Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1949. No. 1.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1948.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service, Act 1922-1948, 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 Regulation.

Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1948.

W. E. DUNK

Chairman.

 

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

Dated this eleventh day of January, 1949.

W. J. McKELL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. B. CHIFLEY

Prime Minister.

 

Amendment of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.  

Regulation 98aa of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

Partial reimbursement of fares of certain officers.

“ 98aa.—(1.) Where an unmarried adult officer who is stationed in Canberra and whose rate of salary does not exceed £400 per annum travels, while on recreation leave, from Canberra to the home of his

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20th January, 1949.

Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 44, 72, 78 and 119; 1936. Nos. 5, 55, 76, 88, 106, 116, 143 and 154; 1937, Nos. 11, 25, 54, 60, 74, 78, 87, 100, 103 and 118; 1938, Nos. 35, 41, 79, 105, 110 and 113; 1939, Nos. 4, 36, 52, 62, 65, 105, 154, 167 and 168; 1940, Nos. 23, 74, 110, 143 and 247; 1941, Nos. 36, 42, 127, 148, 158, 168, 191, 224, 284 and 310; 1942, Nos. 45, 167, 174, 182, 225, 320, 465, 466 and 552; 1943, Nos. 271, 272 and 301; 1944, Nos. 6, 132, 138 and 143; 1945, Nos. 15, 35, 115, 118 and 124; 1946, Nos. 22, 68, 120, 124 and 153; 1947, Nos. 1, 2, 122, 123, 146, 147, 158 and 163; and 1948, Nos. 32, 49, 68, 71, 97, 149, 157 and 158.

6932.—Price 3d.

parent or guardian, the Chief Officer may, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, authorize reimbursement to the officer of the amount (if any) by which the officer’s fare to and from the locality in which the home of his parent or guardian is situated exceeds £7 10s.

“ (2.) Partial reimbursement of an officer’s fare under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be authorized more than once in any two consecutive calendar years.

“ (3.) Where an officer who is under twenty-one years of age and is stationed in Canberra travels, while on recreation leave, from Canberra to the home of his parent or guardian, the Chief Officer may, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, authorize reimbursement to the officer of the amount (if any) by which the officer’s fare to and from the locality in which the home of his parent or guardian is situated exceeds £5.

“ (4.) Partial reimbursement of an officer’s fare under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be authorized more than once in any one calendar year.

“ (5.) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) the reference in sub-regulation (1.) to an officer’s rate of salary shall be read as a reference to the rate of salary actually payable to the officer (including any adjustment of that rate on account of variation in the cost of living) under the Act and these Regulations or under any determination in force under the Arbitration Public Service Act 1920-1947; and

(b)‘ calendar year ’ means any period beginning on the first day of January and ending on the next succeeding thirty-first day of December.”.

 

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