Commonwealth legislation

Officers' Rights Declaration Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

146 of 1975

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These regulations protect Commonwealth public servants whose jobs are affected by a specific health law in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

What it does:

Designates the Health Commission Ordinance 1975 (an ACT law) as a "prescribed Territory law" under the Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928-1975.

Why this matters: The Officers' Rights Declaration Act protects public servants when their employment is affected by changes to government structures or Territory legislation. By "prescribing" (officially listing) the ACT Health Commission Ordinance under this Act, these regulations ensure that Commonwealth officers whose jobs, pay, or conditions are impacted by that Territory health law receive statutory protections—including guarantees about their terms of employment, compensation, or reinstatement rights.

In short: If you were a Commonwealth officer in 1975 and the ACT Health Commission Ordinance affected your job, these regulations ensured you had special employment protections under federal law.

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Officers' Rights Declaration Regulations

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Statutory Rules

1975 No. 146

REGULATIONS UNDER THE OFFICERS’ RIGHTS DECLARATION ACT 1928-1975.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Officer’ Rights Declaration Act 1928-1975.

Dated this twenty-second day of July, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. McCLELLAND

Minister of State for Labor and Immigration for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

OFFICERS’ RIGHTS DECLARATION REGULATIONS

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Officers’ Rights Declaration Regulations.

Commencement.

These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1975.

Definition.

In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928-1975.

Prescribed Territory law.

The Health Commission Ordinance 1975 of the Australian Capital Territory is a prescribed Territory law for the purposes of the Act.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 29 July 1975.

Source text

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

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