Trade Commissioners Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 47

REGULATIONS UNDER THE TRADE COMMISSIONERS ACT 1933.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Trade Commissioners Act 1933.

Dated this nineteenth day of April, 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. D. ANTHONY

Minister of State for Overseas Trade.

 

Amendments of the Trade Commissioners Regulations

1. After regulation 28 of the Trade Commissioners Regulations the following regulation is added:—

Language proficiency allowance.

“ 29. (1) A Commissioner shall be entitled to be paid, by way of language proficiency allowance, such amounts as he would be entitled to be paid by way of language proficiency allowance if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service.

“ (2) An entitlement of a Commissioner under sub-regulation (1) 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.

“ (3) Any function that in relation to an entitlement of an officer of the Australian Public Service, referred to in sub-regulation (1), may be performed by the Public Service Board may, in relation to an entitlement given by that sub-regulation, be performed by the Minister.”.

Schedule.

2. The Schedule to the Trade Commissioners Regulations is amended by omitting the heading “ SCHEDULE 19 ” and all words and figures between that heading and the heading “ SCHEDULE 22 ”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 21 April 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