EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
RACE DISCRIMINATION COMMISSIONER (ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS
STATUTORY RULE 1987 NO. 265
Issued by the Authority of the Attorney-General.
Section 47 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which by the Act 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.
Subsection 31(1) of the Act provides that the Commissioner is to be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal. Subsection 31(2) provides that the Commissioner shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed. The provisions of subsection 31(3) state that subsections 31(1) and 31(2) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973-1974.
The remuneration and travelling allowance payable to the Commissioner are covered by Determinations made by the Remuneration Tribunal from time to time.
The proposed Race Discrimination Commissioner (Allowances) Regulations seek to provide for the payment of other allowances at the rate payable to an officer of the Australian Public Service.