Commonwealth Public Service Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 204.

REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1915.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1915, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ANDREW FISHER.

 

Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Statutory Rules 1913/341).

Regulation 220 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

220. (1) The following entrance fees shall be paid by applicants for examination, and a postal note for the requisite amount, made payable to the Secretary to the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner, Melbourne, must be forwarded with each application, viz.:—For appointment to the Professional or Clerical Division, Fifteen shillings; for appointment to the General Division to positions other than those of Telegraph Messenger, Messenger, and Junior Mechanic in training, Seven shillings and sixpence; for appointment as Telegraph Messenger, Messenger, or as Junior Mechanic in training, Five shillings: Provided that, at examinations limited to officers of the Public Service, or examinations at which such officers are in competition with persons outside the Public Service, the Commissioner may decide, according to the circumstances of the case and the conditions of the examination, whether a fee should be imposed upon all or any of the candidates who are officers of the Public Service, and, if the Commissioner decides that a fee should be imposed, may determine the amount of the fee.

(2) If an applicant fails to comply with sub-Regulation (1) of this Regulation he will not be allowed to present himself for examination.

(3) The amount paid will be refunded if the applicant is found to be ineligible for examination, or if satisfactory reasons are furnished as to inability to attend an examination.

 

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