Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1906. No. 112.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE “COMMONWEALTH 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 Regulations under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 11th day of December, One thousand nine hundred and six.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

SAMUEL MAUGER,

Acting Minister of State for Home Affairs.

 

Public Service Regulation 163a, made under the provisions of Section 80 of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, is amended by the addition of the following words:—

“The Permanent Head may also authorize the payment to officers, of allowances not exceeding £4 per annum in each case, for the use of bicycles for official purposes.”

Public Service Regulations 17, 18, 21, and 90 are repealed, and the following Regulation is substituted in lieu of repealed Regulation 21:—

“21. The Permanent Head of each Department shall cause a return to be forwarded to the Commissioner monthly, showing all fines of the amount of five shillings and upwards, and punishments by deprivation of leave of absence imposed under the provisions of the Act or Regulations during the previous month.

The return shall set forth the name of the officer, office held, offence and punishment.”

(a)Public Service Regulation 104 is amended by substituting the word “Lineman” for the words “Line Repairer” in the first column of the Schedule.

(b) Public Service Regulation 104 is amended to provide for the grading in the General Division of the position of Assistant Compositor of Publications, as under:—

Department and office.	Minimum Yearly Rate of Pay.	Scale of Additions.			Maximum Yearly Rate of Pay.
		Amount.	At Intervals of not less than	Number.
TRADE AND CUSTOMS.	£	£	One year	4	£
Assistant Compositor of Publications..........................................	180	6			204

Regulation 148 of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(1) by omitting paragraph (b)and inserting the following paragraph in lieu thereof:—

“(b)As soon as practicable after receiving such report, or after the Governor-General’s approval of a recommendation which results in a vacancy, the Commissioner will, except as hereinafter provided, cause to be published in the Commonwealth Gazette a notice stating the office to be filled, the locality, the division, and the salary.”

(2) by adding thereto, at the end thereof, the following paragraph:—

“(i)Vacancies which are to be filled by the appointment of candidates who have qualified at a competitive examination, and vacancies in the position of Assistant, or which involve grade transfers, may be filled without a notice of the vacancy being published in the Gazette, as specified in paragraph (b).”

 

By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.