STATUTORY RULES.
1958. No.1.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1956.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1956.
Dated this 9th day of January, 1958.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.
Navigation (Fees and Allowances of Members of Committees) Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Fees and Allowances of Members of Committees) Regulations.
Definitions.
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Committee” means the Marine Council, a Committee of Advice or the Crew Accommodation Committee;
“Committee of Advice” means a Committee of Advice appointed by the Minister under sub-section (3.) of section 424 of the Act;
“the Act” means the Navigation Act 1912-1956;
“the Crew Accommodation Committee” means the Crew Accommodation Committee appointed by the Minister under section 138 of the Act;
“the Marine Council” means the Marine Council appointed by the Minister under sub-section (1.) of section 424 of the Act.
Regulations not to apply to certain members.
3. These Regulations do not apply to a Chairman or a member of a Committee who is an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or an officer of an authority of the Commonwealth.
Fees of Chairman.
4. The Chairman of a Committee is entitled to receive—
(a) for each day or part of a day on which he attends a meeting or meetings of that Committee—a fee of Eight pounds eight shillings; and
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 16th February, 1958.
6891/57.—Price 3d.
(b) if he attends, whether as Chairman or a member, at a meeting or meetings, held on the same day, of a Committee (other than the first-mentioned Committee)—an additional fee of Four pounds four shillings.
Fees of members of Committees.
5.—(1.) A member of a Committee (other than the Chairman) or a deputy of a member is, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, entitled to receive—
(a) for each day or part of a day on which he attends a meeting or meetings of that Committee—a fee of Seven pounds seven shillings; and
(b) if he attends, as a member or deputy of a member, at a meeting or meetings, held on the same day, of a Committee (other than the first-mentioned Committee)—an additional fee Three pounds three shillings.
(2.) A member or a deputy of a member of a Committee who presides at a meeting of a Committee during the absence of the Chairman of the Committee is entitled to receive payment of fees in accordance with regulation 4 of these Regulations.
Travelling allowance.
6. Where the Chairman, a member, or the deputy of a member of a Committee is, in order to attend a meeting of a Committee, or meetings of two or more Committees, necessarily absent overnight from his place of residence, he is entitled to receive travelling allowance at the rate of Three pounds six shillings per day during the time he is necessarily absent from his place of residence.
Fares.
7. Where the Chairman, a member, or the deputy of a member of a Committee, attends a meeting of a Committee, or meetings of two or more Committees, held in a city or town other than that in which he resides—
(a) he is entitled, for the purpose of attending the meeting or meetings, to travel first-class by rail or air, at the cost of the Commonwealth, from the city or town where he resides to the city or town where the meeting is, or the meetings are, held and, on the completion of the meeting or meetings, from the city or town where the meeting was, or the meetings were, held to the city or town where he resides; or
(b) if he does not travel by rail or air, he is entitled to receive the amount of the first-class rail or air fare, whichever is the less.
Meal allowances.
8. Where the Chairman, a member, or the deputy of a member of a Committee attends the meeting of a Committee, or the meetings of two or more Committees, held in a city or town other than that in which he resides but is not absent overnight from his place of residence, he is entitled to receive for each meal purchased by him during the period he is necessarily absent from his place of residence an allowance in accordance with the following table:—
Meal. | Allowance. |
Breakfast................................ | Six shillings and sixpence |
Midday meal............................. | Eight shillings |
Evening meal............................. | Twelve shillings and sixpence. |
Fees and allowances payable in respect of certain meetings.
9. Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulation 10 of the Navigation (Marine Council and Committees of Advice) Regulations, or in Regulation 8 of the Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations, as in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations—
(a) the fees payable to the Chairman of a Committee, or a member or the deputy of a member of a Committee, in respect of a meeting or meetings of a Committee or Committees held after the thirtieth day of June, 1957, and before the date of commencement of these Regulations, shall be as prescribed by regulations 4 and 5 of these Regulations, as the case requires; and
(b) the rates of travelling allowance and meal allowances payable to the Chairman of a Committee or a member or the deputy of a member of a Committee, in respect of a meeting or meetings of a Committee or Committees held after the thirteenth day of November, 1956, and before the date of commencement of these Regulations, shall be as prescribed by Regulations 6 and 8 of these Regulations, respectively.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.