Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS, NUMBERS 227 AND 228.

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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 amendment of Public Service Regulations, Numbers 227 and 228, to make them read as follows:—

Registration and Appointment.

227. The Commissioner will cause the names of all candidates up to twice the estimated number of new appointments, who have qualified for appointment by passing the required standard of examination for the advertised positions, to be entered in their order of merit in a book, to be called the “Register of Persons Qualified for Appointment.” The date of the examination, the number of marks obtained thereat, and the State in which each candidate will be available for appointment shall also be entered. If two or more candidates obtain the same number of marks, the order of their merit shall be determined— in the Professional Division by the number of marks severally obtained for (1) Arithmetic, (2) Algebra, and (3) Geometry; in the Clerical Division by the number of marks obtained for (1) Handwriting, (2) Dictation, and (3) Arithmetic; and in the General Division by the number of marks obtained for (1) Arithmetic, and (2) Handwriting; and, if these numbers be also the same, then by ballot. In the event of the number of vacancies estimated by the Commissioner being less than the number occurring during the eighteen months succeeding the examination, he may recommend for appointment, in their order of merit, such other qualified candidates as may be required.

228. The names of all candidates from outside the service not recommended by the Commissioner for appointment within eighteen months of the date of registration shall be ruled out of the Register, and names shall be likewise ruled out upon candidates in the Professional Division attaining the age of 36 years, in the Clerical Division 22 years, and in the General Division 51 years, or in special cases 56 years.

JOHN FORREST.