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

 

STATUTORY RULES.

1908. No. 83.

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 fourteenth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and eight.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency's Command,

J. H. KEATING,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Repeal of Public Service Regulations 96, 100, 103, and 104, and

Substitution of a new Regulation for Regulation 104.

Public Service Regulations Nos. 96, 100, 103, and 104, made under the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, are hereby repealed, and a new Regulation in the following terms is substituted for Regulation 104 :—

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, and upon creation the schedule shall be deemed to have been amended by the inclusion of the office so created.

Schedule.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Annual Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
I.	26	6	52	Telegraph Messenger
7	Junior Instrument	To be advanced fo the next higher grade after one year's service at the maximum
13	Fitter...............................................
Messenger..........................................
Telephone Attendant

C.9963.—Price 3d.

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Annual Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
II.	60	12	110	Boy on Launch
12	Mail Boy
12	Messenger
14	Telegraph Attendant Junior Instrument Fitter	To be advanced to the next higher grade after at least one year's service at maximum, subject to evidence to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of efficiency for the performance of the duties of the higher grade
Assistant (in Line Gangs)	To be advanced to the next higher grade as Lineman after three years' service at maximum
Assistant...........................................
Batteryman (a)................................
Groom...............................................
Labourer...........................................
Letter Carrier (b).............................
Mail Driver (c).................................	To be advanced to the next higher grade after three years' service at maximum
Office Cleaner.................................
‑		Porter (d)...........................................
Postal Assistant (e)..........................
Typist................................................
Watchman.......................................
III.	114	6	126	Groom
6	Labourer
Lineman
Office Cleaner
Watchman
To be advanced to the next higher grade after at least one year's service at maximum, subject to evidence to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of efficiency for the performance of the duties of the higher grade
	Assistant Armourer.........................
	Instrument Fitter..............................
	Assistant...........................................
	Batteryman......................................
	Blacksmith's Striker........................
Boatman...........................................
Fireman.............................................
Letter Carrier....................................
Magazine Storeman.......................
Mail Driver.......................................	To be advanced to the next higher grade after three years' service at maximum
Pole Dresser......................................
Porter.................................................
Postal Assistant (e)..........................
Searcher and Watchman...............
Senior Messenger............................
Storeman..........................................
Telephone Monitor.........................
Typist................................................

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Annual Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
To be advanced to the next higher grade after at least one year's service at maximum, subject to evidence to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of efficiency for the performance of the duties of the higher grade
	IV.	132	6	138	Assistant Armourer.........................
	Instrument Fitter..............................
	Assistant...........................................	Officers who have completed 20 years' service may, subject to good conduct and efficiency, be granted after five years' service at the maximum of Grade IV. a long service increment at the rate of £6 per annum, and after an additional five years' service a further long service increment at the rate of £6 per annum The receipt of such long service increment shall not affect the relative seniority of officers as existing prior thereto
	Batteryman......................................
Blacksmith's Striker........................
Boatman...........................................
Caretaker..........................................
Fireman.............................................
Groom in Charge............................
Letter Carrier....................................
Lineman (f).......................................
Magazine Storeman.......................
Mail Driver.......................................
Pole Dresser......................................
Porter.................................................
Postal Assistant (e)..........................
Searcher and Watch man..............
Senior Messenger............................
Storeman..........................................
Supervisor (k)...................................
Telephone Monitor.........................
Typist................................................
V.	144	6	156	Assistant Armourer
6	Assistant Stamp Printer
Blacksmith
Caretaker
Carpenter
Carpenter (ship)
Coxswain
Engine‑driver
Farrier
Foreman Batteryman
Foreman Labourer
Foreman Storeman
Foreman Storeman (Defence Department)
Foreman ( Mail Branch)
French Polisher
Instrument Fitter (h)
Lineman (in charge of office)
Magazine Storeman
Painter

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Annual Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
V.— cont.	144	6	156	Painter and Writer
6	Plumber and Gas‑fitter
Saddler
Saddler and Harness Maker
Sailmaker
Senior Lineman
Ship Mailman
Sorter
Supervisor (k)
Waggon Repairer
Wheeler and
Carpenter
VI.	162	6	168	Armourer
Caretaker
Engine Driver and Fitter
Foreman Carpenter
Foreman Batteryman
Foreman Painter
Foreman Sailmaker
Foreman Saddler
Foreman Saddler and Harness Maker
Foreman Storeman (Defence Department)
Line Foreman
Plumber and Gasfitter
Senior Instrument Fitter (h)
Senior Sorter (g)
Supervisor in Charge (Telephones)
Telephone Inspector (i)
Tipstaff
VII.	174	6	180	Armourer
Caretaker
Despatching Officer
Foreman Carpenter
Foreman Enginedriver
Line Inspector
Ministerial Messenger
Senior Instrument Fitter (h)
Shipping Patrol Officer
Telephone Inspector (i)

Schedule—continued.

Grade.	Minimum Salary of Grade.	Annual Increments.	Maximum Salary of Grade.	Office.	Remarks.
£	£	£
VIII.	192	6	210	Armourer
6 6	Assistant Compositor of Publications
Detective
Foreman Instrument
Foreman Enginedriver
Line Inspector
Mechanician
Telephone Inspector (i)
Mail Officer.....................................	To be advanced to the next higher grade after one year's seivice at maximum
IX.	216	6	223	Armourer
6	Foreman Instrument Fitter
Line Inspector
Mail Officer
Mechanician
Telephone Inspector(i)
X.	234	6	240	Armourer
Compositor of Publications
Foreman Instrument Fitter
Line Inspector
Mechanician
Telephone Inspector (i)
XI.	252	...	276	Line 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
Mechanician....................................
Telephone Inspector (i)..................
XII.	282	...	348	Line 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
Mechanician....................................
Stamp Printer...................................

Notes.

(a) Officers previously graded as Assistant (Batteryman).

(b)  „  „  „  „  (Letter Carrier).

(c) „ „ „  „  (Mail Driver).

(d) „ „ „  „  (Porter)

(e) To apply to such positions previously classified as Assistant and Senior Assistant as the Commissioner may determine.

(f) To apply to officers other than Senior Linemen or Linemen in Charge performing special duties and whose positions are classified in Grade IV.

(g) Officers in positions previously graded as sorter, Grade II.

(h) To include such positions previously classified as Suburban Supervisor as the Commissioner may determine.

(i) Supersedes designations of District Supervisor and Outdoor Supervisor.

(k) Supersedes designation of Indoor Supervisor.

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.

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, and provided further that where the same designation occurs in two or more grades the grade of the officer shall be that corresponding or most nearly corresponding in rate of pay to the grading of his office prior to the issue of this regulation.

Officers of the General Division who have served for three years, and have attained the age of twenty‑one years, may be paid the minimum salary of One hundred and ten pounds per annum provided by Section 25 of the Act, but such payment shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of seniority or grade advancement.

By Authority: J. Kemp, Government Printer. Melbourne.