Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 42.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1931.

THE Board of Commissioners appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1931, in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the said Act, and subject to the approval of the Governor-General, hereby makes the following Regulations, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twentieth day of April, 1932.

W. J. CLEMENS

Commissioner.

Approved in Executive Council this twenty-ninth day of April, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. W. C. MARR

for Prime Minister.

 

Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 212, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 71 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Permanent Heads to be Chief Officers.

71.—(1.) Any reference in the Act or in these Regulations to the Chief Officer shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be read as referring to the Permanent Head in the case of the undermentioned Departments:—

The Prime Minister’s Department (excluding Public Service Boards and Auditor-General’s Offices).

The Department of External Affairs.

The Department of the Treasury (excluding Taxation Branch).

The Attorney-General’s Department.

The Department of Industry.

The Department of the Interior.

The Department of Defence.

The Department of Health.

The Department of Commerce.

and to the Auditor-General and the Commissioner of Taxation in the case of the Auditor-General’s Office and the Taxation Branch respectively.

(2.) In the case of the Postmaster-General’s Department and the Department of Trade and Customs, any reference in the Act or in these Regulations to the Chief Officer shall, unless inconsistent with the context, and so far as regards the officers of the Central Staffs of these Departments, be read as referring to the Permanent Head.

1162.—Price 3d.

 

2. Regulation 72a of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Permanent Heads.

72a. In addition to the persons for the time being holding the several offices specified in the Third Schedule to the Act, the persons for the time being holding the offices of Secretary, Department of External Affairs, Secretary, Department of the Interior, and Secretary, Department of Commerce, shall be Permanent Heads of Departments.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.