STATUTORY RULES
1972 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DAIRYING RESEARCH ACT 1972.*
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 Dairying Research Act 1972.
Dated this twenty-third day of June, 1972.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Primary Industry.
DAIRYING RESEARCH REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dairying Research Regulations.
Interpretation.
2.—(1.) In these Regulations—
“adviser” means a person appointed under sub-section (1.) of section 15 of the Act to advise file Committee;
“the Act” means the Dairying Research Act 1972.
(2.) In these Regulations, references to a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser shall be read as references to such a person who is not a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State, an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or an officer of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Remuneration.
3.—(1.) For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 14 of the Act, there is payable to a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser, for each day on which he attends a meeting of the Committee—
(a) if the duration of the meeting is less than three hours—a fee of Twenty dollars; or
(b) in any other case—a fee of Thirty-five dollars.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, for the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 14 of the Act, there is payable to a member, deputy of a member or an adviser for each day on which he is engaged, with the approval of the Committee, on business of the Committee—
(a) if the duration of the period during which he is so engaged on that day is less than three hours—a fee of Twenty dollars; or
(b) in any other case—a fee of Thirty-five dollars.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
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(3.) Where a member, a deputy member or an adviser—
(a) attends, on a day, a meeting of the Committee; and
(b) is also, on the same day, engaged for a period, with the approval of the Committee, on other business of the Committee,
a fee is not payable to him in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation in respect of the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this sub-regulation but the fee payable to him in respect of that day its accordance with sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is the fee that would be payable to him in respect of that day if, on that day, he had, in addition to attending the meeting referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation, also attended a meeting of the Committee during the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this sub-regulation.
Travelling and other allowances.
4.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser is necessarily absent overnight from his place of residence—
(a) in order to attend a meeting of the Committee; or
(b) in order to perform any business of the Committee on which he is engaged with the approval of the Committee,
travelling allowance in respect of the period of absence is payable to him at the rate of Twenty-five dollars per day.
(2.) Where a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser perform any business of the Committee on which he is engaged with the approval of the Committee outside Australia and the Territories of the Commonwealth, he is entitled to be paid such allowances as he would be entitled to be paid if he were an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth and were included in the Second Division.
(3.) A member, a deputy of a member or an adviser who is entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of a period under the last preceding sub-regulation is not entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of that period under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation.
(4.) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include, the cost of conveyance.
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