Commonwealth Public Service Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 263.

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REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1918 (TWENTY-THIRD AMENDMENT, 1920).

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 1902-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twentieth day of December, 1920.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. M. HUGHES,

Prime Minister.

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Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations as Amended to this Date.

After regulation 169 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulation the following regulation is inserted:—

Basic wage allowance.

“169a.—(1) In addition to the rates of salary fixed by the Act and these regulations or under any award made under the Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1911, there shall be payable, as from the first day of November, 1920, allowances at the following rates:—

(a) to each male officer who is twenty-one years of age or over and who is in receipt of salary at a rate less than £196 per annum—such sum as represents the difference between the rate of salary received by him and £208 per annum;

(b)to each male officer who is twenty-one years of age or over and who is in receipt of salary at a rate exceeding £196 per annum but not exceeding £500 per annum— the sum of £12 per annum:

Provided that the sum payable under this paragraph shall be reduced by £1 for every £17 by which the rate of salary exceeds £300 per annum;

(c) to each married officer who has children under the age of fourteen years dependent upon him and who is in receipt of salary at a rate not exceeding £500 per an-mum—the sum of £13 per annum in respect of each such child so dependent:

Provided that the sum payable under this paragraph in respect of each child shall be reduced by £1 for every £16 by which the rate of salary exceeds £300 per annum;

(d)to male officers who are less than twenty-one years of age and to female officers—such sum as bears the same proportion of £12 as the rate of salary received by them bears to £208.

 

“(2.) Payments made under paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation during the year ending the thirtieth, day of June, 1921, to any officer shall be based upon the number of children who are, on the first day of November, 1920, under the age of fourteen years and dependent upon that officer, and payments under that paragraph made during each succeeding year ending the thirtieth day of June shall be based upon the number of such children dependent upon, that officer on the first day of July of that year.

“(3.) In this regulation ‘salary’ includes—

(a) any amount granted by way of bonus under any award made under the Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1911;

(b)District allowances and any other allowance in addition to salary (except allowances in the nature of reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of duty); and

(c) the amount of any allowance in lieu of quarters, fuel, light and rations granted to an officer or the value of quarters, fuel, light and rations so granted.”.

 

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