EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1982 No. 303
Subject: | Child Care Act 1972 |
| Child Care Regulations (Amendment) |
(Issued by Authority of the Minister for Social Security, Senator the Hon F M Chaney).
The Child Care Regulations (the Regulations) have been made under the Child Care Act 1972 (the Act).
These regulations amend the Regulations as follows -
Regulation 1 - Interpretation
This regulation adds a qualification (“unless the contrary intention appears”) to the definition of “the Act” in regulation 2 of the Regulations.
Regulation 2 - Prescribed number of places - paragraph 11(2)(d) of the Act
This regulation omits sub-regulation 3A(2) of the Regulations, which is spent.
Regulation 3 - Repeal of regulations 6, 7, 7A, 8 and 9
This regulation repeals regulations 6, 7, 7A, 8 and 9 of the Regulations and substitutes a new regulation 6. The repealed regulations prescribed travelling allowances, the Chairman’s salary, members’ fees and allowances for use of a motor vehicle in relation to membership of the Child Care Standards Committee or other committees established under Part V of the Act. Repealed regulation 9 specifically referred to two repealed provisions of the Public Service Regulations which dealt with motor vehicle allowances.
Travelling allowances, members’ fees and the salary of the Chairman of the Child Care Standards Committee are now fixed under determinations of the Remuneration Tribunal made in pursuance of the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.
The new regulation 6 provides for the payment, to a member of a Committee established under Part V of the Act, of the allowance payable to an officer of the Australian Public Service in respect of his use of a motor vehicle for official purposes.
Regulation 4
This regulation makes the formal amendments set out in the Schedule.