Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1912. No. 160.

REGULATION UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated the 25th day of July, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ANDREW FISHER.

 

(1.) Regulation 168 made under the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 is repealed, and a new Regulation in the following terms is made in lieu thereof, and shall be deemed to have taken effect as from the first day of April, 1912:—

168. The following shall be the scale of allowances which may be paid to officers living in localities where the climatic conditions are severe, or where the cost of living is exceptionally high:—

Scale.	Ratio of Allowance to Salary.			Minimum.	Maximum.
	On First £100 or portion thereof.	On Second £100 or portion thereof.	On portion of salary above £ 300.
per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	£	£
I.	10	5	2½	5	20
II.	15	7½	5	10	30
III.	20	10	5	15	35
IV.	25	12½	5	20	45
V.	30	15	5	25	50
VI.	40	20	5	30	…
VII.	50	25	5	40	…

Provided that a Married Officer whose family resides with him at his station may be paid the allowance of the scale next higher than that in which his station is classified. In cases of Married Officers stationed in localities in Scale VII., the allowance may be increased by an amount equal to one-fifth of the scale allowance. An Unmarried Officer may be paid the allowance prescribed for Married Officers if he shows to the satisfaction of the Chief Officer that he is the main support of persons related to him, and that such persons reside with him of his station.

  

C.9667.—Price 3d.

 

Officers in the State of Western Australia who do not receive a District Allowance under the foregoing scale may be paid a Special Allowance equal to 5 per cent. of their salary.

Where in computing on the above scale the annual amount of District Allowance the result involves fractional parts of a pound up to and including Ten shillings, the nearest lesser amount in pounds shall be that allowed; where the fractional part exceeds Ten shillings, the nearest greater amount in pounds shall be allowed.

In localities where these allowances do not, in the opinion of the Permanent Head, fairly compensate the officer for extremely severe and costly conditions of living, the rates in the foregoing scale may be increased by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor-General.

District allowances are not payable to officers while temporarily relieving in a District Allowance locality; but the Commissioner may, under special circumstances, increase the prescribed travelling allowance payable to an officer while relieving in such a locality.

(2.) This Regulation supersedes the Provisional Regulations made the 28th February, 1912 (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 56) and the 19th April, 1912 (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 80) respectively.

 

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