EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO 9
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 for giving effect to the Act.
Section 43 of the Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982, with a proposed date of proclamation of 7 February 1983, substitutes a new section 64 of the Public Service Act 1922. That section provides a debt recovery scheme in cases where judgment has been given for the payment of a sum of money by an officer or employee. New sub-section 64(4) provides for the payment to the Commonwealth by a judgment creditor of an administration fee, at a rate to be prescribed, in respect of the making of deductions from the salary of the debtor.
The statutory rules insert into the Public Service Regulations new regulation 74D, which fixes the rate of the administration fee at $35. The level of the fee has been the subject of consultation with the Department of Finance.
Section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 enables the making of the regulation before the day on which the statutory provision which empowers its making comes into operation (ie 7 February 1983). The regulation will automatically come into operation on that day.