Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Home Affairs,

Melbourne, 28th May, 1903.

AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION 145, IN REGARD TO EXAMINATIONS HELD UNDER SECTION 21 (6) OF THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902.

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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, has been pleased to approve, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902,that Regulation 145 made under the said Act be amended to read as under :—

Examination to be passed.

145. An examination under section 21 (6) of the Act shall be held once in every twelve months at such time as the Commissioner may direct, and be conducted by an Inspector, the Examiner, or any other person authorized by the Commissioner. Due notice of intention to bold an examination shall be published in the Commonwealth Gazette. Officers who are not less than twenty years of age at the date fixed for an examination shall be eligible to present themselves thereat but shall not be entitled to the salary of £110 per annum until all the conditions prescribed by section 21 (6) have been fulfilled.

Officers shall be required to pass in (h) and in any five of the other specified subjects :—

(a) Precis writing.

(b) Letter writing.

(c) Making fair copies of rough and abbreviated notes.

(d) Handwriting and dictation,

(c) Shorthand.

(f) Typewriting.

(g) Knowledge of Departmental Acts and Regulations.

(h) Practical questions based upon the work of the branch in which the person under examination is employed.

In lieu of any one or more of the foregoing subjects, the Commissioner may from time to time, in special cases, direct that an officer be examined in any other subject or subjects.

WILLIAM JOHN LYNE,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.