COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.
No. 69 of 1947.
An Act to amend the Commonwealth Public Works Committee Act 1913–1936.
[Assented to 4th December, 1947.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Works Committee Act 1947.
(2.) The Commonwealth Public Works Committee Act 1913–1936 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Works Committee Act 1913–1947.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Section thirty-eight of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Travelling expenses.
“38.—(1.) In addition to fees payable to members for attendance, there shall, subject to this section, be payable—
(a) to each member of the Committee, while travelling in the course of his duties, an allowance for expenses at the rate of One pound five shillings per day; and
(b) to, or on behalf of, each member of the Committee, such sums as are necessary to pay the expenses of conveyance of that member when travelling in the course of his duties.
“(2.) When a member of the Committee travels in the course of his duties—
(a) by ship or by railway, and the fare paid for the journey includes subsistence; or
(b) by air, and the fare paid for the journey, or any portion of the journey, includes meals and accommodation during an overnight stop,
the allowance payable for expenses in respect of that journey, or portion of a journey, as the case may be, shall be at the rate of one-quarter of the rate provided by paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) of this section.”.
Limit of total fees and expenses.
4. Section thirty-nine of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Two thousand pounds” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Three thousand five hundred pounds”.