Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations (Amendment) 1995 No. 329
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1995 No. 329
(Issued by the Authority of the Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations)
Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973
Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations (Amendment)
Section 15 of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 6 of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations (the Regulations) provides that for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act, a person referred to in column 2 of Schedule 3 of the Regulations is a person to whom the Act applies.
Amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 by the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995 abolished the Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority. These institutions were replaced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Subregulation 3.2 deletes item 64 from Schedule 3 of the Regulations as the reference to "Member of the Trade Practices Commission" was no longer required when the Trade Practices Commission ceased to exist.
Subregulation 3.1 adds a reference to "Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission" as item 2A in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. This ensures that the Act applies to members of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Subregulation 1.1 provides that the amending regulations commenced on the date of commencement of Part 3 of the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995, which is also the date on which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission commenced.