Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922 (SECOND AMENDMENT, 1924.
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS appointed under the
Dated this twelfth day of March. 1924.
C. B. B. White, Chairman, W. J. Skewes, J.P. McGlinn, | Board of Commissioners |
Approved in Executive Council this second day of April, 1924.
FORSTER,
Governor‑General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Ll. ATKINSON,
for Prime Minister.
Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 93 as amended to this date.)
Regulation 15 is amended by omitting the proviso to sub‑regulation (2) thereof, and inserting in its stead the following proviso:—
“Provided that where the leave is not so deducted and payment is made for overtime worked during the thirty days succeeding such leave, the period of leave, or, where the period of leave exceeds the period of overtime, so much of the period of leave as is equivalent to the period of overtime, shall be without pay.”
Regulation 49 is amended by omitting from sub‑regulation (1) thereof the following:—
“Officers stationed in places remote from large centres of population, or at lighthouses, and officers whose duties cannot ordinarily be performed within usual regular hours, and to whom no compensation in time or money has been given for the extra time worked, may be granted by the Chief Officer twenty‑four days’ leave of absence in any year, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, for recreation purposes:
and inserting the following in its stead:—
“Officers stationed in places remote from large centres of population, or at lighthouses, may be granted by the Chief Officer twenty‑four days’ leave of absence in any year, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, for recreation purposes. Officers whose duties cannot ordinarily be performed within usual regular hours, and to whom, no compensation in time or money has been given for the extra time worked, may he similarly granted twenty‑four days’ leave of absence in any year on the approval of the Board:”
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Regulation 50 is amended by omitting the proviso to sub‑regulation (2) thereof, and inserting, in its stead the following proviso:—
“Provided that where the leave is not so deducted and payment is made for overtime worked during the thirty days succeeding such leave, the period of leave, or, where the period of leave exceeds the period of overtime, so much of the period of leave as is equivalent to the period of overtime, shall be without pay.”
Regulation 54 is amended by omitting sub‑regulation (2) thereof and inserting in its stead the following sub‑regulation:—
“(2) Subject to sub‑regulation (1) of this regulation, where sick leave is granted without the production of a medical certificate or other evidence approved by the Board, such leave shall be without pay.”
Regulation 55 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub‑regulation:—
“(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, where the illness of an officer is due to injury sustained in the performance of his duty, the Board may, subject to the Act, determine from time to time the period of leave of absence on account of illness which may be granted to that officer and the conditions under which the leave may be granted.”
Regulation 72 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub‑regulation:—
“(2) So long as the holder of the office of Director‑General of Works is stationed at the Territory for the Seat of Government and controls the operations of the Department of Works and Railways in that Territory, that office shall, in respect of all officers of that Department stationed in the Territory, constitute the holder thereof
ex officio a Chief Officer of a Department.”Regulation 87 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:—
“Provided that in the case of officers who ordinarily work seven days per week, such as lightkeepers, the period of twenty‑six working days mentioned shall be exclusive of Sundays.”
Regulation 96 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
“96. Where an officer is appointed or transferred to a position the duties of which necessitate his residing away from home, the Board may grant to the officer such allowance, not being less than is sufficient to raise his total remuneration to £106 per annum, as the Board determines.”
Regulation 107 is amended by omitting the words “Permanent Head”, and inserting in their stead the words “Chief Officer”.
Regulation 113 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
“113. Upon the transfer of an officer from the Fourth to the lowest class of the Third Division (except in the case of transfers to such positions as are specified from time to time by the Board) he shall be paid the salary which would have been granted to an officer of similar age who had completed two years’ service in that
class. In transfers to such specified positions or to a position a class other than the lowest class of the Third Division, 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.”
Regulation 137 is amended by inserting in sub‑regulation (1) thereof, after the word “Sundays”, the words “and holidays”.
Regulation 159 is amended by inserting after the word “examinations” (first occurring) the words “which, in the opinion of the Board, is of a standard not lower than that adopted for examinations held under regulation 153 of these Regulations”.
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