Statutory Rules

1977 No. 64

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA (STAFFING ASSISTANCE) ACT 1973.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of May, 1977.

A. R. CUTLER

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ERIC ROBINSON

Minister of State for Post and Telecommunications for and on behalf of the Treasurer.

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REPEAL OF THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA (STAFFING ASSISTANCE) (CONTRACT OFFICERS RETIREMENT BENEFITS) REGULATIONS

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1976.

Repeal.

2. Statutory Rules 1973, No. 240 are repealed.

Transitional.

3. (1) A person—

(a) who was, on 30 June 1976, a contributor within the meaning of the repealed Regulations; or

(b) who—

(i) before 1 July 1976 commenced service in pursuance of a contract of employment entered into by him with the Government of Papua New Guinea; and

(ii) was, immediately before the date on which be commenced that service, a contributor within the meaning of the repealed Regulations,

is entitled to be paid an amount equal to the amount that he would have been entitled to be paid under Part IV of those Regulations if he had resigned on—

(c) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (a)—30 June 1976; or

(d) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (b)—the date on which he ceased to be such a contributor.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 30 May 1977.

(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the repealed Regulations shall be read as if—

(a) the words “ to the Fund ” in the definition of “ contributor ” in regulation 4 of those Regulations; and

(b) sub-regulation 11 (4) of those Regulations,

were omitted.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part III of the repealed Regulations, contributions payable under those Regulations on or after 9 June 1976 shall be deemed to have been payable to the Commonwealth and amounts paid on or after that date as those contributions shall be deemed to have been paid to the Commonwealth.

(4) Notwithstanding the repeal effected by regulation 2, regulation 18 of the repealed Regulations continues to apply, on and after 1 July 1976, in relation to any amount payable under Part IV of those Regulations that had not been paid before that date, and for the purposes of the continued application of regulation 18 of the repealed Regulations by virtue of this sub-regulation, each reference in that last-mentioned regulation to the Benefits Board shall be read as a reference to the Commissioner.

(5) In this regulation, “ the repealed Regulations ” means the Regulations repealed by regulation 2.