40Fees and allowances of members of Committees

40 Fees and allowances of members of Committees (1) This regulation does not apply to a Chairperson or a member of a Committee who is an officer of the Australian Public Service or the Public Service of a State or Territory. (2) Subject to subregulation (3), the fee payable to a member of a Committee is: (a) if the member is the Chairperson of the Committee — $40; or (b) in any other case — $35; for each day on which the member attends a meeting of the Committee. (3) Where the duration of a meeting of the Committee on a day is less than 3 hours, the fee payable to a member of the Committee, in respect of his or her attendance at the meeting on that day, is: (a) if the member is the Chairperson of the Committee — $25; or (b) in any other case — $20. (4) The Chairperson or a member of a Committee who is necessarily absent from his or her home overnight by reason of attendance at a meeting of the Committee shall be paid travelling allowance, in respect of that absence: (a) if the period of absence is a complete day or longer: (i) at the daily rate of $28 for each complete day in the period of absence; and (ii) at an hourly rate that is one‑twenty‑fourth part of the daily rate set out in subparagraph (i) for each hour, or part of an hour, in the remainder (if any) of the period of absence; or (b) if the period of absence is less than a complete day — at an hourly rate that is one‑twenty‑fourth part of the daily rate set out in subparagraph (a) (i) for each hour, or part of an hour, in the period of absence.