HIGH COMMISSIONER.

No. 26 of 1937.

An Act to repeal section eight and amend section nine of the High Commissioner Act 1909.

[Assented to 16th September, 1937.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the High Commissioner Act 1937.

(2.) The High Commissioner Act 1909, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the High Commissioner Act 1909–1937.

Repeal.

2. Section eight of the High Commissioner Act 1909 is repealed.

High Commissioner may appoint officers.

3. Section nine of the High Commissioner Act 1909 is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of sub-section (5.) the words “, but, subject to sub-section (3.) of this section, shall be engaged for such periods and shall be subject to such conditions as are prescribed.”; and

(b) by omitting sub-section (6.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(6.) Where the Minister, on the recommendation of the High Commissioner, directs by notice published in the Gazette that an officer appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be an employee within the meaning of section four of the Superannuation Act 1922–1934, that officer shall be deemed to be an employee within the meaning of that section as from the date of the publication of the notice.”.