Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.
2: This Act shall come into force on 1 April 1952.
2: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— local authority Local Government Act 2002 member Minister statutory Board Schedule 1 Section 2 local authority replaced 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 2 Minister replaced 10 July 1987 Fees and Travelling Allowances Amendment Act 1987
3: Remuneration of members of statutory Boards
Where, under any enactment, any member of a statutory Board is entitled to receive any remuneration by way of salary, fees, or otherwise for his services as a member of the Board, the remuneration shall , subject to any determination of the Remuneration Authority Section 3 amended 1 April 2003 section 4(1) Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 Section 3 amended 14 February 1978 section 33(1) Remuneration Authority Act 1977
4: Travelling allowances payable to members of statutory Boards
1: This section applies to any member of a statutory Board who, under any enactment, is entitled to receive payment of travelling allowances or travelling expenses in respect of time spent in travelling in the service of the Board.
2: Where any such member, for the purpose of attending a meeting of the statutory Board or, pursuant to a resolution of the Board, of transacting any business of the Board, is required to be absent from his usual place of residence, there shall be paid to him, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as a subsistence allowance
3: Where the member, for any such purpose, is required to make any journey and he travels by public conveyance there shall be paid to him, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, all fares and other expenses of locomotion incurred by him in making the journey.
4: Where a private means of conveyance is used for any such journey, there shall be paid to the member, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as a mileage allowance
5: Members of subcommittees
The provisions of this Act, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply to any member of a committee or a subcommittee of a statutory Board in any case where that member is entitled, under any enactment, to receive payment of any remuneration in respect of his services to the Board or to receive payment of travelling allowances or travelling expenses in respect of time spent in travelling in the service of the Board.
6: Members of local authorities
Where, under any enactment, a member of a local authority is entitled to receive payment of travelling allowances or travelling expenses, the provisions of this Act, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply to that member as if the local authority were a statutory Board.
7: Approvals
Any approval given by the Minister under this Act may be general in its application or may relate to individual members or classes of members of statutory Boards or to any particular statutory Board or to any class or classes of statutory Boards.
8: Validation of payments of remuneration or travelling allowances
Every payment of remuneration, travelling allowances, or travelling expenses made before the commencement of this Act to any member of any Board, Council, Committee, or other body established under any enactment at a rate approved by the Minister in that behalf shall, if otherwise valid, be deemed to have been lawfully made notwithstanding that a different rate may have been prescribed by any regulations.
9: Regulations
1: The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for any purpose for which regulations are contemplated by this Act, and may make all such other regulations as may in his opinion be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof.
2: Without limiting the general power hereinbefore conferred, it is hereby declared that regulations may be made under this section for all or any of the following purposes:
a: prescribing conditions subject to which subsistence allowances or mileage allowances shall be payable:
b: prescribing conditions in respect of disbursements repayable to members of statutory Boards:
c: prescribing matters to be taken into account when assessing subsistence allowances or mileage allowances:
d: prescribing conditions to be observed before payments of remuneration or travelling allowances or travelling expenses are made to members of statutory Boards.
3: Regulations under this section are secondary legislation ( see Part 3
3: The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 9(3) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021 Section 9(3) repealed 19 December 1989 section 11 Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989
10: Consequential amendments
1: The Acts specified in Schedule 2
2: The regulations specified in Schedule 3