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

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 57.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1915.

I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, 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 1902-1915 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this third day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy for the Governor-General.

By his Excellency’s Command,

E. J. RUSSELL,

For the Acting Prime Minister.

 

Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 341).

Regulation 49a is repealed, and the following is inserted in its stead:—

Security 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 prescribed regular increments—by date of appointment to position.

(b) In cases where officers are occupying positions differently 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 determining the seniority.

 

“(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 us affecting seniority as existing prior to this Regulation.”

Transfer of officer from one office to another.

“49b. 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.”

 

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