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

STATUTORY RULES.

1906. No. 16.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE “COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902.”

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 Regulations under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this 31st day of January, One thousand nine hundred and six.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON ERNEST GROOM,

Minister of State for Home Affairs

 

Chief Officers of Departments.

Regulation 48 of the Public Service Regulations shall be amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:—

“In the case of the Postmaster-General’s Department and the Department of Trade and Customs, the Permanent Head shall, as regards the officers of the central staffs of those Departments, be taken to be the Chief Officer.”

Transfer of Officers from One Division to Another.

Regulation 141 (b) of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b), and inserting in lieu thereof:—

“(b) In the case of transfer or promotion from the General to the Clerical Division he shall first pass the tests and examination prescribed in Regulation 196 or Regulation 197 as the ease requires.”

Part V.—District Allowances.

Regulation 168 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by adding the following words:—

“District Allowances are not payable to officers while temporarily relieving in a District Allowance locality; but the Commissioner may, under special circumstances, increase the prescribed travelling allowance payable to an officer while relieving in such a locality.”

Vacancies Declared under Section 23(4).

Regulation 196 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

Transfer from General Division to Clerical Division, Class 5.

196. Examinations may be held as required under the provisions of Section 23(4) to enable officers of the General Division to qualify for transfer to the Fifth Class of the Clerical Division. Candidates for such examination under this Regulation shall, in addition to such other subjects or tests as the Commissioner from time to time specifies for particular positions, be required to pass in the subjects specified as (1) (2) (3) and (4) of Regulation 193.

Transfer in Special Cases from General to Clerical Division.

Regulation 197 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed, and the following Regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

Transfer from General Division to Fourth and higher Classes of Clerical Division.

197. Examinations may be held as required under the provisions of Section 41(d) for transfer from the General Division to the Fourth and higher Classes of the Clerical Division, and shall comprise—Spelling, Letter writing, Precis writing, Correction of grammatical errors, the meanings of words, knowledge of Departmental Acts and Regulations, and Elementary Arithmetic, and such other subjects as the Commissioner specifies when notifying the Examination. Examinations held under this Regulation shall be competitive, and shall be open to such officers or classes of officers as the Commissioner specifics.

An officer applying to be examined under this Regulation will be required to submit with his application a certificate from the Chief Officer of his Department as to his official record and general fitness or capacity for performing the duties of the higher position, and the Commissioner shall thereupon determine whether or not the applicant shall be admitted to examination.

Boards of Inquiry.

Regulation 258 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed, and the following Regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

“All charges shall be made in writing, and shall, except where laid by the Chief Officer himself, be addressed to the Chief Officer.”

 

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