EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO. 350
Issued by the authority of the Prime Minister
Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984
Merit Protection (Australian Federal Police)
Regulations (Amendment)
The purpose of these amendments to the Merit Protection (Australian Federal Police) Regulations is:
• to create a streamlined role for the Merit Protection and Review Agency in establishing Redeployment and Retirement Appeal Committees to consider Australian Federal Police members’ appeals against the Commissioner’s redeployment or retirement notice.
Notes on individual clauses are set out below:
Regulation 1 amends the Schedule to the Principal Regulations. The amendments mirror the current provisions of the Principal Regulations except for the following:
• Section 22 is amended to take account of the streamlined role of the Merit Protection and Review Agency in establishing Redeployment and Retirement Appeal Committees to consider Australian Federal Police members’ appeals against the Commissioner’s redeployment or retirement notice issued pursuant to Section 38E of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
• Section 24 is a technical amendment to omit a now irrelevant reference to “as in force on 1 January 1989” in relation to the parties to an appeal being those specified in Division 2 of Part IIA of the Australian Federal Police Regulations.
| Authority | Section 85(2) of the Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984 |