Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 148.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1941.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1941, in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the said Act, and subject to the approval of the Governor-General, hereby makes the following Regulations.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of June, 1941.

F. G. THORPE,

Commissioner.

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I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulations.

Dated this second day of July, 1941.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ALLAN McDONALD

for Prime Minister.

 

Amendments of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations. 

Permanent Heads to be Chief Officers.

1. Regulation 71 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“71. (1.) Any reference in the Act or in these Regulations to the Chief Officer shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be read as referring to the Permanent Head in the case of the undermentioned Departments:—

The Prime Minister’s Department (excluding Public Service Board’s and Auditor-General’s Offices);

The Department of External Affairs;

The Department of the Treasury (excluding Taxation Branch);

The Attorney-General’s Department;

The Department of the Interior;

The Department of Defence Co-ordination;

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3rd July, 1941.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1935, Nos. 44, 72, 78 and 119; 1936, Nos. 5, 55, 76, 88, l06, 116, 143 and 154; 1937, Nos. 11, 25, 54, 60, 74, 78, 87, 100, 103 and 118; 1938, Nos. 35, 44, 79, 105, 110 and 113; 1939, Nos. 4, 36, 52, 62, 65, 105, 154, 167 and 168; and 1940, Nos. 23, 74, 110 143 and 247; and 1941, Nos. 36, 42, and 127.

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The Department of the Navy;

The Department of the Army;

The Department of Air;

The Department of Health;

The Department of Commerce;

The Department of Civil Aviation;

The Department of Supply and Development;

The Department of Social Services;

The Department of Information;

The Department of Munitions;

The Department of Labour and National Service;

The Department of Aircraft Production;

The Department of Transport;

The Department of War Organization of Industry;

The Department of Home Security;

The Department of External Territories;

and to the Auditor-General and the Commissioner of Taxation in the case of the Auditor-General’s Office and the Taxation Branch respectively.

(2.) In the case of the Postmaster-General’s Department and the Department of Trade and Customs, any reference in the Act or in these Regulations to the Chief Officer shall, unless inconsistent with the context, and so far as regards the officers of the Central Staffs of these Departments, be read as referring to the Permanent Head.”.

2. Regulation 71a of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Permanent Heads of Departments.

“71a. The following offices are prescribed in addition to the offices specified in the Third Schedule to the Act:—

The Director-General of Civil Aviation;

The Secretary, Department of Supply and Development;

The Secretary, Department of Social Services;

The Secretary, Department of Defence Co-ordination;

The Secretary, Department of the Navy;

The Secretary, Department of the Army;

The Secretary, Department of Air;

The Director, Department of Information;

The Secretary, Department of Munitions;

The Secretary, Department of Labour and National Service;

The Secretary, Department of Aircraft Production;

The Secretary, Department of Transport;

The Secretary, Department of War Organization of Industry;

The Secretary, Department of Home Security; and

The Secretary, Department of External Territories.”.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.