Statutory Rules
1975 No. 23
REGULATIONS UNDER THE HOMELESS PERSONS ASSISTANCE ACT 1974.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974.
Dated this nineteenth day of February, 1975.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. G. HAYDEN
Minister of State for Social Security.
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HOMELESS PERSONS ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Homeless Persons Assistance Regulations.
Commencement.
2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 December 1974.
Definition.
3. In these Regulations, “ Act ” means the Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974.
Rate for purposes of sub-section 9 (1) of Act.
4. For the purposes of sub-section 9(1) of the Act, in respect of a day on which food and accommodation are provided for homeless persons at a homeless persons assistance centre operated by or on behalf of an eligible organization, the rate is 75 cents for each homeless person to whom food and accommodation are so provided on that day.
Rate for purposes of sub-section 10 (1) of Act.
5. For the purposes of sub-section 10 (1) of the Act, in respect of a day on which meals are provided for homeless persons at a homeless persons assistance centre operated by or on behalf of an eligible organization, the rate is 20 cents for each meal provided on that day to a homeless person for whom that organization does not provide accommodation on that day.
Remuneration of member of committee.
6. Remuneration is payable to a member of a committee at the rate of $35 in respect of each day on which he performs the duties of his office.
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 20 February 1975.
Travelling allowance of member of committee.
7. (1) Where a member of a committee is, in the course of performing the duties of his office, necessarily absent overnight from the city in which he ordinarily resides, travelling allowance is payable to him in respect of the period of his absence.
(2) Travelling allowance is payable under sub-regulation (1) at the rate of $25 per day.
(3) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include, the cost of conveyance.