Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Home Affairs,

28th November, 1903.

REPEAL OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION No. 86.—EXTRA AND ACCUMULATED LEAVE AND SUBSTITUTION THEREFOR OF A NEW REGULATION.

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IS Excellency the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, has been pleased to approve of the repeal of Public Service Regulation No. 86, and of the substitution therefor of a new Regulation as under:—

86. Officers stationed in places remote from large centres of population, or whose duties cannot ordinarily be performed within usual regular hours, and when no compensation in time or money has been given for the extra time worked, may be granted by the Minister, on the recommendation of the Permanent Head, twenty-four days leave of absence in any year, exclusive of Sundays, for recreation purposes. Provided that—

(a) Should an officer in a remote district not avail himself of leave in any year, it may be granted to him in a subsequent year in addition to the leave for that year, but the accumulated leave shall not exceed forty-eight days, exclusive of Sundays. This provision shall apply to all officers stationed in localities where, under ordinary conditions of conveyance, the time occupied on the journey from such places to the chief city of the State is in excess of three days, or where, in the opinion of the Permanent Head, the conditions are such as to warrant the granting of such leave.

(b) In very exceptional cases special circumstances may be taken into consideration, such as excessive distance of a locality from the chief city of the State, unusually trying nature of climatic conditions, &c., and leave of absence for recreation may be allowed to accumulate for three consecutive years.

(c) The Permanent Head may, in very exceptional cases, in addition to leave as above specified, grant such reasonable time for travelling, not exceeding two weeks, as circumstances warrant.

GEORGE TURNER,

For the Minister of State for Home Affairs.