Wool Publicity and Research (Fees and Expenses) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1937. No. 31.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WOOL PUBLICITY AND RESEARCH ACT 1936.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Wool Publicity and Research Act 1936.

Dated this seventeenth day of March, 1937.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. V. C. THORBY

for Minister of State for Commerce.

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Wool Publicity and Research (Fees and expenses) Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Publicity and Research (Fees and Expenses) Regulations.

Application of Regulations.

2. These Regulations shall not apply to the Chairman of the Board, or to any member of the Board or of any Committee of the Board, or to the deputy of any such member, if he is a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any State.

Fees of Chairman and Members.

3.—(1.) The Chairman of the Board shall be entitled to receive a fee of Three pounds three shillings per day, and each member, or deputy of a member, of the Board, while acting as such, shall be entitled to receive a fee of Two pounds two shillings per day, for attendance at meetings of the Board or of any Committee of the Board:

Provided that if he attends a meeting of the Board and of a Committee on the same day, he shall be entitled to receive one fee only in respect of those attendances.

(2.) The Chairman of the Board shall be entitled to receive a fee of Three pounds three shillings per day, and each member, or deputy of a member, of the Board, while acting as such, shall be entitled to receive a fee of Two pounds two shillings per day, for each day on which he is engaged on such business of the Board as the Board determines:

Provided that a fee shall not be paid under this sub-regulation in respect of any day on which the Chairman, member or deputy of a member attends a meeting of the Board or of a Committee of the Board and receives a fee for such attendance under the last preceding sub-regulation.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18th March, 1937.

4971.—Price 3d.

Travelling expenses.

4.—(1.) Where a member is required to travel a distance of not less than fifteen miles from his residence to the place where a meeting of the Board or of a Committee of the Board is held, or where the business of the Board referred to in the last preceding regulation is transacted, he shall be entitled to receive (in addition to any fee paid under the last preceding regulation) an allowance at the rate of One pound ten shillings per day in respect of each day on which he is required to be absent from his residence.

(2.) In addition to the allowance specified in the last preceding sub-regulation, a member shall be entitled to receive the transport costs actually and necessarily incurred in travelling from his place of residence to the place where the meeting is held or the business is transacted and returning to his place of residence.

(3.) In this regulation, “member” means a member of the Board or of a Committee of the Board, and includes the Chairman of the Board and any deputy of a member of the Board.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.