Civil Service Act 1881 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO QUARTO ET QUADRAGESIMO

QUINTO

VICTORIB REGIN&.

A.D. 1881.

No. 231.

An Act to amend the "Civil Service Act of 1874."

[Assented to, November 18t4 1881.1

HERKAG it is expedient to amend the " Civil Service Act of

Enacted by the Governor of thc Province of South Australia, with	W 1874," in manner hereinafter provided-Be it therefore
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Asscnlbly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1, Clauses Nos. 15, 29, 30, 32 of Act No. 3, 1874, are hereby Repeal.

repealed.

2, The Responsible Minister of any Department may, at such Leave for r e c ~ ~ t i o n not more than two

of absence on full salary, or if of twenty years' continuous service, eight months' leave of absence on fill salary; and in cases of illness or other pressing necessity, such extended leave, on such tcrms as he may think fit: Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Governor, in case of pressing necessity, from granting leave of absence to any officer of lesser period of service for any time not exceeding six months. Allowance

times as he may deem convcnicnt, grant to any officer lcavc of inweof

absence for rccrcation not exceeding in the whole two weeks in sicknessnot more

each year; and in cases of illness or other pressing necessity, such than two months.

extended leave not exceeding two months, and on such terms as he

may think fit.

3, The Governor may grant to any officer in the Civil Service, officer of not le~s

of at least ten years' continuous service, not exceeding eight months' .sic* may have law than ten years' sex-

leave of absence on half salary, or, at his o;~tion, four months' leave for e W month.

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Oivdl &mice Amdment A c t. 1 8 8 1.

Allowance on retirement or death:

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4. The legal pereonal representative of every officer in the Civil

m o d, or .esisnation

- 0 t h to reoeive Service at the time of the passing of this Act who may hereafter die

~~~~~~~~ while in such Service, although his death may have occurred or

*~-fMD-bw, may occur during the absence of such officer on leave, and every	1881, snd inter&
thimaftm. officer in the Civil Service on being removed from, or on being permitted to resign, his office on account of illness, infirmity, age; abolition of office, or any other cause whatever, except misconduct or pecuniary embarrassment, shall, with the consent of the Governor, be entitled to and shall be paid by the 'Treasurer a sum equal to

m e month's salary for every year, and a proportionate sum for any

period less than a year, that any such officer may have served in the

Civil Service until the thirty-first December, one thousand eight

hundred and eightylone, together with interest at the rate of four per centum per annurn on the total amount so payable from the said thirty-first December until such death, removal, or resignation; and the average salary received by any such officer during the three

yeass next preceding such date aforesaid shall be taken as the

salary of such officer for the purpose of calculating the amount to be paid by the said Treasurer as aforesaid: Provided that this

a i t a ~ ~ t clarke shali not apply to any officer who shall be permitted to resign

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c e ~ c a t e ~ his office, except upon a medical certificate of

d e 8 a sixtyyesrsof illness or infirmity,

ortwenty years before he shall have attained the age of sixty years, or have been

in !jemice.	twenty years in the Civil Service: Provided also that the amount payable under this clause shall in no case exceed the amount that would have been payable had this Act not been passed.
Offiaer may retire

within six months 5. Any officer in the Civil Service at the time of the passing of

from pming of the	this Act being desirous of resigning his appointment, may, within
m.	six months of the date of this Act coming into operation, retire
from the Civil Service; and shall, with the consent of the Governor, be entitled to, and be paid by the Treasurer, notwith- standing any provisions contained in the preceding clause of
this Act as regards length of ervice, a sum equal to one month's salary for each year, and a proportionate sum for any period less than
a year, that any such officer may have aerved in the Civil Service: Provided that no officer so resigning shall be afterwards eligible for appointment in any office in the Civil Service, unless he shall
have first repaid to the Treasurer the amount received by him
under this clause.

&m title. 6, This Act may be cited as the " Civil Service Amendment Act,

188 1. "

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

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MeMe : By authoriQ, E. PILLE ER, Government Printer, North-terrace.