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

STATUTORY RULES.

1911. No. 181.

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, hereby 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 forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this 25th day of October, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

KING O’MALLEY,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

 

Regulation No. 104 made under the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 is repealed, and a new Regulation in the following terms is made in lieu thereof:—

104. The General Division shall be arranged in grades as set forth in the following schedule. Except where otherwise provided the limits of salary to be paid an officer occupying any office designated in such schedule shall be those prescribed therein in respect to such office. The Governor-General may from time to time, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner, create any office in the General Division not designated in the following schedule and fix the grade in which the officer occupying such position shall be placed or may raise the grading of any office, and thereupon the schedule shall be deemed to have been amended by the inclusion of the office so created or raised.

Schedule.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
1.	39	13	60	Cadet Mechanic
8*	..	Telegraph Messenger
(Annual)	Messenger .. Telephonist ..	May be advanced to the next higher grade after one year’s service at the maximum

 

* Increment in the case of Telegraph Messengers conditional on passing a test in sending and receiving telegraph messages at the rate of twenty words per minute.

 

C.12727.—Price 3d.

 

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
II.	72	12 12 14 (Annual)	110	Boy on Launch............... Female Assistant (Printing) Female Assistant (Quarantine) Lift Attendant................ Mail Boy........................ Messenger..................... Pension Receipt Sorter Postal Note Sorter Telephonist  Assistant......................... Batteryman...................... Groom............................ Junior Mechanic*............ Labourer......................... Letter Carrier................... Mail Driver...................... Office Cleaner................. Postal Assistant  Typist.............................. Watchman.......................	Provided that an officer of 21 years of age or over may be paid salary at the rate of £110 per annum, but the payment of such salary under this provision shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of seniority or future advancement
					May be advanced to the next higher grade after two years’ service at maximum, provided that salary at the rate of £126 per annum may be paid officers 21 years of age or over, but the payment of such salary under this provision shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of seniority or future advancement
						III.	..	..	126	Groom Labourer Office Cleaner Watchman Assistant......................... Batteryman...................... Blacksmith’s Striker Boatman......................... Female Supervisor (Printing)	May be advanced to next higher grade after two years’ service in Grade III.

 

* Junior Mechanics may, after reaching the age of 21 years, and upon evidence by examination of efficiency, be advanced to Grade IV. as Mechanics.

  Designation to apply only to officers in positions where telegraphic qualifications are required. An officer, upon evidence of telegraphic efficiency at the rate of 22 words per minute, may be advanced to the next higher grade after one year’s service at maximum.

 

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
III.—cont.	Fireman......................... Junior Mechanic*........... Letter Carrier.................. Lineman........................ Magazine Storeman Mail Driver.................... Monitor.......................... Pole Dresser................... Searcher and Watchman Senior Messenger........... Storeman....................... Typist............................	May be advanced to next higher grade after two years’ service in Grade III.
Postal Assistant..............	May be advanced to next higher grade after one year’s service in Grade III.
IV.	132	6 (Annual)	138	Assistant Armourer Mechanic........................ Motor Mail Driver Senior Assistant............... Senior Postal Assistant	May be advanced to next higher grade after one year’s service at maximum
6 (Biennial)	Assistant.......................... Batteryman...................... Blacksmith’s Striker Boatman.......................... Caretaker......................... Female Supervisor (Printing) Fireman........................... Junior Mechanic.............. Letter Carrier................... Lineman.......................... Magazine Storeman Mail Driver...................... Monitor........................... Pole Dresser.................... Postal Assistant ............... Searcher and Watchman Senior Messenger............ Storeman......................... Typist..............................	Alter at least two years’ service at maximum may be granted a further increment of £6, and after an additional two years’ service a further increment of £6

 

* Junior Mechanics may, after reaching the age of 21 years, and upon evidence by examination efficiency, be advanced to Grade IV. as Mechanics.

 

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
V.	144	6 (Annual)	156	Assistant Armourer Blacksmith Caretaker Carpenter, Ship Coxswain Engine Driver Farrier Foreman Batteryman Foreman Labourer Foreman Storeman French Polisher Groom, in charge Lineman (in charge of office) Machinist Magazine Storeman Mason Mechanic Motor Mail Driver Painter Painter and Writer Saddler Saddler and Harnessmaker Sailmaker Senior Assistant Senior Lineman Senior Postal Assistant Supervisor Waggon Repairer Wheeler and Carpenter
		Foreman (Mail Branch) Ship Mailman................. Sorter.............................	May be advanced to the next higher grade after one year’s service at maximum subject to evidence to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of efficiency

 

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
VI.	162	6 (Annual)	168	Armourer Caretaker Carpenter Engine-driver and Fitter Foreman Batteryman Foreman (Mail Branch) Foreman Painter Foreman Saddler Foreman Saddler and Harnessmaker Foreman Sailmaker Foreman Storeman Motor Mechanic Senior Machinist Ship Mailman Sorter Supervisor
Line Foreman................. Senior Mechanic............ Telephone Inspector	May be advanced to next higher grade after one year’s service at maximum
VII.	174	6 (Annual)	180	Armourer Caretaker Engine-driver and Fitter Foreman, Assistant (Quarantine) Foreman Carpenter Foreman Engine-driver Foreman Painter Foreman Storeman Line Foreman Ministerial Messenger Overseer of Letter Carriers Senior Mechanic Senior Sorter Shipping Patrol Officer Telephone Inspector Tipstaff

 

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
VIII.	192	6 (Annual)	210	Armourer Assistant Supervisor of Publications Detective Exchange Foreman Foreman Mechanic Foreman Engine-driver Line Inspector Mechanician Telephone Inspector Mail Officer..................	May be advanced to the next higher grade after one year’s service at maximum
IX.	216	6 (Annual)	228	Armourer Foreman Mechanic Line Inspector Mail Officer Mechanician Telephone Inspector
X.	..	..	240	Armourer Supervisor of Publications Foreman Mechanic Line Inspector Mechanician Telephone Inspector
XI	252	..	276	Engineer (Electric Light) Line Inspector................ Mechanician.................. Stables Manager............ Telephone Inspector	No increments will be granted in respect of positions classified in this grade; the salary of the officer to be fixed at a sum within the limits of the grade

SCHEDULE—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
XII.	282	..	348	Line Inspector............... Mechanician.................. Overseer (Stamp Printing)	No increments will be granted in respect of positions classified in this grade; the salary of the officer to be fixed at a sum within the limits of the grade

Except where otherwise provided advancement from grade to grade beyond Grade V. shall be dependent upon the occurrence of vacancies in the higher grades, or upon alteration of the classification of an office, the duties of which have materially changed.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation, in any case where an increment to an officer would be deferred, owing to the provisions of the Regulation, beyond the date upon which it would have otherwise accrued, the Commissioner may grant the increment from such date.

The grade of an officer under the provisions of this Regulation shall be that corresponding to his designation, provided that any officer who is receiving at the date of this Regulation a salary less than the minimum amount of such grade, may be granted annual additions of salary of an amount to be determined by the Commissioner until the salary reaches such minimum.

Notwithstanding anything in the schedule contained in this Regulation in any case where the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, directs that an office shall be classified in any particular grade, the officer occupying such office may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, be advanced to the minimum salary of such grade.

 

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