{"id":"C2004L05762","name":"Petroleum Products Pricing (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations","slug":"petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"160 of 1981","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27945,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05762-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Petroleum Products Pricing (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1981 No. 1601\n\n––––––––––––\n\nPetroleum Products Pricing (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations\n\nI, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1981.\n\nDated 25 June 1981.\n\nSTANLEY BURBURY\n\nAdministrator\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJOHN MOORE\n\nMinister of State for Business and Consumer Affairs\n\n–––––––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Products Pricing (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations.\n\nRemuneration payable to Commissioner\n\n2\\. Subject to any determination made under the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973, the Commissioner shall be paid remuneration at the rate of $49,820 per year.\n\nAllowance payable to Commissioner\n\n3\\. Subject to any determination made under the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973, the Commissioner shall be paid an allowance at the rate of $2,275 per year.\n\nTravelling allowance payable to Commissioner\n\n4\\. Subject to any determination under the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973, where the Commissioner is, in the course of performing his duties,\n\n  \n\nnecessarily absent overnight from the city or town in which he ordinarily resides or, where he does not ordinarily reside in a city or town, the place at which he ordinarily resides, he is entitled to be paid, in respect of the period of absence, travelling allowance at the rate of $72 per day.\n\n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 June 1981.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1769},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation precisely matches its enabling legislation's purpose. It sets remuneration and allowances for the Commissioner under the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1981, with no expansion beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative provisions total","Single cross-reference to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple condition in section 4 regarding overnight absence for travel allowance","Fixed monetary amounts requiring currency context (1981 values)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation fixes the pay and allowances for the Petroleum Products Pricing Commissioner: a base salary of $49,820, an annual $2,275 allowance, and $72 per day for overnight official travel. These amounts are subject to any determination by the Remuneration Tribunal.  \n\nIt affects the Commissioner directly and, indirectly, taxpayers and those interacting with petroleum-pricing oversight by ensuring the regulator is remunerated for work and travel."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations","history":"/api/acts/petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/petroleum-products-pricing-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/documents"}}