{"id":"C1946L00021","name":"Public Works Committee Regulations","slug":"public-works-committee-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"21 of 1946","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23081,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1946L00021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public Works Committee Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1946\\. No. 21.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ACT 1913-1936.\\*\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 Public Works Committee Act 1913-1936.\n\nDated this twenty-third day of January, 1946.\n\nHENRY\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Royal Highness’s Command,\n\nH. P. LAZZARINI\n\nfor Prime Minister\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nPublic Works Committee Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. Those Regulations may be cited as the Public Works Committee Regulations.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The Public Works Committee Regulations 1915 (being Statutory Rules 1915, No. 202) are repealed.\n\nWitnesses’ and assessors’ expenses.\n\n3.—(1.) Witnesses appearing before the Committee or a Sectional Committee shall be paid such witnesses’ fees and travelling expenses as the Chairman or Vice-Chairman thinks fit to allow in accordance with the scale of witnesses’ expenses prescribed for witnesses appearing before the High Court.\n\n(2.) Assessors called in to assist the Committee or a Sectional Committee shall be paid such remuneration as the Chairman or Vice-Chairman thinks fit to allow in accordance with the scale of witnesses’ expenses prescribed for witnesses appearing before the High Court.\n\n(3.) In the application of the scale to any such witness or assessor the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, shall have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions of the taxing officer under that scale.\n\n\\*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20th January, 1946.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n6477.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1370},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain strictly administrative, governing only the procedural matter of witness and assessor remuneration. They repeal and replace the 1915 version without expanding into new policy areas or substantive functions beyond the original purpose of supporting the Committee's operations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short regulations with no subordinate provisions","No interpretation section or defined terms","Single, straightforward external reference to High Court witness expenses scale","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the rules for paying witnesses and expert advisors (called **assessors**) who appear before the Public Works Committee — the parliamentary body that examines government building projects.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Repeals the old rules:** It replaces the 1915 regulations with updated ones.\n*   **Pays witnesses:** People called to give evidence before the Committee get fees and travel expenses.\n*   **Pays assessors:** Technical experts brought in to advise the Committee also get paid.\n*   **How much:** The Chair or Vice-Chair decides the exact amount, but it must follow the same pay scale used for witnesses in the High Court (Australia’s highest court). The Chair also has the powers of a \"taxing officer\" (the court official who calculates and approves legal costs) when working out these payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-regulations","history":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-regulations/documents"}}