EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1985 NO: 379
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (STAFF) REGULATIONS (REPEAL)
Paragraph 27(1) (c) of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (the Act) provides (inter alia) that one of the members of a Re-integration Assessment Committee (RAC) shall be a person nominated by the organisation that is, as provided by the regulations, the appropriate organisation. The Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations specify an appropriate organisation.
The establishment, constitution and procedures of RACs are presently provided for in Part V of the Act. However, it is proposed that ss.145 to 148 of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, which repeal Part V and make appropriate amendments to references in earlier provisions of the Act, and Sub-division F of Division 2 of Part II of the Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984, which contains similar provisions to those in Part V of the Act, will be proclaimed to come into operation on 1 January 1986.
Regulations under the latter Act have been drafted to replace the Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1984 No. 221) which are currently in effect and it is proposed that they also come into operation on 1 January 1986.
Regulation 1 of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations (Repeal) provides that the Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1986 and Regulation 2 repeals the Members of Parliament (Staff) Regulations.