Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 193.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1924 (FORTY-SEVENTH AMENDMENT, 1925).

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1924, 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 amendment of the Regulations, such amendment to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-second day of October, 1925.

W. J. Skewes, Acting Chairman, Board of

J. P. McGlinn, Commissioner, Commissioners.

W. J. Clemens, Deputy Commissioner,

Approved in Executive Council this third day of November, 1925.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS. W. CRAWFORD,

for Prime Minister.

 

Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 93, as amended to this date.)

Regulation 138 is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d) from sub-regulation (1) and inserting in their stand the following paragraphs:—

“(c) where the employee has completed twenty-six days’ actual duty, the Chief Officer may, if satisfied that the absence arises from illness due to causes beyond the employee’s own control, grant leave of absence as follows.—

(i) with pay, at the rate of one day for each twenty-six days of service in respect to which no sick leave with pay has been previously granted, subject to the production of a medical certificate when the absence exceeds one day or the employee has been previously absent for more than one day with pay on two or more occasions; and

(ii) without pay, at the rate of two days for each twenty-six days of service;

(d) the leave granted under this sub-regulation in any twelve months shall not exceed twelve days with pay and twenty-four days without pay,”

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(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2) thereof and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:―

“(2) Temporary employees who are not returned soldiers may be granted leave of absence on account of illness if the Chief Officer is satisfied that the absence arises from illness due to causes beyond the employee’s own control, subject to the following conditions.—

(a) application for leave shall be made in writing stating the cause of absence and; if the leave is applied for with pay, supported by a medical certificate when absence exceeds one day or the employee has previously been absent for one day with pay on two or more occasions;

(b) during the first twelve months of continuous service the leave granted shall not exceed twenty-four days and shall be without pay; and

(c) after completion of twelve months’ continuous employment the leave granted shall be at the rate of one day with pay and two days without pay for every twenty-six days’ service, but not more than six days with pay and twenty-four days without pay shall be granted in any twelve months.”

 

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