to him by way of equipment allowance if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service proceeding overseas from Australia on a short term mission.

“ (2) A Commissioner who, while performing duty at a post overseas, is required to travel to another place outside Australia shall be entitled to be paid, by way of equipment allowance, such amount as would be payable to him by way of equipment allowance if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service engaged in overseas service on long term posting.

“ (3) Any entitlement of a Commissioner under sub-regulation (1) or (2) shall be subject to the same conditions that would be applicable in relation to the corresponding entitlement of an officer of the Australian Public Service.

“ (4) Any function that in relation to an entitlement of an officer of the Australian Public Service, being an entitlement referred to in sub-regulation (1) or (2), may be performed by the Public Service Board, the Chief Officer, or an officer approved by the Public Service Board for that purpose, may, in relation to any entitlement given by sub-regulation (1) or (2), be performed by the Minister.”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 7 June 1977.

  Statutory Rules 1958, No. 52 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Trade Commissioners Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1977, No. 7 and see also