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

STATUTORY RULES.

1906. 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 21st day of September, One thousand nine hundred and six.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON ERNEST GROOM,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

 

Regulation 148 of the Public Service Regulations is amended:—

(1) by omitting paragraph (b) and inserting the following paragraph in lieu thereof:—

“(b) As soon as practicable after receiving such report, or after the Governor-General’s approval, of a recommendation which results in a vacancy, the Commissioner will, except as hereinafter provided, cause to be published in the Commonwealth Gazette a notice stating the office to be filled, the locality, the division, and the salary.”

(2) by adding thereto, at the end thereof, the following paragraph:—

“(j) Vacancies which are to be filled by the appointment of candidates who have qualified at a competitive examination, and vacancies in the position of assistant, or which involve grade transfers, may be filled without a notice of the vacancy being published in the Gazette, as specified in paragraph (b).”

 

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

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