Commonwealth legislation

Papua New Guinea Independence (Public Service) Regulations (Repeal)

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

115 of 1995

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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What this does:

This regulation scraps two old sets of rules from 1976 and 1977 that dealt with public service arrangements when Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent from Australia in 1975.

Who it affects:

Primarily a technical cleanup. It affects any remaining administrative arrangements still tied to the 1976 and 1977 regulations, though by 1995 these transitional rules had largely served their purpose.

Why it matters:

When PNG gained independence, Australia needed temporary rules to manage the transfer of public servants — things like moving Australian officials to PNG employment or handling their pensions. Twenty years later, these transitional arrangements were obsolete. This regulation tidies up the statute books by formally cancelling (repealing) Statutory Rules 1976 No. 110 and 1977 No. 92.

Key detail:

The repeal happens immediately upon being published in the Gazette (the official government newspaper).

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Papua New Guinea Independence (Public Service) Regulations (Repeal)

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Statutory Rules 1995 No. 1151

Papua New Guinea Independence (Public Service) Regulations (Repeal)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulation under the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975.

Dated 30 May 1995.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARETH EVANS

Minister for Foreign Affairs

1. Repeal of the Papua New Guinea Independence (Public Service) Regulations

1.1 Statutory Rules 1976 No. 110 and 1977 No. 92 are repealed.

[NOTE: This Regulation commences on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 June 1995.

Source text

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

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Statutory Rules 1995 No. 1151

Papua New Guinea Independence (Public Service) Regulations (Repeal)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulation under the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975.

Dated 30 May 1995.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARETH EVANS

Minister for Foreign Affairs

1. Repeal of the Papua New Guinea Independence (Public Service) Regulations

1.1 Statutory Rules 1976 No. 110 and 1977 No. 92 are repealed.

[NOTE: This Regulation commences on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 June 1995.