EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
STATUTORY RULES NO. 1990 No. 38
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
The purpose of the proposed amendment to the Regulations is to prescribe the annual displacement allowance of $30,000 for all members of the National Crime Authority, including additional members.
Regulation 11 of the National Crime Authority Regulations (the Regulations) prescribes an annual displacement allowance of $30,000 for members other than an additional member. Subsection 7(2) of the Act provides that the National Crime Authority (the Authority) consists of 3 members, (including the Chairman), and any additional member holding an office under subsection 7(8AA) of the Act. Subsection 7(8AA) provides that where there is a reference in force to the Authority and the Inter-Governmental Committee agrees that the appointment of an additional member is necessary, the Committee may create an office for such a member.
The Regulation amends regulation 11 by omitting the limitation that the allowance only applies to a member other than a member holding office under subsection 7(8AA) of the Act.
The displacement allowance is limited compensation for members, for example, who have left private practice at the Bar to take up short-term appointments as members and who must re-establish their practices and the completion of their periods of appointment.