Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1913. No. 63.

PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1911.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1911 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of February, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ANDREW FISHER.

 

Regulation 166 made under the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 is repealed, and a new Regulation in the following terms is made in lieu thereof:—

166. Where any telegraphist is required by the Chief Officer to use a typewriter, and to provide the machine and accessories, an allowance at the rate of ten shillings per month shall be paid the telegraphist, subject to the following conditions:—

(a) That the telegraphist is capable of satisfactorily receiving telegraph messages by sound, and typing as received, at the rate of at least thirty words per minute for ten consecutive minutes.

(b) That the typewriter is of a pattern approved by the Chief Officer, gives satisfactory service, and is used regularly by the telegraphist when receiving.

(c) That the allowance shall cease for any period when the typewriter is not in use, and shall also cease if the telegraphist be transferred to another position where, in the opinion of the Chief Officer, the typewriter is not required.

 

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C.2809.—Price 3d.