{"id":"F1997B01749","name":"Commonwealth Grants Commission Regulations","slug":"f1997b01749","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"299 of 1981","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":321285,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1997B01749-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Grants Commission Regulations","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1981 No. 2991\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCommonwealth Grants Commission Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973.\n\nDated 15 October 1981.\n\nZELMAN COWEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nKEVIN NEWMAN\n\nMinister of State for Administrative Services\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Grants Commission Regulations.\n\nRepeal of Grants Commission Regulations\n\n2. Statutory Rules 1973 No. 189 and Statutory Rules 1974 No. 35 are repealed.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, “the Act” means the Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973.\n\nAllowances payable to members of the Commission\n\n4. (1) Subject to any determination made under the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973—\n\n(a) the Chairman, not being a member to whom sub-section 8 (6A) of the Act applies, is entitled to be paid such allowances as would be payable to him if he were an officer in the Australian Public Service and were included in the First Division; and\n\n(b) a member, other than the Chairman, is entitled to be paid such allowances as would be payable to him if he were an officer in the Australian Public Service and were included in the Second Division.\n\n(2) The Chairman, being a member to whom sub-section 8 (6A) of the Act applies, is entitled to be paid such allowances (other than an annual allowance and travelling allowance) as would be payable to him if he were an officer in the Australian Public Service and were included in the First Division.\n\n> Note: NOTE\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 October 1981.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2345},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain the same administrative scope as the repealed 1973 and 1974 regulations, continuing to provide machinery provisions for member remuneration without expanding into new substantive policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["External legislative references (Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973 and Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973)","Conditional distinctions between full-time and part-time Chairman appointments","Linkage to historical Australian Public Service classification structures (First and Second Divisions)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set expense allowance rules for members of the Commonwealth Grants Commission, repealing earlier 1973–74 instruments. They tie member allowances to historical APS pay scales: a full‑time Chairman receives First Division–level allowances, other members Second Division–level, and part‑time Chairmen First Division rates but without annual and travelling allowances. Payments apply only where the Remuneration Tribunal has not made a specific determination."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f1997b01749","history":"/api/acts/f1997b01749/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f1997b01749/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f1997b01749/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f1997b01749/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f1997b01749/documents"}}