EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO 220
MATERNITY LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issued with the authority of the Public Service Board
Section 15 of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
Sub-section 5(1) of the Act provides for the Act to apply inter alia to persons employed under the Public Service Act 1922 and to such other persons employed by the Commonwealth as are prescribed.
Regulation 2 amends Schedule 3 of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations to provide for persons engaged on behalf of the Commonwealth by office-holders under sub-section 13(1), and by Members and Senators under sub-section 20(1), of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (Act No 64 of 1984, assented to on 25 June 1984) to be persons to whom the provisions of the Act apply.
1 September has been fixed as the day for the commencement of the provisions of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 relating to the employment of staff by office-holders, Senators and Members on behalf of the Commonwealth.
Regulation 1 provides for the regulation to come into operation on 1 September 1984.