Overseas Telecommunications (Staff) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1946. No. 173.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1946.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Overseas Telecommunications Act 1946.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of November, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

N. E. McKENNA

for Postmaster-General.

 

Overseas Telecommunications (Staff) Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Overseas Telecommunications (Staff) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“officer” means officer of the Commission;

“the Act” means the Overseas Telecommunications Act 1946;

“the General Manager” means the general manager appointed under section eighteen of the Act;

“the Commission” means the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) established under the Act.

Medical examinations.

3. The medical examination referred to in paragraph (b)of sub-section (3.) of section eighteen of the Act shall be an examination by a legally qualified medical practitioner approved by the Commission.

Oath or affirmation of allegiance.

4. The oath or affirmation of allegiance referred to in paragraph (c) of sub-section (3.) of section eighteen of the Act shall be in accordance with the form in the Schedule to these Regulations and may be administered by any member of the Commission, the General Manager or any officer or person included in any class of officers or persons thereto authorized in writing by the Commission.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 2nd December, 1946.

7265.—Price 3d.

 

Appointment of persons who do not possess prescribed qualifications.

5. The following positions and classes of positions shall be prescribed positions or classes of positions, as the case may be, for the purposes of the proviso to sub-section (3.) of section eighteen of the Act:—

(a) The position of General Manager;

(b) Positions occupied by senior executive officers (including the officers at the Head Office of the Commission who are in charge of the Engineering, Service, Personnel or Accounts Branch);

(c) Any position to which an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or of a State is appointed;

(d)Positions of cleaner, liftman, watchman, motor driver, telephonist and other positions the work of which is of a non-clerical nature.

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THE SCHEDULE.

OATH.

I, A.B., do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the King, and will loyally as in duty bound uphold the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia established under the Crown of the United Kingdom.

So help me, God!

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AFFIRMATION.

I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the King, and will loyally as in duty bound uphold the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia established under the Crown of the United Kingdom.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.