Trade Commissioners Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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1978 No. 218

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 fourteenth day of November 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. D. ANTHONY

Minister of State for Trade and Resources

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE TRADE COMMISSIONERS REGULATIONS 

Repeal of regulation 1 of Statutory Rules 1978 No. 120

1. Regulation 1 of Statutory Rules 1978 No. 120 is repealed.

Repeal of Statutory Rules 1978 No. 121

2. Statutory Rules 1978 No. 121 are repealed.

3. After regulation 30 of the Trade Commissioners Regulations the following regulations are added:

Allowance as under regulation 97 of the Public Service Regulation

“ 31. In respect of any period after 12 July 1978, a Commissioner whose headquarters are in Australia shall be entitled to be paid by way of allowance such amounts as would be payable to him under regulation 97 of the Public Service Regulations as in force from time to time—

(a) if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 November 1978.

  Statutory Rules 1958 No. 52 as amended to date. For previous amendments see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1978 No. 12 and see also Statutory Rules 1978 Nos. 12, 13, 65, 94, 113, 114, 120 and 121.

 

(b) if a reference in that regulation to—

(i) Chief Officer; or

(ii) Public Service Board,

were a reference to the Minister.

Local allowance, supplementary local allowance, special local allowance and child allowance

“ 32. (1) In respect of any period after 12 July 1978, a Commissioner shall be entitled to be paid, by way of local allowance, supplementary local allowance, special local allowance and child allowance such amounts as he would be entitled to be paid by way of those allowances if he were an officer of the Australian Public Service and occupied overseas, in the Australian Public Service, in the case of a—

(a) Trade Commissioner (Special Grade 1), Trade Commissioner (Special Grade 2) or Trade Commissioner, Grade A—a Level 2 position in the Second Division;

(b) Trade Commissioner, Grade B—a Level 1 position in the Second Division;

(c) Trade Commissioner, Grade C—a Class 11 administrative position;

(d) Assistant Trade Commissioner, Grade 1—a Class 9 administrative position;

(e) Assistant Trade Commissioner, Grade 2—a Class 6 administrative position; or

(f) Assistant Trade Commissioner, Grade 3—a Class 5 administrative position.

“ (2) An entitlement of a Commissioner under sub-regulation (1) shall be subject to the same conditions that would be applicable 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 Chief Officer of a Department or the Public Service Board may, in relation to an entitlement given by that sub-regulation, be performed by the Minister.

“ (4) 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 head of the mission or post at which the officer is stationed, may, in relation to an entitlement given by that sub-regulation to a Commissioner who is the only Commissioner stationed at a particular post, be performed by the Minister.

Allowance in relation to services and utilities at an overseas post

“ 33. (1) In respect of any period after 12 July 1978, a Commissioner shall be entitled to be paid by way of allowance in relation to the cost of services and utilities at an overseas post such amounts as he would be entitled to be paid by way of reimbursement of payments in relation to those matters 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 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.

“ (4) In this regulation—

‘ services ’ includes gardening, household security, domestic services, cleaning services, maintenance services, snow clearing, chimney sweeping and common services to flats;

‘ utilities ’ includes electricity, gas, firewood, coal, coke, kerosene, heating oil, water, water softening agents, sewerage, any other sanitary services, garbage collection, air conditioning and public transport.”.

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