EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO 35
PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issued with the authority of the Public Service Board
Sub-section 97(1) of the Public Service Act 1922 provides that the Public Service Board may, with the approval of the Governor-General, make regulations prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Sub-section 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides (inter alia) that, where an Act confers a power to make regulations, the power shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including a power to repeal those regulations.
The statutory rules repeal regulation 97C of the Public Service Regulations. This regulation provided for the payment of an allowance to officers and employees required to meet high domestic electricity charges (in effect, those living in remote areas). It has been replaced by a similarly-worded determination of the Public Service Board (No. 3 of 1983), made under section 82D of the Public Service Act. The determination came into effect on the repeal of the regulation.