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MATERNITY LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 NO. 113

Statutory Rules 1998 No. 113

Issued by authority of the Assistant Treasurer

Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973

Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations (Amendment)

Item 9 of Schedule 2 Part 1 of the Productivity Commission (Repeals, Transitional and Consequential Amendments) Act 1998 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations in relation to: transitional matters arising out of the repeal of the Economic Planning Advisory Council Act 1983 and the Industry Commission Act 1989; and in relation to the enactment of the Act and the Productivity Commission Act 1998.

The Act abolished the Industry Commission by repealing the Industry Commission Act 1989. The Industry Commission was replaced by a body called the Productivity Commission, established by the Productivity Commission Act 1998.

Section 15 of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purpose of the Act. The Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations made under the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 provide, among other things, that the Commissioners and Associate Commissioners of the Industries Assistance Commission (the predecessor to the Industry Commission) are prescribed persons for the purposes of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973.

The purpose of the regulations is to amend the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations to provide that Commissioners and Associate Commissioners of the Productivity Commission are prescribed persons for the purposes of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973.

Details of the Regulations are as follows.

Regulation 1. provides that the regulations commence on gazettal.

Regulation 2. provides that the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations are amended as set out in these regulations.

Regulation 3. Schedule 3 provides that Items 30 and 31 are omitted. Regulation 2.2 inserts new Items 30 and 31 which provide that Commissioners and Associate Commissioners of the Productivity Commission are prescribed persons for the purposes of the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973.

Regulation 4. provides the amendment made by regulation 3 has effect from the commencement of the Productivity Commission Act 1998.