STATUTORY RULES.

1955. No. 72.

REGULATION UNDER THE HIGH COMMISSIONER ACT 1909-1952.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the High Commissioner Act 1909-1952.

Dated this nineteenth day of October, 1955.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Vice-President of the Executive Council Acting for and on behalf of The Prime Minister.

Amendment of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations.†

Delegation by the Official Secretary.

Regulation 5 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1.) The Official Secretary may, either generally or in relation to a particular matter or class of matters, by writing under his hand, delegate to an officer appointed under the Act or to an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth all or any of his powers and functions under these Regulations (except this power of delegation) so that the delegated powers and functions may be exercised or performed by the delegate either generally, or with respect to the matter, or to the matters included in the class of matters, specified in the instrument of delegation, as the case may be.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on                                                                            , 1955.

† Statutory Rules 1941, No. 258, as amended by Statutory Rules 1943, Nos. 73 and 300; 1944, No. 172; 1946, Nos. 50 and 97; 1948, No. 58; 1949, Nos. 11 and 79; 1950, No. 45; 1952, Nos. 21 and 95; and 1954, No. 75.

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