97Regulations

##### 97 Regulations (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters: (aa) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or (ab) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act; and in particular for the following: (a) for defining the seniority of officers; (b) for defining, in relation to the officers included in a class of officers, the seniority of those officers for the purpose of transfer or promotion within that class; (c) for regulating the appointment of persons to the Service; (d) for regulating transfers and promotions of officers; (e) for regulating the holding and conduct of tests or examinations referred to in section 33B; (ea) for determining the allowances in respect of travelling expenses that are to be paid to members of the Joint Council who are not officers or employees; (g) for regulating the manner in which, and the time within which, appeals may be made to a Disciplinary Appeal Committee; (ga) for regulating the procedure of Boards of Inquiry, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) the procedure for summoning witnesses and requiring the production of documents; (ii) the procedure for the service of documents upon persons; (gc) for providing for the payment of costs in inquiries made by Boards of Inquiry and for the assessment of those costs; (h) for making provision in relation to the determining of appeals against promotions; (k) for making provision about the duties and conduct of officers; (n) for regulating the granting of leave of absence to officers and employees; (q) for providing for the notification to the Commissioner of action taken in respect of officers or employees under, or by virtue of the application to those officers or employees of, sections 57, 58, 62, 63, 63D, 63K, 63L, 63M and 63S and for the keeping, for such periods as are specified in the regulations, of records of action so taken; (r) for regulating the notification of vacancies by the Commissioner and the method of applying for such vacancies; (s) for regulating the method of lodging appeals of officers against promotions or deprivation of increment; (sa) for providing for appeals against temporary transfers; (sb) for providing for appeals with respect to any matter arising under a determination under section 82D; (t) for requiring officers to take oaths or affirmations of secrecy in relation to the matters coming to their knowledge in the course of their employment, and for prescribing the form of such oaths or affirmations; (u) for determining the dates, times, or periods of time at or within which shall be done all things or acts required or permitted by this Act to be done, and in respect of which no dates, times, or periods of time are specifically provided; (v) for prescribing, where there is no provision or no sufficient provision in this Act, in respect to any matter or thing necessary to give effect to this Act, in what manner and form the want of provision or insufficient provision shall be supplied. (3) Regulations made pursuant to the foregoing provisions may make provision for or in relation to any matter authorized by those provisions by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any of the provisions of a determination made under section 82D, or of an industrial award, as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time.