Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1948. No. 32.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC

SERVICE  ACT 1922-1947.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1947, 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.

Dated this twenty-third day of February, 1948.

W. E. DUNK,

Chairman.

 

I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulations.

Dated this third day of March, 1948.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

John J. Dedman

for Prime Minister.

 

Amendments of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations. 

Meal allowances.

1. Regulation 68 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) all the words and figures from and including the words and figures " £762 and over " to the end of the sub-regulation and inserting in their stead the following words and figures:—

" £762 and over .............................................................................................. 4

 Under £762 ................................................................................................... 3.".

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on, 1948.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 44, 72, 78 and 119 ; 1936, Nos. 5, 55, 76, 88, 100. 110, 143 and 154 ; 1937, Nos. 11, 25, 54, 60, 74, 78, 87, 100, 103 and 118 ; 1938. Nos. 35, 41, 79, 105, 110 and 113 ; 1939, Nos. 4, 36, 52, 02, 05, 105, 154, 307 and 168 ; 1940, Nos. 23, 74, 110, 143 and 247 ; 1941, Nos. 30, 42, 127, 148, 158, 108, 191, 224, 284 and 310 ; 1942, Nos. 45, 107, 174, 182, 225, 320, 405, 400 and 552 ; 1943, Nos. 271, 272 and 301 ; 1944, Nos. 6, 132, 138 and 143 ; 1945, Nos. 15, 35, 115, 118 and 124 ; 1946, Nos. 22, 68, 120, 124 and 153 ; and 1947, Nos. 1, 2, 122, 123, 140, 147, 158 and 163.

7604.—Price 3d. 12/10.2,1948.

Camping and miscellaneous allowances.

2. Regulation 89 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the figures and letters " 3s." and " 2s." and inserting in their stead the figures and letters " 4s. 6d." and " 3s.", respectively;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the figures and letter " 25s." and inserting in their stead the figures and letter " 85s."; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the figures and letters " 35s." and " 25s." and inserting in their stead the figures and letters " 55s." and " 35s.", respectively.

3. After regulation 95b of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

Education allowance—Lightkeepers.

"95c. An officer or employee stationed at a Lighthouse where educational facilities are not available may be granted au allowance by the Chief Officer in respect of each of his children between the ages of seven and sixteen years attending a State or other approved school necessitating residence away from home:

Provided that the maximum amount payable in respect of each child shall be £50 per annum, and that the allowance shall not be payable unless the mother of the child remains on the station other than in exceptional cases to be determined by the Director of Lighthouses.".

Salaries of Officers of Third Division.

4. Regulation 105 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from Table A in sub-regulation (1.) the figures " 258 ", " 270 ", " 282 ", " 294 " and " 306 " and inserting in their stead the figures " 264 ", " 282 " and " 300 "; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

" (e) the minimum annual rates of pay for officers appointed under section 36a of the Act and officers appointed to or occupying any position in the Third Division who are graduates of an Australian University or any other University approved by the Board shall be as follows:—

£
Under 21 years of age .................................................	168
Adult males .................................................................	300
Adult females...............................................................	288.".

Test of qualifications for certain officers.

5. Regulation 112a of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (4.), after the word " University " (first occurring), the words " or Technical College "; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

" (7.) Except as otherwise specially determined by the Board, the transfer or promotion of an officer to a position of Librarian (Female) shall be dependent upon evidence to the satisfaction of the Permanent Head, or the Board, as the case may be, that the officer is the holder of a suitable degree of a University recognized by the Board and has completed, or is undergoing, an appropriate course of library training.".

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.