Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1937. No. 118.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1937.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1937, 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 fourteenth day of December, 1937.

F. G. THORPE,

Commissioner.

Approved in Executive Council this fifteenth day of December, 1937.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Prime Minister.

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Amendments of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations. 

Variations of salary on account of variations in cost of living.

Regulation 106a of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“106a. (1) For the purposes of this regulation the term ‘index number’ means the weighted average retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth, as shown in the ‘Court’ series of retail price index numbers published from time to time by, or at the direction of, the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.

(2) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year is less than 81.7, salaries payable in pursuance of regulations 104, 105, 105a, 105b and 106 of these Regulations shall, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1937.

  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; and 1937, Nos. 11, 25, 54, 60, 74, 78, 87, 100 and 103.

6876.—9/10. 12. 1937.—Price 3d.

 

month of July or the month of January (as the case may be) next following, be reduced by the appropriate amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the said index number falls:—

Index number groups.	Amount of decrease in salary.
	Adult males.	Adult females.	Officers under 21 years of age.
£	£	£
Per annum.	Per annum.	Per annum.
79. 4-81. 6	6	4	3
77. 1-79. 3	12	8	6
74. 8-77. 0	18	12	9
72. 5-74. 7	24	16	12
70. 2-72. 4	30	20	15
67. 9-70. 1	36	24	18

(3) If the index number falls below 67.9 salaries shall be further reduced on the basis indicated in the last preceding sub-regulation, that is to say, for each fall of 2.3 points in the index number salaries shall be reduced by £6 per annum in the case of adult males, £4 per annum in the case of adult females and £3 per annum in the case of officers under 21 years of age.

(4) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year exceeds 83.9, salaries payable in pursuance of regulations 104, 105, 105a, 105b and 106 of these Regulations shall, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the month of July or the month of January (as the case may be) next following, be increased by the appropriate amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the said index number falls:—

Index number groups.	Amount of increase in salary.
	Adult males.	Adult females.	Officers under 21 years of age.
				£	£	£
Per annum.	Per annum.	Per annum.
84. 0-86. 2	6	4	3
86. 3-88. 5	12	8	6
88. 6-90. 8	18	12	9
90. 9-93. 1	24	16	12
93. 2-95. 4	30	20	15
95. 5-97. 7	36	24	18

(5) If the index number rises above 97.7 salaries shall be further increased on the basis indicated in the last preceding sub-regulation, that is to say, for every rise of 2.3 points in the index number salaries shall be increased by £6 per annum in the case of adult males, £4 per annum in the case of adult females and £3 per annum in the case of officers under 21 years of age.

 

(6) The following amounts shall be added to salaries payable in pursuance of regulations 104, 105, 105a, 105b and 106 of these Regulations after variation, if any, has been made in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this regulation:—

Per annum.
£
Adult males................................................................	16
Adult females.............................................................	11
Officers under 21 years of age ....................................	8

(7) The amounts referred to in sub-regulation (6) of this regulation shall be deemed for all purposes to be part of salary.

(8) The first adjustment of salaries under this regulation shall be made as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in January, 1938, and shall be based on the index number for the six months ended on the thirtieth day of September, 1937, which shall be deemed to be 70.6.”.

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