Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 No. 53 of 1975 - SECT 116

116. (1) There is established by this Act an Institute by the name of the
Institute of Family Studies.

(2) The Institute shall consist of-

   (a)  a Director; and

   (b)  4 or more other members, each of whom shall be appointed by the
        Attorney-General.

(3) The functions of the Institute are-

   (a)  to promote, by the encouragement and co-ordination of research and
        other appropriate means, the identification of, and development of
        understanding of, the factors affecting marital and family stability
        in Australia, with the object of promoting the protection of the
        family as the natural and fundamental group unit in society; and

   (b)  to advise and assist the Attorney-General in relation to the making of
        grants, out of moneys available under appropriations made by the
        Parliament, for purposes related to the functions of the Institute and
        the supervising of the employment of grants so made.

(4) The regulations may prescribe any matters that are necessary or convenient
to be prescribed in connexion with the conduct of the affairs of the
Institute, including matters relating to the conduct of the meetings of the
Institute, and, subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973-1974, payment
of remuneration and allowances to the Director or other members of the
Institute.

(5) The Director may, on behalf of Australia and with the approval of the
Attorney-General, employ persons as members of the staff of the Institute and
engage persons to assist the Institute as consultants or otherwise.

(6) The terms and conditions of employment or engagement of persons under this
section are such as are from time to time determined by the Director with the
approval of the Attorney-General.

(7) Where a member of the staff of the Institute was, immediately before his
appointment, an officer of the Australian Public Service or a person to whom
the Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928-1975 applied-

   (a)  he retains his existing and accruing rights;

   (b)  for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as a member
        of the staff of the Institute shall be taken into account as if it
        were service in the Australian Public Service; and

   (c)  the Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928-1975 applies as if this Act
        and this section had been specified in the Schedule to that Act.

(8) This section has effect notwithstanding the Public Service Act 1922-1975
but subject to any other Act relating to persons employed by Australia.