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

STATUTORY RULES.

1947. No..

REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1947.*

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 Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1947.

Dated this ninth day of December, 1947.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) J. B. CHIFLEY

Prime Minister.

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Amendment of the Commonwealth Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations.

Regulation 75 of the Commonwealth Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Variations of salary on account of variations in cost of living.

“75.—(1.) For the purposes of this regulation the term ‘index number’ means the weighted average retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth, as shown in the ‘ Court’ series of retail price index numbers published from time to time by, or at the direction of, the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.

(2.) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year is less than 81.7, salaries payable in pursuance of Part IV. of these Regulations shall, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the month of May or the month of

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1947.

 Statutory Rules 1941, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, No. 309; 1942, No. 249 ; and 1947, Nos. 13 62 and 154.

3541.—Price 3d. 9/9.6.1947.

November (as the case may be) next following, be reduced by the appropriate amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the said index number falls:—

Index Number Groups.	Amount of Decrease in Salary.
	Adult Males.	Adult Females.	Officers under 21 years of age.
£	£	£
Per annum.	Per annum.	Per annum.
79.4-81.6.......................................	6	4	3
77.1-79.3.......................................	12	8	6
74.8-77.0.......................................	18	12	9
72.5-74.7.......................................	24	16	12
70.2-72.4.......................................	30	20	15
67.9-70.1.......................................	36	24	18

(3.) If the index number falls below 67.9, salaries shall be further reduced on the basis indicated in the last preceding sub-regulation, that is to say, for each fall of 2.3 points in the index number salaries shall be reduced by £6 per annum in the case of adult males, £4 per annum in the case of adult females and £3 per annum in the case of officers under 21 years of age.

(4.) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year exceeds 83.9, salaries payable in pursuance of Part IV. of these Regulations shall, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the month of May or the month of November (as the case may be) next following, be increased by the appropriate amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the said index number falls:—

Index Number Groups.	Amount of Increase in Salary.
	Adult Males.	Adult Females.	Officers under 21 years of age.
£	£	£
Per annum.	Per annum.	Per annum.
84.0-86.2.......................................	6	4	3
86.3-88.5.......................................	12	8	6
88.6-90.8.......................................	18	12	9
90.9-93.1.......................................	24	16	12
93.2-95.4.......................................	30	20	15
95.5-97.7.......................................	36	24	18

(5.) If the index number rises above 97.7, salaries shall be further increased on the basis indicated in the last preceding sub-regulation, that is to say, for every rise of 2.3 points in the index number salaries shall be increased by £6 per annum in the case of adult males, £4 per annum in the case of adult females and £3 per annum in the case of officers under 21 years of age.

 

(6.) The following amounts shall be added to salaries payable in pursuance of Part IV. of these Regulations after variation, if any, has been made in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this regulation:—

Per annum.

£

Adult males..............................................................................................................

16

Adult females...........................................................................................................

11

Officers under 21 years of age...................................................................................

8

(7.) The amounts referred to in sub-regulation (6.) of this regulation shall be deemed for all purposes to be part of salary.

 

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