STATUTORY RULES

1971 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION ACT 1942-1971.*

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 Broadcasting and Television Act 1942-1971.

Dated this ninth day of December, 1971.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Sgd. Alan Hulme

Postmaster-General.

Amendment of the Broadcasting and Television Regulations†

1. After regulation 26 of the Broadcasting and Television Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Remuneration.

“27.—(1.) In respect of any period of office on or after the twenty-sixth day of April, 1971, and before the first day of January, 1972—

(a) remuneration is payable to a member of the Board—

(i) in the case of the Chairman of the Board—at the rate of Seventeen thousand nine hundred and forty-seven dollars per year;

(ii) in the case of a part-time member of the Board—at the rate of One thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars per year; or

(iii) in the case of any other member of the Board—at the rate of Fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy dollars per year; and

(b) remuneration is payable to a Commissioner—

(i) in the case of the Commissioner who is the Chairman of the Commission—at the rate of Six thousand four hundred and fifty dollars per year;

(ii) in the case of the Commissioner who is Vice-Chairman of the Commission—at the rate of Two thousand six hundred dollars per year; or

(iii) in the case of any other Commissioner—at the rate of One thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars per year.

“(2.) In respect of any period of office on or after the twenty-sixth day of April, 1971, and before the first day of January, 1972, there is payable to the General Manager of the Commission salary at the rate of Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars per year and an annual allowance at the rate of One thousand dollars per year.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on                                                                                 1971.

† Statutory Rules 1966, No. 152, as amended by Statutory Rules 1967, No. 167; 1968, No. 112; 1969, No. 165; and 1970, Nos. 143 and 196.

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Travelling allowances.

“28.—(1.) This regulation applies to—

(a) a member of the Board;

(b) a Commissioner; and

(c) the General Manager of the Commission.

“(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a person to whom this regulation applies is in the course of performing his duties, necessarily absent overnight from the town in which he ordinarily resides, travelling allowance is payable to him, in respect of the period of absence—

(a) in the case of a member of the Board, not being a part-time member of the Board—at the rate of Twenty-one dollars per day; or

(b) in any other case—at the rate of Twenty-eight dollars per day.

“(3.) Where a person to whom this regulation applies performs duties outside Australia and the Territories of the Commonwealth, he is entitled to be paid such allowances as he would be entitled to be paid—

(a) in the case of a member of the Board, not being a part-time member of the Board—if he were an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth and were included in the Second Division: or

(b) in any other case—if he were a Permanent Head of a Department and in receipt of salary equal to the salary payable to the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs.

“(4.) A person to whom this regulation applies who is entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of a period under the last preceding sub-regulation is not entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of that period under sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation.

“(5.) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include, the cost of conveyance.”.

Application.

2. Allowances are payable to—

(a) a member of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board;

(b) a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission; and

(c) the General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission,

in accordance with the provisions of regulation 28 of the Broadcasting and Television Regulations as amended by these Regulations in respect of any period of office on or after the twenty-sixth day of April, 1971.

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