Statutory Rules

1978 No. 289

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.

Dated this twenty-second day of December 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory for and on behalf of the Attorney-General

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL (ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Allowances) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“ prescribed place ”, in relation to a relevant member, is the place at which he is required to take up the performance of the duties of his office;

“ relevant member ” means a person (other than a Judge) who—

(a) is appointed to be a full-time member; and

(b) is required to take up the performance of the duties of his office at a place other than the place at which he was residing at the time of his appointment.

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 December 1978.

Allowances payable to member in respect of his removal to prescribed place

3. Where it is necessary for a relevant member to take up residence at the place that is the prescribed place in relation to him, there shall be payable to that relevant member the allowances that would be payable to him—

(a) under regulations 93 and 97 of the Public Service Regulations as amended and in force from time to time; and

(b) in respect of the cost of the removal to that place of furniture and personal effects,

if his appointment to be a member were an appointment to be an officer of the Australian Public Service.

Performance of functions in relation to allowances

4. For the purposes of these Regulations, any function that is required to be performed by the Public Service Board or a Chief Officer of a Department in relation to the payment to an officer of the Australian Public Service of an allowance referred to in regulation 3 of these Regulations shall, in relation to the payment of an allowance under these Regulations to a relevant member, be performed by the Minister.