Commonwealth Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1934. No. 85.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1933.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council on the recommendation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, hereby make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1933.

Dated this eighteenth day of July, 1934.

(Sgd.) ISAAC A. ISAACS.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for the Prime Minister.

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Amendments of Commonwealth Public Service(Parliamentary Officers) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1931, No. 153, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 39 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1) Applications for leave of absence on the ground of illness shall be supported by the certificate of a duly qualified medical practitioner:

Provided that the Permanent Head may grant leave of absence on the ground of illness, without production of a medical certificate, to the extent of three days in the aggregate in any twelve months, subject to any continuous period of leave so granted not exceeding two days.”.

2. After regulation 51 the following regulation is inserted:—

Exemption from State laws in certain cases.

“52.—(1) Any payment or allowance, made by the Commonwealth to an officer in pursuance of these Regulations, or under the authority of the Parliamentary Head, in respect of the use of a motor vehicle, shall not be deemed to be hire, reward or other consideration within the meaning of any State law relating to (motor vehicles, transport or traffic, and the officer shall not be required to obtain any licence or permission or to pay any fee or tax under any State law by reason of the fact that he receives or is entitled to receive such payment or allowance.

(2) In this regulation ‘officer’ means any person employed in any capacity in the Parliamentary Service and includes a person temporarily employed.”

1868.—6/28.6.1934.—Price 3d.

3. Regulations 54, 55 and 56 are repealed, and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Basis of calculation of allowances.

“53a.—(1) For the purpose of calculating any allowance payable to an officer under this Part, the maximum salary of the position occupied by the officer shall not be deemed to be affected or varied by the provisions of the Financial Emergency Act 1931-1933, or to have been varied since the 1st July, 1926, by the provisions of regulation 72.

(2) Where any allowance under this Part is payable for less than a day, the allowance shall be at an hourly rate of one twenty-fourth part of the daily rate or one hundred and sixty-eighth part of the weekly rate, as the case may be.

Rates of travelling allowances.

54.—(1) Subject to these Regulations, the following shall be the scale of travelling allowances for all officers and temporary employees:—

Where Maximum Salary of Position is.	Allowance Capital Cities.						Allowance other than Capital Cities.
	First Fourteen Days’ Residence.		After Fourteen Days’ Residence.				First Fourteen Days’ Residence.		After Fourteen Days’ Residence.
			Married Officer.		Unmarried Officer.				Married Officer.		Unmarried Officer.
Per day.		Per week.		Per week.		Per day.		Per week.			Per week.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.
£312 and under.....	12	0	42	0	30	0	10	6	35	0		25	0
£313 to £480.........	14	6	50	0	35	0	12	0	42	0		30	0
£481 to £708.........	17	0	63	0	40	0	14	6	50	0		35	0
£709 to £999.........	20	0	70	0	45	0	17	0	63	0		40	0
£1,000 and over....	*		*		*		*		*			*

* As may be determined from time to time by the Parliamentary Head.

(2) The minimum travelling allowance payable to officers acting as members of an Appeal Board or a Board of Inquiry shall be at the rate of 14s. 6d. a day.

(3) Where allowance has been paid under this regulation for eight weeks’ residence in one locality, the Permanent Head shall submit the case to the Parliamentary Head for review. Nosuch allowance shall be continued beyond three months without the concurrence of the Parliamentary Head, and if, upon review, the Parliamentary Head considers the amount excessive, it shall be discontinued or reduced to such amount as the Parliamentary Head thinks fit.

(4) No allowance, other than for expenses necessarily incurred, shall be paid under this regulation, in any case where an officer is not required to be absent from his head-quarters over night.

Allowances payable where officers travel by steamer or railway.

55. When officers travel by steamer or by railway, and the fare paid includes subsistence, one-quarter of the ordinary rates to which those officers would be entitled shall be allowed:

Provided that, where an officer is travelling by a steamer owned or chartered by the Commonwealth Government, the rate of allowance shall be determined by the Permanent Head, but such allowance shall not exceed one-quarter of the ordinary rate.

Allowances to be in addition to cost of conveyance.

56. All travelling allowances shall be in addition to cost of conveyance. The period for which travelling allowance may be claimed shall be computed from time of departure of to time of arrival on return of the train, steamer, or other conveyance by which officers travel:

Provided that in the case of an officer travelling on permanent transfer to whom the provisions of regulation 79 are applicable the period shall be computed to time of arrival at the place to which he has been transferred.”.

4. After regulation 57 the following regulation is inserted:—

Definition of married officer.

“57a. For the purpose of payment of travelling allowance, a married officer shall be deemed to include any unmarried officer or a widower who is maintaining a home or supporting dependent relatives in circumstances which, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Head, justify his inclusion.”.

5. Regulation 58 is amended by omitting therefrom the words “as a rule,”.

6. Regulation 61 is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following:—

“Provided further that no payment of allowance under this sub-regulation shall be made to an officer unless he makes written application to the Permanent Head for payment of allowance, and the allowance shall not be payable in respect of any period exceeding four months prior to the date upon which such application is forwarded to the Permanent Head.”.

7. Regulation 64 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Car or cycle allowances, &c.

64.—(1) Officers who use their own motor trucks, motor cars or cycles for official purposes or when travelling on public business, or any officer whose motor truck, motor car or cycle is used for such purposes, may be allowed, in respect of such use, payment at the following rates:—

Per mile up to 5,000 miles in any twelve months.		Per mile after 5,000 miles in any twelve months.
s.	d.	s.	d.
Motor truck, 1-ton capacity or over.............	0	6½	..	0	4½
Other motor truck......................................	½ d. per mile above rate for car of similar horse-power.
Motor car over 12 horse-power...................	0	5½	..	0	3½
Motor car over 8 horse-power and not exceeding 12 horse-power.........................................	0	4½	..	0	2½
Motor car 8 horse-power or under...............	0	4	..	0	2
Motor cycle with side car...........................	0	3	..	0	1½
Motor cycle...............................................	0	1¾	..	0	1

In respect of the use of a bicycle the allowance shall be at the rate of 3d. per mile, subject to reduction to 1 ½d. per mile, after the first 20 miles on any journey exceeding that distance.

(2) The Parliamentary Head may increase the rates prescribed by this regulation in any case in which he is satisfied that they are inadequate.

(3) An officer shall not be entitled to an allowance under this regulation unless it is shown that the use of a motor truck, motor car, motor cycle or bicycle results in greater efficiency and saving than would be the case were other means of conveyance employed.”.

8.—(1.) Regulation 67 is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (4)and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4) Any officer appointed, transferred or promoted to an office in Canberra prior to the fourteenth day of May, 1931, who purchased or built a house in Canberra prior to that date, shall be paid such allowance, if any, as the Parliamentary Head from time to time determines;” and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (4a).

(2.) This regulation shall commence on the first day of July, 1934.

9. Regulation 82 is amended by inserting after the word “married” in paragraph (a)the words “or who, having been married, is supporting a child of his marriage who is under the age of fourteen years”.

 

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