Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Home Affairs,

Melbourne, 22nd December, 1903.

REPEAL OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION No. 66—PAYMENT FOR SUNDAY WORK—AND SUBSTITUTION THEREFOR OF A NEW REGULATION.

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IS Excellency the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 80 of the Public Service Act 1902, has approved of the repeal of Regulation No. 66, and of the substitution therefor of a new Regulation, as set forth in the accompanying schedule; such new Regulation to take effect on and from the 1st January, 1904.

GEORGE TURNER,

For Minister of State for Home Affairs.

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Payment fob Sunday Work.

66. “Where an officer, having already worked six days during the week, is necessarily required in addition thereto to attend on a Sunday for a whole day, the Permanent Head or Chief Officer may authorize the grant of one and a half day’s pay, or if employed for less than a whole day a sum proportionate to the time so employed. No allowance shall be paid for Sunday duty where an officer is in residence and where his attendance is intermittent and for brief periods.

No officer or employé in the Public Service shall be liable to dismissal or punishment or other disability for refusing on conscientious grounds to work on Sunday if he has previously notified the Chief Officer that he has conscientious scruples against so working; but he shall not refuse when called upon by his immediate superior to perform Sunday duty in cases of necessity. If it should subsequently be found that an officer has improperly made use of this Regulation to avoid the performance of his duties, his conduct shall be regarded as a breach of Regulations under the Act.”