Commonwealth Public Service Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 110.

PROVISIONAL 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 certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1913 should come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred andfifteen, and make the Regulations to come into operation on that date as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ANDREW FISHER.

 

Amendment of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Statutory Rules 1913, No. 341 as Amended by Statutory Rules 1914, No. 113, and 1915, Nos. 52 and 59).

Regulations 104 and 104a are repealed, and the following regulations are inserted in their stead:—

Grades of General Division.

“104. (1) The General Division shall be arranged in grades as set forth in Table A of this Regulation.

“(2) Except where otherwise provided, the limits of salary to be paid to an officer occupying any office designated in Table B or C of this Regulation shall be those prescribed in respect of that office.

“(3) The Governor-General may from time to time, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner, create any office in the General Division not designated in Table B or C, and may fix the grade in which the officer occupying the office shall be placed and the limits of salary for the office, or may raise the grading of any office and fix the limits of salary therefor, and thereupon Table B or C, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been amended by the inclusion of the office which has been so created or the grading of which has been so raised.

“(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulations (1) to (3) of this Regulation, the limits of salary payable to any officer of the Postmaster-General’s Department holding one of the offices

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designated in the first column of Table D, who is not a member of an organization in respect of which an award has been made by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, shall be those specified, in the remaining columns of that Table.”

Table A.

Grade	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Maximum Salary of Grade.
£	£
I.	39	60
II.	78	120
III.	126	162
IV.	168	192
V.	…	198
VI.	…	210
VII.	…	228
VIII.	…	240
IX.	232	276
X.	288	360

 

Table b.

Office.						Grade.	Salary.		Increments. (Annual.)	Remarks.
							Minimum.	Maximum.
£	£	£
Armourer..................................................................						IV.	174	186	6
„	................................................................					V.	…	198	…
„	................................................................					VI.	..	210	…
„	................................................................					VII.	…	228	…
„	................................................................					VIII.	…	240	…
„	................................................................					IX.	252	276
Armourer, Assistant						III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„		„		................................		IV.	…	168	…
Artificer, Senior......................................................						V.	…	198	…	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service in Grade
„			„		........................	VI.	…	210	…
„		Foreman....................................				VII.	…	228	…
„			„		........................	VIII.	…	240	…
„			„		........................	IX	252	276
„			„		........................	X.	288	306
Assistant...................................................................						II.	78	120	12, 12, 18	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„		......................................................				III.	132	162	6

  Salary within the limits of the Grades will be such as may be determined from time to time by the Commissioner.

 

Table B—continued.

Office.				Grade.	Salary.		Increments (Annual.).	Remarks.
					Minimum.	Maximum.
£	£	£
Assistant, Senior........................................................				III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„		„	........................	IV.	168	180	6
Boatman.....................................................................				III.	132	150	6
Boy on Launch...........................................................				II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
Caretaker....................................................................				III	132	162	6
„	......................................................			IV.	168	180	6
Coxswain...................................................................				IV.	…	168	…
Female Assistant (Printing).......................................				II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
Female Assistant (Quarantine)				II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
Female Supervisor (Printing)				III.	132	150	6
Foreman Assistant (Quarantine)				V.	…	198	…
„		„	„	VI.	…	210	…
Foreman (Stamp Printing)				VII.	…	228	…
Groom........................................................................				III.	132	166	6
„	(in charge).....................................			IV.	…	168	…
Inquiry Officer...........................................................				VI.	…	210	…
„	„		........................	VII.	…	228	…
„	„		........................	VIII	…	240	…
Inspector Maternity Bonus				X.	336	360
Labourer.....................................................................				III.	132	144	6	(b)
„	Foreman........................................			IV.	168	192
Lift Attendant.............................................................				II.	78	120	12, 12, 18	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„		„	.......................	III.	132	138			6
Machinist, Senior.......................................................				IV.	…	180	…
Mail Officer...............................................................				V.	…	198	…	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service in Grade
„		„	.......................	VI.	…	210	…	„ „ „
„		„	.......................	VII.	…	228	…	„ „ „
„		„	.......................	VII.	…	240	…
Mason........................................................................				IV.	…	168	…
Messenger..................................................................				I.	39	62	13	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	......................................................			II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
„	Senior............................................			III.	138	162	6	(b)

 Salary within the limits of the Grades will be such as may be determined from time to time by the Commissioner.

(b) Officers occupying this office may be paid from 1st July, 1915, at the rate awarded by the Arbitration Court to officers in similar office in the Postmaster-General’s Department.

Table. B—continued

Office.			£	Salary.		Increments. (Annual.)	Remarks.
			Grade.	Minimum.	Maximum.
£	£	£
Messenger, Ministerial			III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	„		IV.	168	180	6
Monitor....................................................................			III.	132	162	6
Motor Car Driver....................................................			III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	„	.......................	IV.	..	168	…
Notes Sorter.............................................................			II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
Office Cleaner (in charge)			III.	144	162	6
Office Cleaner.........................................................			III.	132	138	6	(b)
„	„	(Senior)	III.	144	166	6
Overseer of Postmen			V.	…	198	…	To advice to next higher Grade after one year’s service in Grade
„	„	.......................	VI.	…	210	…
Pension Receipt Sorter			II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
Postal Assistant*....................................................			II.	78	120	12, 12, 18	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	„	*.....................	III.	138	162	6
„	„	Senior*	III.	150	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	„	„ *	IV.	168	192	6
Reader......................................................................			IV.	174	180	6
Searcher and Watchman			III.	132	162	6
Searcher and Watchman, Foreman			IV.	174	180	6
Searcher, Foreman (in charge)			V.	…	198	…
Ship Mailman.........................................................			III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	„	.......................	IV.	162	192	6
Sorter........................................................................			III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum

* Designation to apply only to officers in positions where telegraphic qualifications are required.

(b) Officers occupying this office may be paid from 1st July, 1916, at the rate awarded by the Arbitration Court to officers in similar office in the Postmaster-General’s Department.

 

Table B.—continued.

Office.			Grade.	Salary.		Increments (Annual).	Remarks.
				Minimum.	Maximum
£	£	£
Sorter..........................................................................			IV.	168	192	6	Provided that a sorter shall not be advanced beyond £168 per annum unless reported by the Chief Officer as willing and capable to perform any of the duties of a sorter in the section in which he is employed
Stables Manager.....................................................			IX.	252	276
Storeman.................................................................			III.	138	162	6	(b)
„	(Senior)	........................	IV.	168	186	6
„	(Foreman)	........................	IV.	186	198	6
„	„	........................	V.	…	198	6
„	„	........................	VI.	…	210	…
Supervisor................................................................			III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	................................................		IV.	168	174	6
„ (a).....................................................................			IV.	168	186	6
Supervisor of Publications....................................			IX.	252	278
Supervisor of Publications, Assistant			VI.	…	216	…
Telegraph Messenger			I.	39	61	13, 8	Final increment of £8 to be grantedonly upon passing telegraphic test at rate of 26 words a minute
Telephonist..............................................................			I.	39	52	13	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	................................................		II.	78	110	12, 12, 8
Tipstaff....................................................................			III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	................................................		IV.	168	180	6
Traffic Inspector (Telephones)			VII.	…	228	…
„	„		VIII.	…	240	…
„	„		IX.	252	276

  Salary within the limits of the Grades will be such as may be determined from time to time by the Commissioner.

(a) To apply any to supervisor of telephone traffic or such other positions of supervisor as the Commissioner may determine.

(b) Officers occupying this office may be paid from 1st July, 1915, at the rate awarded by the Arbitration Court to officers in similar office in the Postmaster-General’s Department.

 

Table B—continued.

Office.				Grade.	Salary.		Increments (Annual).	Remarks.
					Minimum.	Maximum.
£	£	£
Typist........................................................................				II.	78	120	12, 12, 18	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„	......................................................			III.	132	162	6
Waggon Repairer...................................................				IV.	…	168	…
Watchman...............................................................				III.	132	138	6	(b)
Yard Officer............................................................				III.	144	162	6	To advance to next Grade after one year’s service at maximum
„		„	........................	IV.	…	168	…

(b) Officers occupying this office may be paid from 1st July, 1915, at the rate awarded by the Arbitration Court to officers in similar office in the Postmaster-General’s Department.

   

Table C.

Office.						Grade.	Salary.		Increments (Annual).	Remarks.
							Minimum.	Maximum.
£	£	£
Blacksmith..............................................................						III.	…	156	…
„			............................................			IV.	…	168	.
Blacksmith’s Striker...............................................						III.	132	150	6
Carpenter.................................................................						IV.	168	186	6	Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation if the rate of pay prescribed for an office named herein is less in any case than the rate determined by an Arbitration Court or Wages Board to be paid for similar employment in the locality of employment salary corresponding to the latter rate may be paid in such office upon approval of the Commissioner instead of the salary prescribed herein.
„	Foreman				........................	V.	…	198	…
„	„				........................	VI.	…	210	…
Engine-driver...........................................................						III.	…	162	…
“				Launch		IV.	..	168	…
Engine-driver and Fitter						IV.	174	180	6
Farrier.......................................................................						III.	…	156	…
„				.......................................		IV.	…	168	…
Fireman....................................................................						III.	138	176	6
French Polisher........................................................						III.	…	156	…
„	„				(in charge)	IV.	…	168	…
Locksmith and Gasfitter........................................						IV.	…	168	…
Machinist.................................................................						III.	…	156	…
„				.......................................		IV.	…	168	…
Motor Mechanic.....................................................						IV.	168	186	6
„	“				(in charge)	IV.	…	192	…
„	„				........................	V.	…	198	…
„	„				........................	VI.	…	210	…
Painter......................................................................						III.	…	156	…
„	and Writer				........................	IV.	…	168	…
„	Foreman				........................	IV.	174	186	6
Plumber....................................................................						IV.	168	186	6
Saddler and Harness-maker.................................						III.	…	156	…
Saddler (in charge).................................................						IV.	…	168	…
Sailmaker.................................................................						III.	…	156	…
„		(in charge)				IV.	…	168	…
„		Foreman			.......................	IV.	…	174	…

Table D.

Office.								Grade.	Salary.		Increments (Annual).	Remarks.
									Minimum	Maximum.
£	£	£
Assistant (Mail Branch)........................................								…	72	156	12, 12, 14, 16, 6
Batteryman.............................................................								…	72	156	12, 12, 14, 16, 6
„				Foreman				…	162	168	6
Labourer..................................................................								…	126	188	6
Letter Carrier (including Postman)								…	72	156	12, 12, 14, 16, 6
Lineman...................................................................								…	132	156	6
„		Senior				..........................		…	162	168	6
„		(in charge of office)						…	144	156	6
„	„		„				......................	…	162	168	6
Line Foreman.........................................................								…	174	186	6
„	Inspector				..........................			…	…	198	…	To advance to £210 after one year’s service at £198
„	......................	…	…	210	…	To advance to £228 after one year’s service at £210
„	„						......................	…	…	228	…
„	„						......................	…	…	240	…
„	„						......................	…	252	276	…
„	„						......................	…	288	360	…
Mail Driver..............................................................								…	72	156	12, 12, 14, 16, 6
Mechanic, Junior....................................................								…	54	138	18, 12, 12, 14, 16, 6	An officer upon reaching 21 years of age shall be advanced as Mechanic with salary of £144 subject to (1) service for five years as junior mechanic and favorable report as to efficiency, or, (2) evidence by examination of qualifications for the higher position

 

Table D—continued

Office.					Grade.	Salary.		Increments (Annuals).	Remarks.
						Minimum.	Maximum.
£	£	£
Mechanic.................................................................					…	144	168	6	Advancement beyond £156 will be dependent upon service for one year at £156, and upon passing the practical and oral tests or practical and written tests at a notified examination for senior mechanic, provided that the passing of such tests shall be regarded as equivalent to two years’ service, and the officer shall be paid such salary and be so graded as if he had served as a mechanic for such additional period
„		Senior...............................			…	174	186	6
Mechanic Foreman or Exchange Foreman					…	…	198	…	To advance to £210 after one year’s service at £198
„	„			„	…	…	216	…
„	„			„	…	…	228	…
„	„			„	…	…	240	…
„	„			„	…	252	270	…
Mechanician...........................................................					…	…	240	…
„			.......................................		…	252	276	…
„			.......................................		…	288	360	…
Messenger, Senior..................................................					…	126	156	6
Motor Car Driver....................................................					…	132	156	6
Office Cleaner.........................................................					…	126	132	6
Storeman.................................................................					…	126	156	6
„			Senior...........................		…	162	180	6
„			Foreman......................		…	186	192	6
„			„		…	…	198	…
„			„		…	…	210	…
Telephone Inspector..............................................					…	…	198	…	To advance to £210 after one year’s service at £198
„			„		…	…	210	…
„			„		…	…	228	…
„			„		…	…	240	…
„			„		…	252	278	…
Watchman...............................................................					…	126	132	6

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Minimum Adult salary.

“104a. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding Regulation, officers of twenty-one years of age and over who occupy any of the following positions, namely:—Boy on Launch, Female Assistant (Printing), Female Assistant (Quarantine), Messenger, Notes Sorter, Pension Receipt Sorter, or Telephonist, shall be paid salary at the rate of £110 per annum; and officers occupying any other position in Grade I. or Grade II. designated in the preceding Regulation shall be paid salary at the rate of £132 per annum:

“Provided that, in the case of any officer occupying any such other position as above-mentioned who, though eligible for membership, is not a member, of an organization in respect of which an award has been made by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, the rate of salary payable under this Regulation shall be £126 per annum.

“(2) Where an officer has received a salary of £126 or £132 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.

“(3) Salary paid under this Regulation shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of seniority.”

 

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