STATUTORY RULES
1966 No. 149
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ACT 1951-1965.*
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 Public Accounts Committee Act 1951-1965.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Works
for and on behalf of the
Prime Minister.
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Amendments of the Public Accounts Committee Regulations†
1. Regulation 4 of the Public Accounts Committee Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Witnesses fees and expenses.
“4. For the purposes of section 20 of the Act, the prescribed scale is the scale prescribed from time to time, for the purposes of section 27 of the Public Works Committee Act 1913-1965, by the Public Works Committee Regulations.”.
Prescribed allowances.
2. Regulation 5 of the Public Accounts Committee Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “Five pounds five shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Ten dollars and fifty cents”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “Four pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight dollars”;
(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “Six pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Twelve dollars”;
(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “Eight pounds ten shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Seventeen dollars”; and
(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “One pound” and the words “One pound one shilling” and inserting in their stead the words “Two dollars” and the words “Two dollars and ten cents”, respectively.
Repeal of Schedule.
3. The Schedule to the Public Accounts Committee Regulations is repealed.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1966.
† Statutory Rules 1953, No. 91, as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 8; 1958, No. 16; 1960, No. 66; and 1965, No. 180.
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