Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1924 (EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT, 1924).
THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS appointed under the
Dated this third day of November, 1924.
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Approved in Executive Council this fifth day of November, 1924
FORSTER,
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 62 is amended by omitting the words “cost of living allowance, basic wage allowance, and”.
Regulation 63 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
63. (1) A day’s salary for the purpose of payment for duty performed on a holiday shall be calculated by multiplying the hourly rate of salary by the number of hours in an ordinary day’s duty for the day on which the holiday occurs, and one-half day’s salary shall be half a day’s salary so calculated.
Provided that the payment to a Travelling Post Office Sorter (Mail Officer) for any period of duty performed on a holiday specified in sub-section (1) of section 76 of the Act shall be one 313th part of his annual salary.
(2) The hourly rate of salary shall be calculated in accordance with the following, formula:—
C.16914.—Price 3d.
(3) For the purposes of sub-regulations (1) and (2) of this regulation, salary shall include the following allowances:—
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a ) allowances for the performance of higher duties;(
b ) allowances for duties of postmen in charge; and(
c ) allowances specified in regulation 82a.
After regulation 63 the following regulation is inserted:—
63a The payment of any amount, or the allowance of any period off duty, in consequence of the attendance and services of an officer during a holiday or a half-holiday granted in pursuance of section 76 of the Act, shall, if the salary of the officer concerned exceeds £450 per annum, be subject to the approval of the Board.
After regulation 64 the following regulation is inserted:—
64a. The Chief Officer shall cause a return to be forwarded quarterly to the Board showing, as regards each designation of officer, the total amount paid to officers of that designation for duty on holidays during the preceding three months.
Regulation 70 is amended—
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a ) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (5) thereof the following words:—“nor, except with the approval of the Board, to officers in receipt of salary in excess of £450 per annum.”
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b ) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—(7) The Chief Officer shall cause a return to be forwarded quarterly to the Board showing, as regards each designation of officer, the total amount paid to officers of that designation for duty on Sundays during the preceding three months.
After regulation 82 the following regulation is inserted:—
82a. For the purposes of sub-section (7) of section 27 of the Act, the salary which an officer would have been entitled to receive under a determination shall include the following emoluments:—
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a ) Allowances paid to officers, generally known as efficiency allowances, in pursuance of the award in favour of the Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association made by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on the third day of October, 1919;(
b ) Allowances paid to Examining Officers of the Department of Trade and Customs in pursuance of clause 15a of the award in favour of the Commonwealth Public Ser-vice Clerical Association made by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on the third day of October, 1919;(
c ) Allowances by way of salary paid to female officers in pursuance of clause 9 of the award of the Australian Letter Carrier’s Association made by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on the seventeenth day of November, 1920; and(
d ) Allowances paid to officers generally known as superior work allowances, in pursuance of clause 1a of determination in favour of the Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association, made by the Public Service Arbitrator on the seventeenth day of July, 1922.
Regulation 107 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
107.(1) When a vacancy occurs in any Department, the Permanent Head shall forthwith report the vacancy to the Board, through the Inspector, stating whether in his opinion it is necessary that the vacancy should be filled.
(2) The Permanent Head shall not transfer or provisionally promote an officer to a vacancy until notified by the Board that in its opinion the vacancy should be filled.
Regulation 108 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
108. (1) Vacancies occurring in any office which in the opinion of the Board should be filled may, as deemed expedient by the Permanent Head, be notified by him in the Gazette.
2. Where a vacancy is open to applicants not, in the Commonwealth Service, the terms of the notification shall be subject to approval by the Board.
Regulation 109 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
109. (1) Notice of all provisional promotions shall, from time to time, be published by the Permanent Head in the
Gazette, and any officer who desires to appeal to the Board in pursuance of section 50 of the Act shall forward his appeal to the Inspector in the State in which the promotion is to be made so as to reach him within fourteen days of the date of publication. Officers stationed in remote districts may forward appeals by telegraph. The appellant shall at the same time forward a copy of the appeal to the Chief Officer of the Department in which the vacancy exists.(2) The appeal shall state specifically the ground of appeal, which shall be either superior efficiency, or equal efficiency combined with seniority.
(3) Upon the expiration of a period of fourteen days from the date of notification of a provisional promotion, the Inspector shall advise the Permanent Head of the Department in which such promotion has been made whether or not an appeal has been lodged within the prescribed period. The provisional promotion shall not be confirmed by the Permanent Head pending receipt of advice from the Inspector.
(4) Where an appeal has been lodged within the prescribed period, the promotion shall not be confirmed pending determination of such appeal by the Board.
(5) Where the provisional promotion of an officer is dependent upon confirmation of the provisional promotion of another officer, the confirmation of those promotions shall be made in consequential order.
After regulation 109 the following regulations are inserted:—
109a. Except on the approval of the Board, the date fixed for the promotion of an officer shall not be earlier than the date of notification of the provisional promotion in the
Gazette, nor later than fourteen days thereafter.
109b. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, and unless otherwise determined by the Board, the salary to be paid an officer upon transfer or upon promotion to a higher position shall not exceed the minimum salary of the higher position.
(2) Where an officer is transferred or promoted and is in receipt of salary above the minimum salary fixed for the office to which he is transferred or promoted, his removal may be effected without reduction in salary:
Provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Board, he shall not be paid salary in excess of the maximum salary of the position to which he is transferred or promoted.
(3) The Board may determine that any officer transferred or promoted with salary at or exceeding the minimum salary of the office to which he is transferred or promoted shall not be eligible for advancement in salary until a date to be fixed by the Board:
Provided that the date shall not be later than the date upon which he would have been eligible for advancement in salary if he had been transferred at the minimum salary of the position according to age.
109c. Whenever it is considered necessary to fill a vacancy by the appointment of a person from outside the Service, or by the transfer, from the Fourth Division to the Third Division, of a qualified officer who has passed the prescribed examination, or by the transfer of an officer from another Department, the Permanent Head shall so advise the Board through the Inspector.
Regulation 112 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
112. No officer shall be deemed to be qualified for transfer from the Fourth to the Third Division unless he has passed the prescribed examination:
Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any officer who was classified in the Clerical Division under the
Public Service Act 1902-1918:Provided further that in any case where the duties of a position in the Third Division require special skill or technical knowledge, and no examination is prescribed for that position, 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 shall 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.
After regulation 112 the following regulations are inserted:—
112a.(1) The transfer or promotion of an officer to any of the following offices shall be dependent upon his demonstrating by such test or examination as is determined by the Board that he possesses the requisite qualifications for the performance of the duties of the position:—
Artisan, Junior.
Clerical Assistant.
Draftsman or Draftsman (in training).
Draftsman, Assistant.
Engineer or Engineer (in training).
Lineman.
Machinist (Female).
Mail Driver.
Mail Officer, Grades 2 and 3.
Mechanic.
Mechanic, Junior.
Mechanic, Junior, (in training).
Mechanic, Senior.
Monitor.
Motor Car Driver.
Motor Mechanic.
Postal Assistant.
Postmaster.
Supervisor, Mail Branch.
Supervisor, Telephone.
Telegraphist.
Traffic Inspector (Telephones).
Traffic Officer (Telephones).
Typist.
(2) Whenever in any other case it appears necessary to submit applicants for a vacancy to a test of their qualifications the Board or the Permanent Head, as the case may be, may appoint two or more persons who shall conduct the necessary test and furnish a report as to the result thereof.
112b. (1) A person appointed as Telegraph Messenger shall not be eligible for transfer or promotion in the Fourth Division unless he has obtained half marks in arithmetic at an examination held under these Regulations of the prescribed standard, or at an examination to be held half-yearly to enable Telegraph Messengers to qualify for promotion in the Fourth Division.
(2) A Telegraph Messenger appointed without examination shall not be eligible for transfer or promotion in the Fourth Division unless he passes an examination in the subjects specified in regulation 157, or has passed such examination conducted by a public examining body as the Board determines.
112c. An officer shall not be transferred or promoted to the office of Telephonist unless he has passed a test in clearness of speech and acuteness of hearing similar to the examination mentioned in regulation 180, and is otherwise considered suitable by the Permanent Head to undertake the duties of the position.
Regulation 114 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (6) thereof the words “seniority and”.
Regulation 115 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
115. (1) Where officers, who are similarly classified and are stationed in the same Department, desire to exchange positions temporarily or permanently, the Permanent Head may approve of the exchange. All such exchanges shall be effected in the applicants’ own time and at their own expense.
(2) Applications for exchanges, temporary or permanent, between officers in different Departments, shall be submitted to the Board through the Inspector for determination.
Regulation 117 is amended.
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a ) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) thereof the words “who shall forward the application to the inspector”.(
b ) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) thereof the word “Inspector” and inserting in its stead the words “Chief Officer”.(
c ) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—(4) The Permanent Head shall report to the Board any case in which an officer has been stationed outside Australia, or in a remote locality as determined under the preceding regulation, for a period in excess of three years.
After regulation 117 the following regulations are inserted:—
117a. The Permanent Head shall forward to the Board, in such form as the Board requires, a weekly return of the promotions which have been confirmed and of transfers and exchanges of positions approved during the preceding week.
117b. When a position has remained vacant for a period of three months, the Permanent Head shall furnish, the Board with a report stating the reason for the non-filling of such position.
Regulation 153a is repealed.
Sub-regulations (2) and (3) of regulation 157 are repealed.
Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 180 is repealed.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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