Civilian Staff Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1934. No. 144.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1932.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1932, to come into operation as from the dates specified.

Dated this fourteenth day of November, 1934.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ARCHDALE PARKHILL

Minister of State for Defence.

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Regulations for Civilian Staff (other than Government Factories) under Defence Act, Section 63.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 209, as amended to date.)

Amendments.

The Civilian Staff Regulations are amended as follows:—

1. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 58 is repealed and the following sub-regulation inserted in its stead:—

“(2) When an officer who has continued in the Commonwealth Service for at least twenty years is retiring from the Commonwealth Service, the Minister may authorize payment to him upon retirement of a sum equivalent to the salary for a period of leave not exceeding that which the officer could have been granted under the last preceding sub-regulation.”

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into effect on 6th August, 1934.

2. Regulation 61 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“Leave for Defence Purposes.

61.—(1) Leave of absence for the purpose of attending Naval, Military or Air Force training may be granted under the following conditions by the Chief Officer in any year ending on the thirtieth day of June to an officer who is a member of the Defence Force:—

(a) For attendance for training of the officer’s unit or corps— With full pay for the minimum annual training required in the year of his unit or corps.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on15th November, 1934.

5031.—Price 3d.

(b) For attendance at one school, class, or course of instruction in the year—With full pay for two days, and without pay for any additional period for which the officer’s attendance is required.

Provided that evidence of the necessity for such attendance shall be submitted with an officer’s application, and, at the conclusion of the camp, school, class, or course of instruction, the officer shall produce to the Chief Officer a certificate of attendance thereat:

Provided also that if it would not be in the public interest to grant leave of absence under this regulation to an officer for the purpose of attending a camp school, class, or course of instruction of his own unit or corps, the Chief Officer may grant in lieu leave of absence, as prescribed in this regulation for the purpose of attending an equivalent camp, school, class, or course of instruction of another unit or corps.

(2) Leave of absence granted with pay under this regulation shall not be deducted from recreation leave.

(3) An officer who, while undergoing the training referred to in this regulation, sustains injury or contracts illness, necessitating his absence from duty beyond the period of leave with full pay granted under this regulation maybe granted leave on the following terms:—

(a) If compensation is not paid to the officer by the Department of Defence in respect of such absence, the leave may be granted as sick leave.

(b) If compensation is paid, and is equal to or exceeds the amount of remuneration which the officer would have received had he been granted sick leave, the leave shall be granted without pay.

(c) If compensation is paid, and is less than the amount of remuneration which the officer would have received had he been granted sick leave, he shall be paid the difference, and his sick leave credit shall be reduced as if he had been granted sick leave with pay corresponding to the amount of the difference.

(4) This regulation shall apply to temporary employees:

Provided that where the employee’s services are not further required, leave shall only be granted to the date on which he would have ordinarily ceased duty.”

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into effect on 14th August, 1934.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.