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COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES (REDEPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT) ACT 1979 No. 52 of 1979 - SECT 29

29. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be
prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying
out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular-

   (a)  for regulating the manner in which, and the time within which, appeals
        may be made to a Tribunal;

   (b)  for regulating the procedure of Tribunals, including, without limiting
        the generality of the foregoing-

        (i)    the manner by which, and the circumstances in which, 2 or more
               appeals may be consolidated and heard together;

        (ii)   the manner in which employees may be joined as parties to an
               appeal under sub-section 15 (5);

        (iii)  the procedure for summoning witnesses and requiring the
               production of documents; and

        (iv)   the procedure for the service of documents upon persons;

   (c)  prescribing the circumstances in which, and the procedure by which,
        the evidence of an employee appealing to a Tribunal, or of a witness
        concerned in an appeal to a Tribunal, may be taken by a member of the
        Tribunal, or a person other than a member of the Tribunal, who is
        authorized by the Tribunal to take that evidence;

   (d)  for applying the provisions of this Act, subject to such modifications
        and adaptations (if any) as are prescribed, to and in relation to-

        (i)    persons appointed under section 5 of the Commonwealth Police
               Act 1957;

        (ii)   the person holding office as the Commonwealth Teaching Service
               Commissioner under the Commonwealth Teaching Service Act 1972
               and persons appointed as officers, or engaged as employees,
               under that Act;

        (iii)  persons who hold offices or appointments (not being offices or
               appointments in the Defence Force) under regulations made under
               the Naval Defence Act 1901;

        (iv)   persons appointed under section 5 of the Police Ordinance 1927
               of the Australian Capital Territory, as amended; or

        (v)    persons who are employed under section 10 of the Supply and
               Development Act 1939.
(2) In sub-section (1), ''modification'' includes the addition or omission of
a provision or the substitution of a provision for another provision.

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