{"id":"C1973L00287","name":"Pipeline Authority (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations","slug":"pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"287 of 1973","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24805,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1973L00287-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pipeline Authority (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1973 No. 287\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE PIPELINE AUTHORITY ACT 1973.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Pipeline Authority Act 1973.\n\nDated this eighteenth day of December, 1973.\n\nPAUL HASLUCK\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nR. F. X. CONNOR\n\nMinister of State for Minerals and Energy.\n\nPIPELINE AUTHORITY (REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pipeline Authority (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations.\n\nRemuneration and annual allowance of Executive Member.\n\n2. In respect of any period of office before 1 January 1974, the rate of remuneration payable to the Executive Member is $26,700 per year and the rate of annual allowance payable to the Executive Member is $1,200.\n\nRemuneration of part-time members.\n\n3. In respect of any period of office before 1 January 1974, the rate of remuneration payable to a member of the Authority other than the Executive member—\n\n(a) in the case of the Chairman—$6,450 per year; and\n\n(b) in the case of a part-time member other than the Chairman who is not an officer of the Australian Public Service—$2,600 per year.\n\nTravelling allowance of members.\n\n4. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), where a member of the Authority (other than the Executive Member) is, in the course of performing his duties, necessarily absent overnight from the city in which he normally resides, travelling allowance is payable to him at the rate of $28 per day.\n\n(2) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include, the cost of conveyance.\n\n\\* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 December 1973.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2024},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1973 regulation. The scope remains exactly as described in the title—limited to remuneration and allowances for Pipeline Authority members—with no expansion beyond that original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative provisions with no subordinate divisions","No definitions section or interpretation clauses","Simple categorical distinctions (Executive vs Chairman vs other part-time) without nested exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Straightforward monetary amounts without formulas or calculation methods"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the salaries and expense allowances for members of the **Pipeline Authority**, a Commonwealth government body responsible for pipeline infrastructure.\n\n**Who is covered**\n- The **Executive Member** (full-time role)\n- The **Chairman** (part-time)\n- Other **part-time members** (who aren't already Australian Public Service officers)\n\n**What it provides**\n- **Executive Member**: \\$26,700 annual salary plus \\$1,200 allowance (for service before 1 January 1974)\n- **Chairman**: \\$6,450 per year (part-time rate for service before 1 January 1974)  \n- **Other part-time members**: \\$2,600 per year (for service before 1 January 1974)\n- **Travel allowance**: \\$28 per day when members (except the Executive Member) must stay overnight away from home for work duties—this covers accommodation/meals but **not** transport costs\n\n**Historical note**: These rates applied only to service periods before 1 January 1974, suggesting these were initial transitional rates when the Authority was first established."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations","history":"/api/acts/pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/pipeline-authority-remuneration-and-allowances-regulations/documents"}}