Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 107.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1924 (TWENTY-FIFTH 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 amendments of the Regulations, such amendments to come into operation forthwith,

Dated this twenty-third day of June, 1925.

C. B. B. White, Chairman,	Board of Commissioners.
W. J. Skewes, Commissioner,
W. J. Clemens, Deputy Commissioner,

Approved in Executive Council this first day of July, 1925.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command

C. W. C. MARR,

for Prime Minister.

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Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.

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

Regulation 112 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“112. (1) the following shall be the conditions under which officers of the Fourth Division may be transferred to vacant offices in the Third Division, and no officer shall be eligible for transfer except in pursuance of this regulation:—

Conditions of transfer from Fourth to Third Division.

(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (d) of this sub-regulation, an officer of the Fourth Division shall be eligible for transfer to an office in the Third Division requiring qualifications of a clerical, technical or professional nature if—

(i) he has passed an examination held in pursuance of regulation 154, 155 or 156, or being a returned soldier, has passed an examination prescribed by regulation 150, and his name has not been removed from the Register; or

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(ii) he was classified in the Clerical Division under the Public Service Act 1902-1918, and in the classification effected under section 27 of the Act is assigned to a Fourth Division position; or.

(iii) he was formerly included in the Third Division and was transferred to a Fourth Division position under the provisions of section 20 of the Act; or

(iv) he was formerly included in the Third Division and was transferred to a Fourth Division position under the provisions of section 67 of the Act for health reasons, and at date of such transfer the Board determined that he should be so eligible.

(b) No officer shall be transferred to an office requiring technical or professional knowledge or skill until he has satisfied the Board that he possesses the knowledge or skill necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of that office.

(c) Where the duties of an office in the Third Division require special skill or technical knowledge and no examination is prescribed for that office, and the Permanent Head reports that no suitable officer is available for transfer or promotion from within the Third Division, the Board may invite applications from officers in the Fourth Division, and following such applications and the submission of such evidence as it requires the Board may advise the Permanent Head that an officer of the Fourth Division is qualified to perform the duties of the vacant office, and thereupon the officer shall be deemed to be qualified for transfer to the Third Division in the vacant office.

(d) The transfer of an officer from the Fourth to the Third Division shall not be made unless his conduct, diligence and efficiency have been satisfactory, and the Board may, upon sufficient evidence of an adverse nature in regard thereto, direct that the transfer of the officer shall be deferred or that his name be removed from the Register.

(2) (a) The maximum age for transfer from the Fourth to the Third Division in any office for training of junior officers for duties of a professional or technical character shall be as determined by the Board and notified in the Gazette but shall not in any case exceed twenty-five years.

(b) Except in the case of—

(i) returned soldiers;

(ii) such officers as the Board specifies by notification in the Gazette; and

(iii) If the Board so determines, any officer who qualified for transfer to the Third Division by examination notified before the 10th October, 1924;

no officer, after attaining the age of thirty years, shall be eligible for transfer from the Fourth Division to the Third' Division.

(3) Upon the transfer of an officer from the Fourth to the Third Division (except in the case of transfers to such positions as are specified from time to time by the Board in the Gazette) he shall be paid the salary which would have been granted to an officer of similar age who had completed two years’ service in a similar position in the latter Division. In transfers to such specified positions the salary which shall be paid on transfer shall be as determined by the Board.

Provided that, in the case of a returned soldier, the salary to be paid on transfer shall be as determined by the Board but not less than would be payable to him under this regulation.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation, the term ‘transfer’ shall be deemed to include promotion.”

Regulation 113 is repealed.

• Regulation 155 is amended by inserting after the word “appointment” the words “or transfer”.

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Regulation 165 is repealed.

Regulation 175 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(4) The Board shall also cause the names of all officers of the Fourth Division who have qualified for transfer or promotion to the Third Division by passing the prescribed examination to be entered in the Register of Persons Qualified for Appointment.”

Regulation 177 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Removal of names from Register.

“177. (1) The names of all persons who have been appointed, promoted or transferred to the positions for which they have qualified, or who have attained the maximum age prescribed for appointment, promotion or transfer, as the case may be, shall be removed from the Register;

(2) Except in the case of returned soldiers, the names of all qualified candidates not appointed, promoted or transferred, as the case may be, within eighteen months of the date of registration, shall likewise be removed from the Register:

Provided however, that the Board may, if it thinks fit, extend the period of eligibility of successful candidates who are officers of the Service, but no such extension shall be granted beyond the maximum age prescribed for promotion or transfer.”

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