Conduct and Management of Government Factories and the Employment of Persons under Section 63 Sub-sections 1 and 2 of the Defence Acts Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1912. No. 113.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1911.

Regulations (Provisional) for the Conduct and Management of Government Factories, and the Employment of Persons under Section 63, Sub-sections (1) and (2) of the Defence Acts.—Regulations 57 to 61 and 65.—Amendments.

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 Defence Act 1903-1911 should come into immediate operation and, further, should be taken to have come into operation on and from the first day of January, 1912, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twelfth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—

G. F. PEARCE.

 

REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE CONDUCT AND MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT FACTORIES AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS UNDER SECTION 63, SUB-SECTIONS (1) AND (2) OF THE DEFENCE ACTS.

Amendments.

Regulations 57 to 61 are cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

Classification of Officers.

57. Officers shall be classified as under:—

Class.	Annual Salary of Subdivision of Class.
	First Subdivision.	Second Subdivision.	Third Subdivision.	Fourth Subdivision.	Fifth Subdivision.	Sixth Subdivision.	Seventh Subdivision.	Eighth Subdivision.	Ninth Subdivision.
First.....................................	520	540	560	580	600	..	..	..	..
Second.................................	420	440	460	480	500	..	..	..	..
Third....................................	310	335	360	380	400	..	..	..	..
Fourth..................................	210	235	260	280	300	..	..	..	..
Fifth.....................................	60	72	84	102	120	138	156	168	180

C.7367.—Price 3d.

 

58. All new appointments of officers, other than appointments made under Regulation 70, shall be made to the First Subdivision of the Fifth Class, and the rate of salary at which a person is first appointed to such Subdivision shall be Sixty pounds per annum. Every such officer shall be advanced after twelve months’ service in a Subdivision to the next higher Subdivision until his salary reaches One hundred and eighty pounds per annum, provided that such advancement has been approved by the Secretary upon report from the Manager as to the conduct, diligence, and general efficiency of the officer.

59. Officers classified in the First Subdivision of the Fifth Class as existing prior to the commencement of this Regulation may be advanced, on the approval of the Secretary, to the Second and Third Subdivisions of the Fifth Class, with salaries as provided in the above Schedule, although such officers have not served the full period of twelve months in each Subdivision as prescribed therein. Officers who were classified in the Second and Third Subdivisions of the Fifth Class as existing prior to the commencement of this Regulation shall be deemed to have been classified in the Third and Fourth Subdivisions of the Fifth Class respectively, as provided in the above Schedule.

60. Where an Officer has served at least one year in the Ninth Subdivision of the Fifth Class, he may be advanced by yearly increments of Ten pounds to salary of Two hundred pounds per annum, provided that in the opinion of the Secretary such increases are justified by the efficiency of the officer and the value of the work performed.

In Regulation 65 (2), cancel the following sentence:—

“He shall be entitled to receive the £10 increase to enable him advance to the Fourth Subdivision of the Fifth Class twelve months subsequent to the date of his advancement to the Third Subdivision of such Class.”

 

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