Commonwealth legislation

Wool Industry Regulations

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

40 of 1972

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These are administrative rules that govern how Australia's wool industry bodies manage staff pay.

What they do:

Replace old rules — They cancel the previous 1971 regulations (a routine update).
Set a dollar threshold for ministerial oversight — They fix the amount of $14,375 per year as the trigger point requiring Ministerial approval. If a wool industry body wants to pay someone more than this amount, the Minister for Primary Industry must give permission first.
Reference the parent law — They operate under section 27 of the Wool Industry Act 1962-1971 (the main law that establishes these wool bodies).

Why it matters: This creates a simple financial control—routine salaries under $14,375 can be set by the wool industry organisations themselves, but higher salaries need political sign-off to ensure public accountability.

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Wool Industry Regulations

STATUTORY RULES

1972 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WOOL INDUSTRY ACT 1962-1971.*

I, 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 Wool Industry Act 1962-1971.

Dated this twenty-third day of March, 1972.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Primary Industry.

WOOL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Industry Regulations.

Repeal.

The Wool Industry Regulations, being Statutory Rules 1971, No. 32, are repealed.

Salary rate requiring Minister’s approval.

For the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-section (3.) of section 27 of the Wool Industry Act 1962-1971, the rate of salary is Fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.

Printed by Authority by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth of Australia

12437/72—Price 5c 10/1.3.1972

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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