STATUTORY RULES.

1946. No. 104.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT 1920-1939.*

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 1920-1939.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of June, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

J. S. COLLINGS

for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Amendments of the Science and Industry Research Regulations.†

1. Regulation 7 of the Science and Industry Research Regulation is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Powers of Council in regard to expenditure.

“7. This Council shall have power to expend, at its sole discretion, from moneys standing to the credit of the Science and Industry Investigation Trust Account, sums not exceeding One thousand pounds in each case, on any matters or subjects of investigation or on apparatus connected with any work of the Council for which provision has been made in the Estimates of Expenditure which have been passed by both Houses of the Parliament.”.

Meaning of “officer” and “salary” in regulation 8-12

2. Regulation 13 of the Science and Industry Research Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (f) after the words “has performed”, the words “, or, but for his absence on authorized leave, would have performed,”.

3. Regulation 14 of the Science and Industry Research Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Certain prior service may be reckoned as service with Council.

“14.—(1.) For the purposes of regulations 11 and 12 of these Regulations and of this regulation, ‘service’ includes any service which would, if an officer of the Council were a Commonwealth employee within the meaning of the Commonwealth Employees’ Furlough Act 1943-1944, be reckoned as part of his period of service for the purposes of that Act.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 27th June, 1946.

† Statutory Rules 1926, No. 125, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, Nos. 38 and 57: 1934, No. 41; 1936, No. 13; 1937, No. 3; 1938, No. 14; 1939, Nos. 15, 45 and 83; 1940, No. 224; and 1942, No. 7.

2271.—Price 3d.

“(2.) Where an officer has been granted furlough, ‘long leave’ or pay in lieu thereof, during or by virtue of any service prior to being appointed an officer of the Council, such furlough, leave or pay shall be taken into account in determining his eligibility for leave of absence or pay in lieu thereof under regulation 11 or 12 of these Regulations, so that the leave of absence or pay in lieu thereof which may be granted under these regulations shall not exceed the difference between the leave or pay granted in respect of his prior service and the leave or pay for which he would otherwise be eligible under regulation 11 or 12 of these Regulations.

“(3.) An officer to whom this regulation applies shall not be eligible for leave of absence or pay in lieu thereof both under regulation 11 or 12 of these Regulations and under sub-section (3.) of section 14a of the Act.”.

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