STATUTORY
RULES.
1906. No. 76.
PROVISIONAL
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACTS 1903–1904.
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 Acts 1903–1904 should come
into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation
forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this fourteenth day of
September, One thousand nine hundred and six.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
T.
PLAYFORD.
Commonwealth Military Regulations.
At
end of paragraph 164. add—
Appointments.
164. (a)Except under special circumstances,
appointments as Military Staff Clerks will only be granted to Non-commissioned
Officers and Men of the Permanent Military Force of the Commonwealth who fulfil
the following conditions as to age, educational and other qualifications.
(b) A candidate will not be eligible for appointment unless he is
within the ageof 19 and 35 years,
and has served for at least two years in the Permanent Military Forces
of the Commonwealth, except under special circumstances approved by the
Military Board. Should, however, there not be a sufficient number of qualified
candidates forthcoming from the Permanent Forces, candidates may, at the
discretion of the Military Board, be appointed from outside the Permanent
Forces.
(c) Candidates will be required to be in possession of educational
certificates, showing that they have passed either—
The
Matriculation Examination, or its equivalent, of a British or Australian
University.
The
Junior Public Examination of one of the Australian Universities.
The
examination qualifying for appointment to the clerical division of the
Commonwealth Public Service, or of the Public Service of one of the States.
Candidates
must also be certified to be efficient typists, and must be in possession of a
certificate that they can write shorthand from dictation at the rate of at
least 80 words a minute.
C. 9634 —Price 3d.
(d)The applications of
candidates for appointment, accompanied by the certificates referred to in (c),
and certified copies of Defaulter Sheets and statements of service of the
candidates, will be submitted to the Military Board through the usual channels.
Commanding Officers and Commandants will, in forwarding the applications, state
their opinion as to the suitability of the candidates for appointment.
(e) Approved candidates will, as vacancies occur, be appointed for
six months on probation. At the end of this period, the appointment may be
confirmed if recommended by the Commandant (or bythe Staff Officer in the case of a clerk appointed to the Central
Administration) under whom he is serving.
(f)All appointments will
be to the 4th Class, at the minimum rate for that class prescribed in Financial
and Allowance Regulations, except that a non-commissioned officer or man in
receipt of a higher rate of pay may be permitted to retain such higher rate (provided
it does not exceed the maximum prescribed for Class IV.), but he will not be
granted any increase thereto until he is either promoted to a higher class or
until such time as he would be enabled, by ordinary increments, to reach his
existing salary had he been appointed at the minimum rate prescribed.
By
Authority: J. Kemp, Acting