STATUTORY RULES
1972 No.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DRIED FRUITS RESEARCH ACT 1971.*
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 Dried Fruits Research Act 1971.
Dated this third day of May, 1972.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(SGD.) IAN SINCLAIR
Minister of State for Primary Industry.
DRIED FRUITS RESEARCH REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dried Fruits Research Regulations.
Interpretation.
2.—(1.) In these Regulations, “adviser” means a person appointed to advise the Committee under sub-section (1.) of section 17 of the Dried Fruits Research Act 1971.
(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.) 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.) There is payable to a member, a 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 or periods 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.
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-one dollars per day.
(2.) Where a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser performs 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
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
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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.
Application.
5. These Regulations apply in relation to—
(a) the attendance of a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser at a meeting of the Committee held on or after the first day of June, 1971; and
(b) a period during which a member, a deputy of a member or an adviser was engaged (whether in Australia or overseas), with the approval of the Committee, on business of the Committee, on or after the first day of June, 1971.
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