EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE NO. 291 OF 1984
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT
INTER-STATE COMMISSION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 33 of the Inter-State Commission Act 1975 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Section 19 (2) of the Act provides that where a member of the Commission is absent overnight from his ordinary place of residence in the course of the performance of his duties, he shall be paid travelling allowance at such rate as is prescribed.
The amendment repeals regulation 5 of the Inter-State Commission Regulations (which prescribe the travelling allowance at present) and replaces it with a new regulation 5. The new regulation 5 prescribes new rates of travelling allowance for members of the Commission that differ from the existing ones in that the rate for over-night stay in Canberra for all members of the Commission is reduced from $120 to $90 and the rate of over-night stay in any other capital city is increased in the case of the President of the Commission from $120 to $125.