COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.
No. 18 of 1917.
An Act to amend the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1916.
[Assented to 28th August, 1917.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1917.
(2.) The Commonwealth
Public Service Act 1902-1916 is in this Act referred to as the Principal
Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Commonwealth Public
Service Act 1902-1917.
Amendment of s.2.
2.Section
two of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
sub-section:—
“(2.) References in this Act to persons who have
served in any Expeditionary Force raised under the provisions of the Defence Act 1903-1915 shall be deemed to
include members of the Army Medical Corps Nursing Service accepted or appointed
by the Director-General of Medical Services for service outside Australia and
members of the Naval Forces who have been on active service outside Australia
or on a ship of war.”
3.After section
twenty-one of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—
Appointments of returned soldiers to positions
in Clerical Division.
“21a. Notwithstanding
anything contained in the last preceding section any person who has served with
satisfactory record in any Expeditionary Force raised under the provisions of
the Defence Act 1903-1915 and who is eligible for
appointment to the Clerical Division may be appointed to such class and
subdivision as the Commissioner determines.”
Amendment of s. 27.
4.Section
twenty-seven of the Principal Act is amended by inserting, after paragraph (c), the following words:—”and may
empower the Commissioner to specify that any particular examination for
admission to the Clerical Division is only for persons who have served with
satisfactory record in any Expeditionary Force raised under the provisions of
the Defence Act 1903-1915.”
5.After
section twenty-nine of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—
Meaning of prescribed examination.
“29a. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act the Governor-General may by regulation prescribe
that any person who has served with satisfactory record in any Expeditionary
Force raised under the provisions of the Defence Act 1903-1915 and who has passed a prescribed examination
conducted by a University or other public examining body in any part of the
British Dominions, notwithstanding that that examination is not competitive,
shall be deemed to have passed a prescribed examination conducted by examiners
appointed under this Act.”
Amendment of s. 32.
6.Section
thirty-two of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-section
(1.) thereof the following proviso:—
“Provided
that any person who has served with satisfactory record in any Expeditionary
Force raised under the provisions of the Defence Act 1903-1915, and whose age at his last birthday previous to
appointment was not more than fifty years and who has passed, whether before or
after the commencement of this proviso, the prescribed examination may be
appointed to the clerical division.”
Amendment of s. 40.
7.Section forty of the
Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (4.) the following
sub-section:—
“(4a.) The
employment of a person who has served with satisfactory record in any
Expeditionary Force raised under the provisions of the Defence Act 1903-1915 and who has been temporarily employed for six months
may, upon a report from the Permanent Head that he has satisfactorily performed
his duties and that temporary assistance is still required, be extended from
time to time by the Commissioner for such periods as he thinks fit.”
Amendment of s. 58.
8.Section fifty-eight of
the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “shall” the words “subject
to the regulations”.
Amendment of s. 70a
9.—(1.) Section seventy a of the Principal Act is
amended—
(a) by
inserting in sub-section (1.) after the words “Defence Act 1903-1915” the words “or has
entered into an agreement with the Minister of State for Defence
to serve as a munitions worker whether within or beyond Australia,”;
(b)
by adding at the end of that sub-section the words “or as a munitions worker,
as the case may be”;
(c)
by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “not exceeding twelve months” and
inserting in their stead the words “which shall not, unless the
Governor-General otherwise directs, exceed twelve months”; and
(d)by adding at the end of that
sub-section the words “or on active service in the Naval Forces”.
(2.) This
section shall be deemed to have commenced on the first day of August, One
thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
Preservation of eligibility of members of the
Forces for appointment.
10.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Principal Act or the Regulations thereunder, any person who has successfully
passed any prescribed examination to which this section applies and has served
with satisfactory record in any Expeditionary Force raised under the provisions
of the Defence Act 1903-1915 shall be eligible for
appointment to the Public Service at any time before he has attained the age of
fifty-one years.
(2.) This section applies to any examination for
admission to the Public Service for which the maximum age fixed for candidates
at the date of examination exceeds sixteen years.