STATUTORY RULES

1971 No. 81

REGULATIONS UNDER THE HIGH COMMISSIONER (UNITED KINGDOM) ACT 1909-1966.*

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 High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1909-1966.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of June, 1971.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Amendments of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations†

Interpretation.

1. Regulation 4 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word “sterling” and inserting in its stead the words “the currency of the United Kingdom provided for by the Decimal Currency Act 1967 of the United Kingdom”.

Deputy High Commissioners.

2. Regulation 4a of the High Commissioner (Staffi Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “Fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Fifteen thousand one hundred and eight dollars”.

Overtime.

3. Regulation 28 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the word “penny” and inserting in its stead the words “new penny”.

Shift duty payment.

4. Regulation 34 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—

Travelling allowance.

5. Regulation 35 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “Six pounds ten shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Six pounds fifty new pence”.

Taxi or motor fares.

6. Regulation 39 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Ten shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “One pound”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1 July 1971.

† Statutory Rules 1960, No. 67, as amended by Statutory Rules 1965. No. 87; 1966, No. 76; 1967, Nos. 29 and 79; 1698, Nos. 21, 103, 123 and 164; 1969, Nos. 74, 150 and 192; and 1970, Nos. 91, 146, 215 and 216.

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Meal allowance.

7. Regulation 40 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Thirteen shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Sixty-seven and a half new pence”.

Fourth Schedule.

8. The Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the word and figures—

Application.

9. The rate of salary specified in sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 4a of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations as amended by these Regulations applies in relation to service, on and after the fourteenth day of January, 1971, of a Deputy High Commissioner, not being a Deputy High Commissioner to whom sub-regulation (4.) of that regulation applies.

Supplementary allowance.

10. Where, during the year that commenced on the first day of January, 1970, or a part of that year, an officer or employee occupied, or performed the duties of, an office set out in column 1 of the table in this regulation, the officer or employee shall, by force of this regulation, be paid an allowance of an amount that would result in his total remuneration (including any supplementary allowance paid or payable to him by force of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 2 of Statutory Rules 1970, No. 146 or regulation 4 of Statutory Rules 1970, No. 215) being not less than the total remuneration that would have been payable to the officer or employee in respect of that year or that part of that year if during that year or that part of that year—

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