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Merchant Shipping (Committee of Advice) Regulation 1977

Merchant Shipping Act 1975
This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at  1 July 2001.

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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 242B.

Merchant Shipping (Committee of Advice) Regulation 1977

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Merchant Shipping (Committee of Advice) Regulation 1977

MADE under the Merchant Shipping Act 1975.

Dated                   200 .

1. INTERPRETATION.

In this Regulation, unless the contrary intention appears, “Committee” means a Committee of Advice under Part XI of the Act.

2. CONSTITUTION OF A COMMITTEE.

A Committee shall consist of not less than three members.

3. CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE.

The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Committee to be Chairman.

4. MEETINGS OF A COMMITTEE.

Meetings of a Committee shall be held at such times as the Committee determines or as the Chairman directs.

5. CONDUCT OF MEETINGS OF A COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of a Committee–

(a) where a Committee consists of–

(i) three members–all members; and

(ii) more than three members–the Chairman and not less than half the number of the other members,

are a quorum; and

(b) all matters shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members (other than the Chairman) present and voting; and

(c) in the event of an equality of votes on a matter, the Chairman has a casting vote.

6. FEES, EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO MEMBERS.

(1) This section does not apply to the Chairman or a member of a Committee where that person is an employee of the State or of an authority or instrumentality of the State.

(2) The Chairman of a Committee shall be paid K30.00 for each day, or part of a day, on which he attends a meeting of the Committee.

(3) A member of a Committee (other than the Chairman) shall be paid K25.00 for each day, or part of a day, on which he attends a meeting of the Committee.

(4) Where a member of a Committee (including the Chairman) attends at a meeting of the Committee held at a place other than that at which he resides, he shall be entitled to–

(a) reimbursement of any expenses necessarily or reasonably incurred by him in travelling–

(i) from his place of residence to the place at which the meeting is held; and

(ii) on completion of the meeting–from the place at which the meeting was held to his place of residence; and

(b) where he is necessarily absent from his normal place of residence–

(i) the necessary and reasonable costs of travel, accommodation and meals; and

(ii) an incidental daily allowance of K2.00.

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