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

STATUTORY RULES.

1912. No. 56.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATION 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, herein certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation as from the 1st day of July, 1912, as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this 28th day of February, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

KING O’MALLEY,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

 

Regulation 168, made under the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, is repealed, and a new Regulation in the following terms is substituted in lieu thereof:—

168. The following shall be the scale of allowances which may be paid to officers living in localities where the climatic conditions are severe, or where the cost of living is exceptionally high:—

Scale	Ratio of Allowance of Salary.			Minimum.	Maximum.
	On First £100 or portion thereof.	On Second £100 or portion thereof	On portion of salary above £100.
per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	£	£
I.	10	5	2½	5	20
II.	15	7½	5	10	30
III.	20	10	5	15	35
IV.	25	12½	5	20	45
V.	30	15	5	25	50
VI.	40	20	5	30	...
VII.	50	25	5	40	...

Provided that a Married Officer whose family resides with him at his station may be paid the allowance of the scale next higher than that in which his station is classified. In cases of Married Officers stationed in localities in Scale VII., the allowance may be increased by an amount equal to one-fifth of the scale allowance. An Unmarried Officer may be paid the allowance prescribed for Married Officers if he shows to the satisfaction of the Chief Officer that he is the main support of persons related to him, and that such persons reside with him at his station.

C. 2966.—Price 3d.

 

Officers in the State of Western Australia who do not receive aDistrict Allowance under the foregoing scale may be paid a Special Allowance equal to 5 per cent. of their salary.

Where in computing on the above scale the annual amount of District Allowance the result involves fractional parts of a pound up to and including Ten shillings, the nearest lesser amount in pounds shall be that allowed; where the fractional part exceeds Ten shillings, the nearest greater amount in pounds shall be allowed.

In localities where these allowances do not, in the opinion of the Permanent Head, fairly compensate the officer for extremely severe and costly conditions of living, the rates in the foregoing scale may be increased by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor-General.

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.

 

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