Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1930. No. 121.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1930.

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1930, 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 amendments of the Regulations, such amendments to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-second day of September, 1930.

W. J. SKEWES, Chairman,              Board of

Commissioners.

W. J. CLEMENS,

Approved in Executive Council this seventeenth day of October, 1930.

SOMERS

Administering the Government of the

Commonwealth of Australia.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN A. BEASLEY

for Acting Prime Minister.

Amendments of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.

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

1. Regulation 140 is amended by inserting at the commencement thereof the following words:—

“The Chief Electoral Officer shall be the Returning Officer for the Territory for the Seat of Government and”.

2. Regulation 141b is amended—

(a) by omitting the figure “(1)”; and

(b) by omitting the words “the seventh day preceding nomination day” and inserting in their stead the words “a date which the Board shall fix and notify in the Gazette”.

3. After Regulation 141b the following regulation is inserted:—

Certificate as to right to vote.

“141ba. Whenever requested to do so by the Returning Officer, the Chief Officer shall forthwith furnish the Returning Officer with a certificate that any officer specified by the Returning Officer is, or is not, entitled, under regulation 141a of these Regulations, to vote in the Third or the Fourth Division, as the case may be, at an election held under this Part.”

4. Regulation 141c is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) A nomination shall—

(a) name the candidate for election, the office held by him and the Department in which he is employed; and

(b) be signed by not less than twenty persons entitled to vote at the election for the division in the State for which the candidate is nominated,

and shall be in accordance with the following form:—

Commonwealth of Australia.      *.............................................

NOMINATION OF DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE............... DIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE SAID                              

The Returning Officer for *.....................................................................................

Commonwealth Electoral Office,.............................................................................

We, the undersigned officers of the................................... Division, entitled to vote at the election of the Divisional Representative for the said Division of the Commonwealth Public Service in the *......... do hereby nominate (here insert the Christian name or names in full and the surname of the candidate, the office held by him and the Department in which he is employed) for election as Divisional Representative for the abovementioned Division in the said  ................

Dated the.......................................... day of..................... 19...............

Signature of Nominator. Office held by Nominator. Department in which Nominator Employed.

I, .......................................................................... , of ............................  being an officer of the  Division of the Commonwealth Public Service stationed in the *....... , consent to the above nomination, and to act if elected, and declare that I am eligible under the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations for election as Divisional Representative for the said  .................................................................

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Signature of Candidate.

Witness ...........................

Address ..........................

N.B.—The candidate’s consent to the nomination and his declaration as to eligibility may be on a separate paper and in any form, but if given on the nomination paper in the above form their sufficiency shall not be questioned.

A nomination must be signed by not less than twenty persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated, and must be lodged with the Returning Officer on or after the date of the first publication of the notification in the Gazette fixing nomination day and before 12 o’clock noon on nomination day.

* Here insert “Territory for the Seat of Government “or” State of................................. ” , as the case may be.

Here insert “Territory” or “State” as the case may be.

5. Regulation 141d is amended by inserting at the commencement thereof the words “The Chief Electoral Officer,”.

6. Regulation 141e is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “nomination day” and inserting in their stead the words “the date fixed by the Board under regulation 141b of these Regulations”.

7. Regulation 141f is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“141f. The ballot-paper shall be in accordance with the following form and the voter shall record his vote in the manner set out therein:—

Commonwealth of Australia.*........................................................

Returning Officer’s Initials.

Commonwealth Public Service......................................... Division.

ELECTION OF DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED DIVISION IN THE SAID  ................................................................................

Ballot-Paper.

Directions to Voter.—The voter shall mark his vote on this ballot-paper by placing the number 1 in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes us his first preference; and must give contingent votes for all the remaining candidates by placing the numbers 2, 3, 4 (and so on, as the case requires) in the squares opposite their names, so as to indicate the order of his preference for them, and shall fold the ballot-paper so that the vote cannot be seen, place the ballot-paper in the ballot-paper envelope, fasten the envelope and sign his name on the outside of the envelope in the space provided for the purpose. The voter shall then place the ballot-paper envelope containing the ballot-paper in the envelope addressed to the Returning Officer and send the ballot-paper, so enclosed, to the Returning Officer by post or otherwise so as to reach him not later than 12 o’clock noon on the .............................................  day of 19       

Candidates.

...............................................

...............................................

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* Here insert “Territory for the Seat of, Government “or “State of................................ ”, as the case may be.

Here insert “Territory” or “State”, as the case may be.

8. Regulation 141m is amended by inserting, after the word “State”, the words “or, in the case of an election in the Territory for the Seat of Government, to the Secretary to the Board,”.

9. Regulation 141m is amended by inserting in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (3.), after the word “State ”, the words “or, in the case of an election in the Territory for the Seat of Government, with the Secretary to the Board,”.

10. Regulation 141n is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation ’ (1.), after the word “Inspector”, the words “or the Secretary to the Board, as the case may be,” , and

(b) by inserting is sub-regulation (2.), after the word “State” (first occurring), the words “or, in the case of an election in the Territory for the Seat of Government, the Secretary to the Board,”.

11. Regulation, 141v is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

“141v. For the purposes of this Part, the Territory of Central Australia shall be deemed to be part of the State of South Australia and the Territories of North Australia, Papua and New Guinea shall be deemed to be part of the State of Queensland.”

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