STATUTORY RULES.

1938. No. 14.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT 1920-1937.*

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 Science and Industry Research Act 1920-1937.

Dated this second day of February, 1938.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of the Prime Minister.

for Prime Minister.

 

Amendments of the Science and Industry Research Regulations.†

Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Regulation 3a of the Science and Industry Research Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(2.) Subject to this regulation, an officer holding the office of—

(a) Chief Executive Officer, or

(b) Deputy Chief Executive Officer,

shall continue to hold office until he attains the age of sixty-five years, but shall be entitled to retire, if he so desires, upon attainment of the age of sixty years. If he continues to be an officer of the Council after he has attained the age of sixty years, the Council may, with the approval of the Minister, at any time retire him from the service of the Council.

“(3.) When an officer holding one of the offices specified in sub-regulation (2) of this regulation has attained the age of sixty-five years, and, in the opinion of the Council, it is desirable in the interests of the Commonwealth that he should continue in the performance of the duties of his office, and he is able and willing to do so, the Council may, with the approval of the Minister, direct the officer to continue in his office for any period not exceeding one year.

“(4.) If it appears to the Council that an officer holding one of the offices specified in sub-regulation (2) of this regulation has become unfit to discharge, or incapable of discharging, the duties of his office efficiently by reason of ill health or misconduct, the Council may, with the approval of the Minister, retire him from the service of the Council.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1938.

† Statutory Rules 1926, No. 125, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1927, Nos. 38 and 57; 1934, No. 41; 1936, No. 13; and 1937, No. 3.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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