EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1985 NO. 85 ISSUED BY THE
AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS
By virtue of the transitional provisions contained in section 8(3) of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, the office of General Manager of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) ceased to exist when Mr Maltby was appointed Managing Director of the Commission on 22 February 1985. As a consequence, the regulations which have been made under the Act require amendment to reflect this change in title.
In addition, two regulations have been made obsolete by amendments to legislation. Regulation 8A prescribes a rate of salary for certain senior positions in the Commission, pursuant to subsection 18(7) of the Act. This subsection was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984. Regulation 7 and the Schedule to the Regulations prescribe a form of oath or affirmation of allegiance for staff entering the service of the Commission, pursuant to paragraph 18(3)(c). This paragraph was repealed by the Public Service Reform Act 1984.
Details of the proposed regulations are as follows.
Regulation 1 provides a citation of the principal regulations.
Regulation 2 repeals the existing regulations 7 and 8A.
Regulation 3 repeals the schedule to the regulations.
Regulation 4 provides for a schedule which deletes references to the “General Manager” in the existing regulations 5, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 28, 30 and 37 and replaces them with “Managing Director”.