Statutory Rules
1977 No. 163
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH TEACHING SERVICE ACT 1972*
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 Commonwealth Teaching Service Act 1972.
Dated this fourteenth day of September, 1977.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. L. CARRICK
Minister of State for Education
AMENDMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH TEACHING SERVICE REGULATIONS †
Witnesses
1. Regulation 39 of the Commonwealth Teaching Service Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) “on oath or affirmation ” after “ evidence ”;
(b) by omitting from that paragraph “ and ” (last occurring);
(c) by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“ (b) require a person who is present at the hearing to give evidence on oath or affirmation and to produce such documents (if any) as he specifies; and
(c) administer an oath or affirmation. ”; and
(d) by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2) “ as required by a summons served on him ” and substituting “ in compliance with a summons served on him or with a requirement under paragraph (1) (b) ”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 16 September 1977.
† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 143 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 225; 1974, No. 12; 1976, No. 294 and 1977, Nos. 19 and 116.
2. Regulation 45 of the Commonwealth Teaching Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:
Expenses of witnesses
“ 45. Where the Chairman of the Disciplinary Appeal Board is of the opinion that the evidence given by a person appearing at the hearing of a disciplinary appeal or a document that he has produced at the hearing is material to the appeal, the person is entitled to be paid such fees and travelling expenses as the Chairman determines in accordance with the scale in the Second Schedule to the Public Works Committee Regulations as in force from time to time.”.
Protection of witnesses
3. Regulation 47 of the Commonwealth Teaching Service Regulations is amended by omitting “ to give evidence ” and substituting “ or appearing ”.