Statutory Rules

1974 No. 132

REGULATION UNDER THE TRADE COMMISSIONERS ACT 1933-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Trade Commissioners Act 1933-1973.

Dated this thirty-first day of July, 1974.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. F. CAIRNS

Minister of State for Overseas Trade.

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Amendment Of The Trade Commissioners Regulations†

After regulation 14 of the Trade Commissioners Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Bereavement leave.

“15. A Commissioner may be granted leave of absence for a period not exceeding three days without deduction from recreation leave upon the death of a spouse, parent, brother, sister or child of the Commissioner.

Special leave.

“15a. (1) A Commissioner may, upon sufficient cause being shown, be granted leave of absence for a period not exceeding three days in any period of twelve months without deduction from recreation leave—

(a) to carry out pre-embarkation arrangements;

(b) to carry out settling-in arrangements;

(c) to attend at, and sit for, prescribed examinations; and

(d) to deal with an emergency of a domestic nature other than the death of a relative referred to in regulation 15.

“(2) In this regulation “prescribed examination” means an examination in a course for a degree or diploma at a university or other institution.

Grant of leave.

“15b. For the purposes of regulations 15 and 15a, bereavement leave or special leave, as the case may be, shall be granted—

(a) in the case of a Trade Commissioner—by the Minister; and

(b) in the case of an Assistant Trade Commissioner—by the Trade Commissioner who supervises the performance of duties by the Assistant Trade Commissioner.”.