Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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STATUTORY RULES.

1962. No. 6.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1960.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, on the recommendation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, hereby make the following Regulations under the Public Service Act 1922-1960.

Dated this nineteenth day of January, 1962.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. R. DOWNER

For and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE (PARLIAMENTARY OFFICERS) REGULATIONS. 

Interpretation.

1. Regulation 4 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definition of “the Act” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘the Act’ means the Public Service Act 1922-1960;”;

and

(b)by inserting in sub-regulation (2.), after the figures “65,”, the figures and letters “65AA,”.

Application of certain Regulations.

2. Regulation 5 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (c) the word “Commonwealth”; and

(b)by inserting after the word “officers” the words “and employees”.

Acquaintance with Act and Regulations.

3. Regulation 7 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “officers” the words “and employees”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 25th January, 1962.

 Statutory Rules 1941, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, No. 309; 1942, No. 249; 1947, Nos. 13, 62, 154 and 165; 1951, Nos. 26, 27, 78 and 117; 1952, No. 54; 1953, Nos. 72 and 94; 1954, Nos. 86 and 120; 1955, No. 44; 1956, Nos. 56 and 57; 1957, No. 26; 1958, Nos. 19, 44 and 66; 1959, No. 61; 1960, Nos. 78 and 92; and 1961, No. 98.

5105/60.—PRICE 8D.

Hours of duty—Officers other than Officers of the Parliamentary Library and certain Officers of the Joint House Department.

4. Regulation 8 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.), after the word “clerk”, the word “, attendant”.

Hours of duty—Officers of the Parliamentary Library and certain Officers of the Joint House Department.

5. Regulation 8A of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.), after the word “clerk”, the word “, attendant”.

Public comment on Administration.

6. Regulation 23 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) Paragraph (a)of the last preceding sub-regulation does not prevent an officer for the time being residing in a Territory within the Commonwealth from commenting publicly upon civic affairs relating to that Territory.”.

7. Regulations 34 and 35 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Officers called as witnesses.

“34.—(1.) An officer subpoenaed or called as a witness shall promptly notify the Permanent Head.

“(2.) An officer who is required to attend, whether as a result of having been served with a subpoena or otherwise, to give evidence—

(a)on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory of the Commonwealth in a judicial proceeding;

(b)on behalf of the Crown or an informant or complainant, being an officer of the Commonwealth acting in the course of his duties, in a prosecution for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a law in force in a Territory of the Commonwealth;

(c) before a Royal Commission appointed under a law of the Commonwealth or a person conducting an inquiry under a law of the Commonwealth or a law in force in a Territory of the Commonwealth;

(d)at the instance of a person or authority exercising arbitral functions by virtue of a law of the Commonwealth or a law in force in a Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(e) on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory of the Commonwealth before a person or authority exercising arbitral functions by virtue of a law of the Commonwealth or a law in force in a Territory of the Commonwealth,

shall be granted leave of absence with pay during such period as is necessary to enable the officer to attend in accordance with the requirement and, if it is necessary for the officer to travel for the purpose of so attending, the officer

shall, for the purposes of the payment of travelling allowances and expenses, be entitled to the payment of travelling allowances and expenses on the same basis as if the officer had travelled in the course of his duties.

“(3.) An officer who, by reason of attending to give evidence in any of the circumstances referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation, receives payment, other than payment of travelling allowances and expenses by reason of the operation of that sub-regulation, of witness fees shall pay the amount received to the Commonwealth.

“(4.) An officer subpoenaed or called as a witness on behalf of a State shall, as regards his attendance to give evidence, be deemed to be in the performance of his official duties, and no witness fees (other than the expenses, if any, paid by the Commonwealth for his travelling allowances) shall be charged by or paid to him on account of his being so subpoenaed or called.

“(5.) The officer shall pay to the Commonwealth any amount received by him, otherwise than from the Commonwealth, in respect of travelling expenses.

“(6.) An amount payable to the Commonwealth in accordance with sub-regulation (3.) or (5.) of this regulation may be sued for and recovered in a Court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due and payable to the Commonwealth.

“(7.) An officer subpoenaed or called as a witness in any other circumstances may be granted leave, but that leave shall be without pay, and any fees received as a witness may be retained by the officer.

“(8.) In this regulation, ‘officer’ includes a temporary employee.

Officers summoned as jurors.

“35.—(1.) An officer summoned as a juror shall promptly notify the Permanent Head.

“(2.) The officer shall be granted leave of absence with pay for the period necessary for his attendance upon the Court.

“(3.) The officer shall pay to the Commonwealth any amount received by him as a fee for his attendance.

“(4.) An amount payable to the Commonwealth in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation may be sued for and recovered in a Court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due and payable to the Commonwealth.

“(5.) In this regulation, ‘officer’ includes a temporary employee.”.

Short leave and leave for examinations.

8. Regulation 37 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (3.), after the word “University”, the words “or of a technical college or school recognized by the Parliamentary Head”.

9.—(1.) Regulation 38 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are inserted in its stead:—

Prescribed defence purposes.

“38.—(1.) Each of the following is a prescribed service for the purposes of paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) of section 72 of the Act:—

(a)service in time of war as a member of the Defence Force or of another force referred to in that paragraph;

(b)service as a member of a part of the Defence Force or of another force referred to in that paragraph which has been allotted for duty in an area in which the forces of the United Nations are engaged in warlike operations;

(c) annual training as a member of the Citizen Naval Forces, the Citizen Military Forces or the Citizen Air Force; and

(d)attendance at a school, class or course of instruction conducted for the training of members of the Citizen Naval Forces, the Citizen Military Forces or the Citizen Air Force.

“(2.) In this regulation, ‘time of war’ has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903-1956.

Conditions on which leave of absence is granted in time of war or to engage in warlike operations.

“38A.—(1.) Leave of absence to enable an officer or employee to engage in a service specified in paragraph (a) or (b)of sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation shall be granted to the officer or employee on full salary for the first fourteen days on which the officer or employee is granted leave of absence and without pay for the remainder of the period for which the officer or employee is granted leave of absence.

“(2.) An employee shall not be granted leave of absence to engage in a service so specified beyond the date on which he would, if he had not been granted leave of absence, have ceased duty as an employee.

“(3.) In this regulation, ‘salary’ includes an allowance specified in regulation 49 of these Regulations.

Periods of Leave—Citizen Forces.

“38B.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, leave of absence to enable an officer or employee to engage in the service specified in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 38 of these Regulations shall not, in any one year, exceed—

(a) where the officer or employee is a member of the Citizen Naval Forces—thirteen days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays;

(b)where the officer or employee is a member of the Citizen Military Forces—fourteen days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays; and

(c) where the officer or employee is a member of the Citizen Air Force—sixteen days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays.

“(2.) Leave of absence to enable an officer or employee to engage in a service specified in paragraph (d)of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 38 of these Regulations shall not, in any one year, exceed—

(a) where the officer or employee is a member of the Citizen Naval Forces—thirteen days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays;

(b) where the officer or employee is a member of the Citizen Military Forces—sixteen days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays; and

(c) where the officer or employee is a member of the Citizen Air Force—sixteen days inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays.

“(3.) Where the Commanding Officer of an officer or employee certifies in writing that it is necessary for the officer or employee to attend for the purposes of annual obligatory training for a period in addition to those specified in either of the last two preceding sub-regulations, the Chief Officer may grant leave of absence to the officer or employee for a further period not exceeding four days in any one year.

“(4.) An employee shall not be granted leave of absence to engage in a service specified in paragraph (c) or (d)of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 38 of these Regulations beyond the date on which he would, if he had not been granted leave of absence, have ceased duty as an employee.

“(5.) Where, in the opinion of the Permanent Head, it would not, at any time, be in the public interest to grant to an officer or employee leave of absence to attend at an annual training or at a school, class or course of instruction, the Permanent Head shall not grant the leave of absence at that time, but shall grant leave of absence to the officer or employee to attend at an equivalent training or at an equivalent school, class or course of instruction.

“(6.) In this regulation, ‘year’ means a period commencing on the first day of July and ending on the next succeeding thirtieth day of June.

Applications for Defence Leave.

“38C. Leave of absence shall not be granted under section 72 of the Act unless the officer or employee makes written application for the grant of that leave and submits with the application evidence that he is required to engage in a service prescribed by regulation 38 of these Regulations.

Certificate of engaging in Defence Service.

“38D. An officer or employee who has been granted leave of absence to engage in a service specified in paragraph (c) or (d)of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 38 of these Regulations, shall, at the expiration of that leave submit to the Permanent Head a certificate by his Commanding Officer specifying the period for which he was engaged in that service.

Pay.

“38E.—(1.) Leave of absence granted to an officer or employee to engage in a service specified in paragraph (c) or (d)of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 38 of these Regulations for a period or periods not exceeding, in any one year, the total of the several periods specified in sub-regulations (1.), (2.) and (3.) of regulation 38B of these Regulations shall be granted on full salary and without deduction from recreation leave.

“(2.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, ‘salary’ includes an allowance specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 49 of these Regulations and, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, an allowance payable under regulation 66 of these Regulations.

“(3.) An allowance payable under regulation 66 shall not be included as salary for the purposes of this regulation, unless—

(a)the allowance has been paid for not less than one month before the date on which the officer or employee is granted leave under section 72 of the Act; and

(b)the officer would have been paid the allowance if he had not been granted the leave of absence.”.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twenty-ninth day of March, 1960.

Medical certificates in cases of sick leave.

10. Regulation 41 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) all the words after the words “extent of” and inserting in their stead the words “four days in a period of twelve months”.

Credit of sick leave to retired officers who are re-appointed.

11. Regulation 42 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “section 50 of the Superannuation Act 1922-1937” and inserting in their stead the words “section 65 of the Superannuation Act 1922-1959”.

Emergency leave.

12. Regulation 48 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed.

“Salary” for purposes of furlough.

13. Regulation 49 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting before paragraph (b) the following paragraph:—

“(a)allowance payable for possession of prescribed certificates of qualifications;”; and

(b)by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—

“(2.) For the purposes of sections 73 and 74 of the Act, ‘salary’ also includes the allowance payable to an officer in respect of the performance of the duties of an office having a higher classification than his own if the officer has performed, or would, but for his absence on authorized leave, have performed those duties for a continuous period of not less than one year immediately preceding the date on which he commences leave of absence under section 73 of the Act, the date of his retirement from the Parliamentary Service or the date of his death, whichever is applicable.

“(3.) Where an officer has, for a continuous period of not less than one year immediately preceding the date on which he commences leave of absence under section 73 of the Act, the date of his retirement from the Parliamentary Service or the date of his death, whichever is applicable, performed, or would, but for his absence on authorized leave, have performed the duties of more than one office each of which has a higher classification than his own for successive periods which are continuous one with the other, the officer shall, for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, be deemed to have performed the duties of whichever of the offices having a higher classification than his own has the lowest classification for a continuous period of not less than one year.”.

Meal allowance.

14. Regulation 55 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d)of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(c) is required to perform duty extending beyond a meal break on a day on which, apart from the requirement, he would not perform duty and is not entitled to payment for that meal break; or

“(d) is rostered for duty on six days of the week and is required to perform extra duty after two o’clock in the afternoon on the day allowed to him as a weekly half-holiday after a meal break and is not entitled to payment for that meal break,”.

15. Regulation 58 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are inserted in its stead:—

Allowances for travel by steamer or railway.

“58.—(1.) Where an officer travels by steamer or railway and the fare paid includes subsistence, the rate of travelling allowance shall, subject to this regulation, be one-quarter of the prescribed rate.

“(2.) Where the officer travels by a steamer owned or chartered by the Commonwealth, the rate shall be determined by the Permanent Head, but shall not exceed one-quarter of the prescribed rate.

“(3.) Where the fare paid includes subsistence and lodging or either of them, the travelling allowance shall be at such rate as the Permanent Head determines and, in determining the rate, the Permanent Head shall not—

(a) where subsistence and lodging are provided, determine a rate exceeding one-quarter of the prescribed rate;

(b)where subsistence only is provided, determine a rate that is less than one-third of the prescribed rate; or

(c) where lodging only is provided, determine a rate that is less than two-thirds of the prescribed rate.

“(4.) For the purposes of this regulation, ‘the prescribed rate’ is the rate prescribed by regulation 57 of these Regulations.

Allowances for travel by air where accommodation, &c., provided.

“58A. Where an officer travels by air and the fare paid for the journey, or a portion of the journey, includes meals and accommodation during an overnight stop, the rate of travelling allowance payable in respect of that journey, or portion of the journey, as the case may be, is one-quarter of the rate prescribed by regulation 57 of these Regulations.”.

Officers and employees on duty away from head-quarters—allowance on sick leave.

16. Regulation 60 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) The application of the last preceding sub-regulation extends to a temporary employee who, while absent from his head-quarters and in receipt of travelling allowance, is forced by illness not due to his own fault to cease duty.”.

17. Regulations 62 and 63 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Increased or decreased travelling allowance.

“62. Where proof is furnished to the satisfaction of the Parliamentary Head that the travelling allowance payable to an officer under these Regulations is insufficient to cover, or in excess of, expenses which have been, or may be, reasonably incurred, the Parliamentary Head may direct the payment, in place of that travelling allowance, of such rate of travelling allowance as is necessary to meet those expenses.

Travel on duty.

“63.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, an officer who is required to travel on duty shall travel by railway.

“(2.) If the cost of travel by railway is greater than that of other means of conveyance, the officer shall travel by that other means of conveyance.

“(3.) Where, in the opinion of the Permanent Head, it is in the public interest that the officer travel more quickly than by railway, the Permanent Head may authorize the officer to travel by air.

“(4.) Where an officer does not travel by railway or air, he shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, upon furnishing receipts for the payment of his fare, be paid the cost of the necessary and most economical means of conveyance.

“(5.) A receipt is not required for an amount not exceeding Ten shillings.”.

Fares.

18. Regulation 64 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting the figures “£928” and inserting in their stead the figures “£1,028”; and

(b)by inserting in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b)of the second proviso, after the word “duration”, the words “or on journeys of any duration if accompanied by wife and family”.

Overtime.

19. Regulation 65 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (8.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

(b) who occupies the office of Housekeeper or Deputy Housekeeper,”.

Election by certain officers not to receive payment in respect of overtime.

20. Regulation 65A of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (2.) the word “that” (second occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “the”; and

(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) all the words after the word “thereafter” and inserting in their stead the words “on the first day on which the officer attends for duty after the first day of January in each year”.

Sunday duty.

21. Regulation 65B of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(5.) Subject to sub-regulations (6.), (7.), (8.) and (9.) of this regulation, the hourly rate of pay of an officer shall be calculated—

(a)in the case of an officer defined by regulation 8 or 8A of these Regulations—in accordance with the following formula:—

; and

(b) in the case of an officer defined by regulation 8B of these Regulations—in accordance with the following formula:—

.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (7.) the word “Board” and inserting in its stead the words “Parliamentary Head”; and

(c) by inserting in sub-regulation (11.), after the word “Housekeeper”, the words “or Deputy Housekeeper”.

Payment for duty on a holiday.

22. Regulation 65C of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(5.) The hourly rate of salary of an officer shall be ascertained in accordance with the following formula:—

.

“(5A.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation—

A is the amount of the annual salary of the officer; and

B is—

(a)in the case of an officer defined by regulation 8 or 8A of these Regulations—

(i) if sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation applies—thirty-six and three-quarters; and

(ii) if sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation applies—thirty-eight; and

(b)in the case of an officer defined by regulation 8B of these Regulations—forty.”;

(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the words “the last preceding sub-regulation” and inserting in their stead the words “sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation”; and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (10.).

Higher Duties.

23. Regulation 66 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (13.) the word and figure “sub-regulation (6.)” and inserting in their stead the word and figure “sub-regulation (7.)”.

Officers stationed at Canberra.

24. Regulation 70 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “and is in receipt of a salary less than £250 per annum may” and inserting in their stead the words “may, subject to regulation 70B of these Regulations,”.

25. After regulation 70 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations the following regulations are inserted in Part III.:—

Officers appointed to stations away from home.

“70A. Where an officer is appointed or transferred to an office the duties of which necessitate his residing away from home, he may, subject to the next succeeding regulation, be granted such allowance as the Parliamentary Head determines.

Allowances not payable under regs. 70(1.) and 70A.

“70B. Where an allowance under sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 70 or these Regulations and an allowance under the last preceding regulation would, but for this regulation, be payable to an officer, the officer shall be paid only the greater of those allowances.

Officers unable to obtain quarters.

“70C—(1.) Where a married officer—

(a)is stationed at an office where the quarters provided are not available for occupation;

(b)upon transfer, is unable to occupy quarters or private residence through unavoidable delay in the transfer of his furniture and household effects; or

(c) is transferred to a station where quarters are not provided and a suitable private residence is not available,

and, as a result, the officer is obliged to reside with his family at an hotel or boarding-house, the Permanent Head may, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, grant the officer an allowance equal to the difference between ordinary household expenditure and the cost of board and lodging, but not exceeding one-half of the cost of board and lodging of the officer and his family, unless the Parliamentary Head, having regard to the special circumstances of the case, otherwise approves.

“(2.) An allowance under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not, except upon the approval of the Parliamentary Head, be paid for a period exceeding—

(a)in a case to which paragraph (a) or (b)of that sub-regulation applies—one month; and

(b) in a case to which paragraph (c) of that sub-regulation applies—three months.

“(3.) Where—

(a) a married officer is transferred to a station where quarters are not provided and a suitable private residence is not available; and

(b)the officer’s family has not removed with him to the station,

the officer may be granted, upon evidence of his increased expenditure to the satisfaction of the Parliamentary Head, such allowance as the Parliamentary Head determines.

Partial reimbursement of fares of certain officers.

“70D.—(1.) Where an unmarried officer who is over the age of twenty-one years, or an unmarried officer who is under that age but is in receipt of a rate of salary prescribed as payable to an officer over that age—

(a)is stationed in Canberra;

(b)is in receipt of a salary not exceeding—

(i) in the case of a male officer—£685 per annum; or

(ii) in the case of a female officer—£848 per annum; and

(c) travels, while on recreation leave, from Canberra to the home of his parent or guardian,

the Permanent Head may authorize reimbursement to the officer of the amount (if any) by which the officer’s fare to and from the locality in which the home of his parent or guardian is situated exceeds Seven pounds ten shillings.

“(2.) Partial reimbursement of an officer’s fare under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be authorized more than once in any two consecutive years.

“(3.) Where an officer—

(a)is under the age of twenty-one years;

(b)is in receipt of a rate of salary that is prescribed as payable to an officer under that age;

(c) is stationed in Canberra; and

(d)travels, while on recreation leave, from Canberra to the home of his parent or guardian,

the Permanent Head may authorize reimbursement to the officer of the amount (if any) by which the officer’s fare to and from the locality in which the home of his parent or guardian is situated exceeds Five pounds.

“(4.) Partial reimbursement of an officer’s fare under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be authorized more than once in any one year.

“(5.) For the purposes of sub-regulations (2.) and (4.) of this regulation, ‘year’ means a period beginning on the first day of January and ending on the next succeeding thirty-first day of December.”.

Salaries payable to officers of the Second and Third Divisions.

26. Regulation 71 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from the table in sub-regulation (1.) the figures “385”;

(b)by omitting from the table in sub-regulation (1.) the figures “455”, “523”, “589” and “655” and inserting in their stead the figures “499”, “590”, “676” and “740”, respectively;

(c) by omitting sub-regulations (4.) and (5.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(4.) The rate of annual salary payable to a male officer who is of an age specified in the first column of the table in this sub-regulation and occupies an office in the Third Division the minimum of the scale of rates of annual salary of which is less than £758 is the rate of annual salary specified in the second column of that table opposite to the age of the officer.

Age of Officer.

Rate of Annual Salary.

£

Under 18 years ...............................................................

499

At 18 years .....................................................................

590

At 19 years .....................................................................

676

At 20 years .....................................................................

740

“(5.) The rate of annual salary payable to a female officer who is of an age specified in the first column of the table in this sub-regulation and occupies an office in the Third Division the minimum of the scale of rates of annual salary of which is less than £758 is the rate of annual salary specified in that table opposite to the age of the officer.

Age of Officer.

Rate of Annual Salary.

£

Under 18 years ...............................................................

470

At 18 years .....................................................................

524

At 19 years .....................................................................

575

At 20 years .....................................................................

600

and

(d)by omitting sub-regulation (8.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(8.) The minimum rate of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office in the Third Division and has been admitted, or is eligible to be admitted, to a degree of an Australian University or to a degree of an overseas University, being a degree that, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Head, is of a standard at least equal to the standard of a degree conferred by an Australian University is—

(a)in the case of a male officer who has not attained the age of twenty-one years—£740;

(b)in the case of a female officer who has not attained the age of twenty-one years—£600;

(c) in the case of a male officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years—£913; and

(d)in the case of a female officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years—£759.”.

Salaries and allowances of officers of the Fourth Division.

27. Regulation 72 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.) the words “, subject to this regulation,”;

(b) by omitting sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) Where a female occupies an office specified in the second column of Part I. of the Schedule to these Regulations, being an office that does not include the word ‘Female’ in its designation, the rates of annual salary payable to the female officer in respect of that office are each £154 less than the rates specified in the third column of that Part.”;

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the figures “£308-£358-£407-£455-£503” and inserting in their stead the figures “£339-£388-£439-£492-£529”;

(d)by omitting the table from sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Age of Officer.

Rate of Annual Salary.

£

Under 17 years ...............................................................

339

At 17 years .....................................................................

388

At 18 years .....................................................................

439

At 19 years .....................................................................

492

At 20 years .....................................................................

529

21 years and over ............................................................

555

(e)by omitting the table from sub-regulation (6.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Period of Service.

Rate of Annual Salary.

£

Less than one year ..........................................................

339

One year but less than two years ......................................

388

Two years but less than three years ..................................

439

Three years but less than four years .................................

492

Four years but less than five years ...................................

529

Five years but less than six years .....................................

555

Six years but less than seven years ...................................

580

Seven years but less than eight years ................................

606

Eight years but less than nine years ..................................

631

Nine years or more .........................................................

657

and

(f) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(9.) The rate of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office of Library Assistant, Grade 1 and who is of an age specified in the first column of the table in this sub-regulation is whichever of the rates specified in the second column of that table opposite to the age of the officer is applicable to the officer.

Age of Officer.

Rate of Annual Salary.

Male Officer.

Female Officer.

£

£

Under 17 years ..................................................

352

326

At 17 years ........................................................

430

375

At 18 years ........................................................

511

426

At 19 years ........................................................

595

479

At 20 years ........................................................

655

516

Salaries payable to officers appointed as unattached officers.

28. After regulation 72 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Part IV.:—

“72A.—(1.) The rate of salary payable to an unattached officer of the Second, Third or Fourth Division is, until he is transferred to an office in accordance with section 47 of the Act, the rate of salary (including any increase in that rate applicable by virtue of regulation 73 of these Regulations) that would be applicable to him if he were an officer occupying an office in that Division, being an office—

(a) that had a designation corresponding to that applicable to him as an unattached officer; and

(b)the duties applicable to which were substantially the same as those applicable to him as an unattached officer.

“(2.) Any allowance payable under the last preceding regulation to an officer occupying a particular office in a Division is payable, under the like conditions, to an unattached officer of that Division having a designation corresponding to the designation of that office.

“(3.) Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 73 of these Regulations does not apply in relation to an unattached officer so as to increase further the rate of salary payable to him by virtue of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation.

“(4.) In this regulation, ‘unattached officer’ means an unattached officer who was appointed to the Parliamentary Service as an unattached officer.”.

Variation of salaries.

29. Regulation 73 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3A.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3A.) The rate of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office of Typist (Female) or Accounting Machinist (Female), Grade 1 shall be increased by the amount specified in the second column of the table in this sub-regulation opposite to the rate of salary payable to the officer.

Rate of Annual Salary.

Amount of Increase.

£

£

339

66

388

66

439

73

492

86

529

96

555 or more

99

Notification of vacancies.

30. Regulation 76 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) An application for appointment to a vacancy notified in pursuance of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be forwarded to the officer specified in the notification of the vacancy.”.

Salaries of officers on promotion.

31. Regulation 77 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (3.) the words “according to age”.

Conditions of transfer from Fourth Division to Third Division.

32. Regulation 78 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“78.—(1.) The prescribed conditions under which an officer of the Fourth Division may be transferred to the Third Division are, subject to this regulation—

(a) that the officer has the qualifications referred to in whichever of the next three succeeding sub-regulations is applicable; or

(b)that the officer was formerly included in the Third Division and was transferred to an office in the Fourth Division otherwise than in pursuance of section 55 or 62 of the Act or of section 67 of the Act on grounds other than ill health.

“(2.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not be transferred or promoted to an office of Clerk in the Third Division, the minimum and maximum rates in the scale of rates of annual salary of which are £499 and £968, respectively, unless he passes an examination held in accordance with, and complies with, the conditions to qualify for transfer or promotion to that office specified in a determination of the Parliamentary Head made under section 53 of the Act.

“(3.) Where the performance of the duties of an office in the Third Division requires special skill or technical knowledge, the Parliamentary Head may, on receipt of a report from the Permanent Head that no officer having that skill or knowledge is available for transfer or promotion from within the Third Division, transfer or promote to that office an officer of the Fourth Division who has, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Head, the qualifications necessary for the performance of the duties of that office.

“(4.) An officer of the Fourth Division who has passed the Leaving Certificate, Leaving Honours Certificate, Senior Public, Matriculation or Schools Certificate Examination in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth or has completed a course for a University degree or Technical College Diploma may, subject to such conditions as the Parliamentary Head determines, be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division, being an office which the Parliamentary Head determines to be an office to which this sub-regulation applies.

“(5.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not be transferred or promoted to the Third Division or to an office in the Third Division unless his conduct, diligence and efficiency have, during such period as the Parliamentary Head determines, been satisfactory.

“(6.) An officer of the Fourth Division who is transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division shall be paid salary at such rate as the Parliamentary Head determines, being a rate which is not more than the maximum rate of salary or less than the minimum rate of salary payable in respect of the office to which the officer is transferred or promoted.”.

Increments of salary.

33. Regulation 80 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word and figure “sub-section (3.)” and inserting in their stead the word and figure “sub-section (4.)”.

Removal of furniture.

34. Regulation 83 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the word “An” and inserting in its stead the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, an”; and

(b)by inserting after sub-regulation (5.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(5A.) Where the removal is effected by a Department, compensation may be allowed under such conditions as are determined by the Parliamentary Head.”.

Recreation leave for temporary employees.

35. Regulation 88 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—

“(2.) Where an employee has, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date as from which he is granted leave of absence for recreation, been absent from duty for more than fifty-one working days, the period of leave of absence for recreation which may be granted to the employee shall, subject to this regulation, be reduced by one-twelfth of the period of leave of absence to which the employee is entitled under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation for each twenty-six working days (other than the first twenty-six working days) on which the employee has been absent from duty during that period.

“(3.) Where an employee has, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date as from which he is granted leave of absence for recreation, been absent with leave granted under—

(a)section 72 of the Act;

(b)regulation 34, 35 or 89 of these Regulations; or

(c) the Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act 1930-1959,

the period for which the employee was so absent from duty shall not be taken into account for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation.

“(4.) The granting of leave shall not be deferred for any reason other than there being no means of carrying on the work of the temporary employee during his absence, and, in any case where leave has been deferred, the Permanent Head shall advise the Parliamentary Head, immediately upon the leave becoming due, of the circumstances necessitating deferment.

“(5.) If—

(a) leave has been deferred and it is not possible to grant the leave before the termination of employment; or

(b) on the completion of twelve months’ service, the services of the temporary employee are not further required,

the employee shall be paid an amount equivalent to the pay for the period of leave deferred.”.

Divisional Representatives.

36. Regulation 91 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word “Commonwealth”.

The Schedule.

37. The Schedule to the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

THE SCHEDULE. Regulation 72.

PART I.—SCALES OF RATES OF ANNUAL SALARY PAYABLE TO CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE FOURTH DIVISION.

Department.

Designation of Office.

Scale of Rates of Annual Salary.

Senate ............................

Principal Attendant .............................

£1,117-£1,155-£1,193

Special Attendant ................................

£1,028-£1,066

President’s Attendant ..........................

£951-£989

Attendant, Grade 2 ..............................

£951-£989

Attendant, Grade 1 ..............................

£824-£849-£875-£900-£926

House of Representatives.

Principal Attendant .............................

£1,142-£1,181-£1,219

Special Attendant ................................

£1,028-£1,066

Speaker’s Attendant ............................

£951-£989

Attendant, Grade 2 ..............................

£951-£989

Attendant, Grade 1 ..............................

£824-£849-£875-£900-£926

Typist (Female) (Secretarial) ...............

£772-£810-£848

Parliamentary Reporting Staff

Attendant and Reader ..........................

£1,117-£1,155-£1,193

Attendant ...........................................

£824-£849-£875-£900-£926

Parliamentary Library......

Library Assistant, Grade 4 ...................

£900-£926-£964

Library Assistant, Grade 2 ...................

£798-£824-£849

Library Assistant, Grade 1 ...................

£696-£722-£747-£773-£798

Joint House ....................

Assistant Engineer ..............................

£1,346-£1,385

Housekeeper .......................................

£1,308-£1,346-£1,385

Assistant Manager (Bars) ....................

£1,193-£1,232

Assistant Manager (Dining Rooms) ......

£1,193-£1,232

Principal Cook ....................................

£1,130-£1,169-£1,206

Assistant Air-conditioning Engineer .....

£1,040-£1,079-£1,117

Deputy Housekeeper ...........................

£1,015-£1,053-£1,091

Foreman Gardener ..............................

£1,015-£1,053-£1,091

Senior Fitter (Electrical) ......................

£1,002-£1,040

Doorkeeper .........................................

£926-£951-£977-£1,002

Head Pantryman .................................

£951-£977

Senior Barman ....................................

£951-£977

Senior Storeman .................................

£900-£926-£964

Secretarial Assistant (Female)..............

£784-£823-£861-£899

Senior Boiler Attendant .......................

£848-£868-£888

Nightwatchman ..................................

£824-£849-£875

Bar Attendant .....................................

£798-£824-£849

Engineer’s Assistant ............................

£773-£798-£824

Gardener ............................................

£773-£798-£824

Cleaner ...............................................

£747-£773-£798

Kitchen Assistant ................................

£734-£760-£785

PART II.—RATES OF ANNUAL SALARY PAYABLE TO CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE FOURTH DIVISION.

Department.

Designation of Office.

Rates of Annual Salary.

Joint House ....................

Chef .....................................................

£1,831

Air-conditioning Engineer .....................

£1,219

Fitter-in-charge (Electrical) ...................

£1,117

Maintenance Officer .............................

£1,117

By Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra

5105/60.—2

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