Commonwealth Public Service Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1913.
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
Dated this 18th day of August, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command.
JOSEPH COOK.
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1. Regulations 43a, 67, and 74 are repealed, and the following is substituted in their stead:—
“43a. (1) Officers are expressly forbidden to directly or indirectly—
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a ) solicit gifts or presents; or(
b ) issue addresses, complimentary cards, or other communications, intended or likely to induce the public to make gifts or presents to them.“(2) An officer shall not demand or, except with the approval of the Governor-General, receive for his own use any fee, reward, gratuity or remuneration of any kind whatsoever, other than his official salary and allowances for services performed by him, either in or out of office hours, in connexion with the Public Service.
“(3) No address or testimonial shall be accepted by any officer without the sanction in writing of the Chief Officer or Permanent Head of the Department in which the officer is employed.”
“49a. In any case where an officer is appointed, promoted, or transferred to any particular office, the Commissioner may, as a condition of such appointment, promotion, or transfer, define the relative seniority of such officer; otherwise relative seniority shall be determined by the salary paid and the time during which such salary has been received, but salary paid by reason of age shall not be taken into consideration in determining seniority. An officer may be transferred from one office to another without reduction of salary, provided that unless otherwise directed by the Commissioner, the salary paid in the new office shall not exceed the maximum for such office.”
“62. (1) Overtime shall be paid for at the rate of time and a quarter based on a day of eight hours, provided that not less than One shilling per hour shall be paid. For the purpose of ascertaing the hourly payment for overtime, the yearly salary shall be divided by 313, and the result multiplied by
5 /32 .A fraction of a penny in the hourly rate shall not be regarded in computing overtime payment unless it exceeds a halfpenny, when one penny shall be allowed in lieu of the fraction. Overtime shall be calculated to the nearest quarter of as hour in the total amount of time claimed.“(2) An allowance paid to an officer for the performance of the duties of a position of a higher class or grade than that in which the officer is classified, and allowances granted in such other cases is the Commissioner may determine, shall be regarded as salary for the purpose of computing overtime payment.”
“104a. Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding Regulation, officers of 21 years of age and over shall be paid salary at the rate of £110 per annum if occupying positions of Boy on Launch, Female Assistant (printing), Female Assistant (quarantine), Messenger, Pensions Receipt Sorter, Notes Sorter, or Telephonist, and at the rate of £126 per annum if occupying any other position in Grade I. or II. designated in the preceding Regulation. Where an officer has received £126 per annum under this Regulation his salary may be advanced by annual increments of £6 to the maximum salary of the position filled by him. Salary paid under this Regulation shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of seniority.”
“107. An officer of the Clerical Division who has been paid salary at the rate of One hundred and ten pounds per annum by reason of having reached the age of 21 years, shall not be entitled to further increase of salary until such time as he would have become eligible for such increase in the ordinary course of progression through the subdivisions of his class, but upon the approval of the Commissioner he may be granted an allowance at the rate of Sixteen pounds per annum, and such allowance may be increased at the end of such succeeding twelve months at the rate of Twelve pounds per annum. Officers of the Clerical Division of 22 years of age or over in receipt of salary of not less than £126 per annum, and not more than £150 per annum, may be paid on the approval of the Commissioner an allowance not exceeding £12 per annum, and such allowance may be increased of the end of each succeeding twelve months by on amount not exceeding £12 per annum, provided that the total amount payable to an officer by way of salary with allowance under this Regulation shall not exceed One hundred and fifty-six pounds per annum.”
“115. (1) Except in the cases of persons appointed under sections 31, 33, 34 and 34a of the Act, or of persons who have qualified by examination, for appointment to Class E or a higher class, all new appointments to the Professional Division shall be made to the First Subdivision of Class F, and the rate of salary at which a person is first appointed to such subdivision shall be £72 per annum. Provided that any officer in Class F of twenty-one years of age or over may be paid salary at the rate of £126 per annum.
“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding Regulation the salary of an officer of the Professional Division of 22 years of age or over who is in receipt of not less than £126 per annum, and not more than £150 per annum, may be increased upon the approval of the Commissioner by annual increments of an amount not exceeding £12 per annum, provided that salary paid under this sub-Regulation shall not exceed £156 per annum.
“(3) Salary paid under this Regulation shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of seniority or future advancement.”
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Provided that allowance shall not be paid unless the office at which the officer is relieving is further from his home than his ordinary station, and that, unless the Commissioner so directs, no allowance shall be paid to an officer permanently attached to a city office relieving within the city.”
“157. Officers not in receipt of forage or equipment allowance who use their own bicycles when travelling on public business, or any officer whose bicycle is used for such purpose, may be allowed in respect thereof at the rate of 3d. per mile for journeys of 20 miles and under, but where the distance travelled exceeds 20 miles, the allowance shell be at the rate of l½d. per mile for each additional mile, except where a motor-cycle is used, when the allowance for each additional mile shall be at the rate of 2½d. per mile. Proof must be given that the use of the bicycle results in granter efficiency and saving than would be the case were other means of conveyance employed.”
“(1) Where a married officer is stationed at an office where the quarters provided are temporarily not available for occupancy, or where on officer upon transfer cannot enter into occupancy of quarters or private residence through unavoidable delay in transmission of furniture and household effects, and the officer must therefore necessarily reside for the time being with his family at an hotel or other house of accommodation, the Chief Officer may grant such officer an allowance not exceeding half the cost of board and lodging of himself and family provided that such allowance shall not be paid for more than one month except upon the approval of the Commissioner.”
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