STATUTORY RULES.
1928.
No. 12.
REGULATION
UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1924.
WHEREAS the special
circumstances. attending the transfer of departments to a newly-established
city will necessarily involve, at the outset, additional expense to officers of
those departments in relation to housing, and living; And whereas it is
expedient that such officers in these special circumstances should receive
special 'allowances:
Now therefore the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in
pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon them by the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1924,
and subject to the approval of the Governor-General, hereby make the following
Regulation, to operate from the 1st April, 1927.
Dated this sixteenth day of
December, 1927.
LITTLETON
E. GROOM,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
JOHN NEWLANDS,
President of the Senate.
Approved in Executive Council this second day of
February, 1928.
STONEHAVEN
Governor-General.
By His Excellency's
Command,
A.
J. McLACHLAN
for Prime Minister.
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1. Subject to the
approval of the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, or the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, (as the case may be), any person who, by reason of the removal
of a parliamentary department is compulsorily transferred to Canberra, or is
appointed to a position in a Parliamentary department before the twentieth day
of October, 1927, may be paid, until otherwise determined by the President or
the Speaker, or the President and the Speaker, (as the case may be), a special
allowance in accordance with the following scales:—
Scales of Allowance.
Salary of Officer. | A Married Officer who purchases,
builds, or rents a house at Canberra. Rate per annum. | B Married officer other than as
specified in A. Rate per annum. | C Unmarried officer. Rate per annum. |
£ | £ | £ |
£400
and under .. .. .. .. | 54 | 39 | 26 |
£401
to £600 .. .. .. .. .. | 63 | 39 | 26 |
£601
to £1,000 .. .. .. .. | 69 | 39 | 26 |
£1,001
and upwards .. | 75 | 39 | 26 |
249.—Price 3d.
2. The scale of allowance
applicable and the date from which it is payable shall in each case be determined
by the President or the Speaker, or the President and the Speaker, (as the case
may be).
3. Salary for the purpose
of this regulation shall be deemed to be the salary of the officer on 1st July,
1927, or the salary at which the officer has been appointed, provided that in
the case of an officer transferred prior to 1st July, 1927, salary until- that
date shall be deemed to be the salary received at date of transfer.
4. For the purpose of
this regulation a married officer shall include a widower with dependent
children and any officer maintaining dependents whose circumstances in the
opinion of the President or the Speaker, or the President and the Speaker, (as
the case may be), justify inclusin.
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By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.