{"id":"C1933L00087","name":"Commonwealth Grants Commission Regulations","slug":"commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"87 of 1933","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21767,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1933L00087-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Grants Commission Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1933\\. No. 87.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION ACT 1933.\n\nI, 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 Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1933.\n\nDated this twenty-sixth day of July, 1933.\n\nISAAC A. ISAACS\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. A. LYONS\n\nPrime Minister.\n\nCommonwealth Grants Commission Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Grants Commission Regulations.\n\nTravelling expenses.\n\n2.—(1.) An allowance at the rate of Two pounds and five shillings per day shall be payable to each member or deputy of a member of the Commission on account of his expenses in travelling to discharge the duties of his office.\n\n(2.) Where a member or the deputy of a member travels by steamer or by railway and the fare paid includes subsistence, one quarter only of the ordinary rate to which the member or deputy of a member would otherwise be entitled shall be allowed.\n\n(3.) The travelling allowance shall be in addition to the cost of conveyance, and the amount of allowance payable in respect of any portion of a day shall be computed on an hourly basis, the hourly rate being one twenty-fourth of the daily rate. The period for which travelling allowance may be claimed shall be computed from the time of departure of to time of arrival on return by the train, steamer, or other conveyance by which a member or deputy of a member travels.\n\n(4.) This regulation shall be deemed to have commenced on the seventeenth day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n2014.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1785},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These are the original 1933 regulations. The scope remains exactly as originally intended: establishing travel expense reimbursements for Commission members with no expansion beyond this administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations total","No defined terms section","Simple arithmetic calculations only (division by 4 and 24)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act in the preamble","Single administrative subject matter (travel allowances only)"],"plain_english_summary":"These rules set out how members of the Commonwealth Grants Commission (the body that advises on distributing Commonwealth money to states) get reimbursed for work travel.\n\n**The key details:**\n- **Daily allowance**: Members receive £2 and 5 shillings per day (in 1933 currency) when travelling for Commission business\n- **Meals included**: If their train or ship ticket covers food, they only get one-quarter of that daily amount (about 11 shillings)\n- **Calculated by the hour**: The daily rate is divided by 24 to work out exact payment for time spent travelling\n- **Time counted**: From departure to return according to the transport timetable\n\nThese rules took effect on 17 July 1933."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-grants-commission-regulations/documents"}}