Commonwealth Public Service Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 172.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1916.

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 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this second day of August, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for the Acting Prime Minister.

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Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 341).

Regulation 49a. is repealed, and the following is inserted in its stead:—

Seniority of officers

“49a. (1) Upon appointment, promotion, or transfer of an officer to any office the relative seniority of the officer may be determined by the Commissioner as a condition of such appointment, promotion, or transfer.

“(2) In the absence of any such determination, the seniority of officers in the Clerical and Professional Divisions shall be determined according to class, subdivision of class and date of entrance into subdivision, and the seniority of officers in the General Division shall be determined as follows:—

(a) In cases where officers are occupying positions similarly designated and where advancement in salary is by proscribed regular increments—by date of appointment to position.

(b) In cases where officers are occupying positions similarly designated and advancement in salary is not by prescribed regular increments—by salary paid and date of receipt of such salary,

(c) In cases where officers are occupying positions differently designated—by the Commissioner, having regard to the relative value of positions, length of service therein, and such other factors as the Commissioner may deem it necessary to consider in order equitably to determine the seniority.

   

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“(3) Salary paid by reason of age shall not be taken into consideration in determining seniority, and in any case where an officer is reduced in salary or is debarred from increment through misconduct, lack of efficiency, or other reasons, seniority may be varied correspondingly at the discretion of the Commissioner.

“(4) Unless the Commissioner otherwise directs, nothing contained in this Regulation shall be regarded as affecting seniority as existing prior to the Regulation.”

Transfer of officers from one office to another

“40b. An officer may be transferred from one office to another without reduction of salary: provided that unless otherwise directed bythe Commissioner, the salary paid in the new office shall not exceed the maximum for such office.”

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