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

STATUTORY RULES.

1954. No. 120.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE

ACT 1922-1953.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth on 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 1922-1953.

Dated this eighth day of December,1954.

W.J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

the Prime Minister.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE (PARLIAMENTARY OFFICERS) REGULATIONS. 

Rates of travelling allowances.

1. Regulation 57 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

 

Where Maximum Salary of Position is—		Allowance—Capital Cities.									Allowance—Other than Capital Cities.
		First Twenty-one Days' Residence.			After Twenty-one Days' Residence.						First Twenty-one Days' Residence.			After Twenty-one Days Residence.
Male.	Female.				Married Officer.			Unmarried Officer.						Married Officer.			Unmarried Officer.
Per day.			Per week.			Per week.			Per day.			Per week.			Per week.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
£620 and under ....................	£515 and under..........	1	14	0	9	5	0	6	0	0	1	9	0	7	5	0	4	14	0
£621 to £1,675	£516 to £1,570	2	5	0	12	3	0	7	18	0	1	16	0	8	11	0	5	11	0
£1,676 and over .............	£1,571 and over ............	2	15	0	15	15	0	10	5	0	2	7	0	11	9	0	7	9	0

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.

Statutory Rules 1941, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1954, No. 86.

4175.—Price 5D. 10/11.10.1954.

Sunday duty.

2. Regulation 65B of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

"(11.) This regulation does not entitle the occupant of the office of Housekeeper to any payment or any days off duty.".

3. Regulation 66 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Higher duties.

"66.— (1.) An officer may be called upon to perform temporarily the duties of an office having a higher classification than his own.

"(2.) Subject to this regulation, an officer who performs all the duties of a higher office shall be paid in respect of the performance of those duties an allowance equal to the amount of the difference between his actual salary and the actual salary that is the current equivalent of the minimum salary of the higher office.

"(3.) Unless the Parliamentary Head in special circumstances otherwise determines, an officer who performs the duties of a higher office the maximum salary of which exceeds the current equivalent of a salary at the rate of £764 per annum in the case of a male officer or the current equivalent of a salary at the rate of £659 per annum in the case of a female officer, for a period of less than a week, shall not be paid an allowance, and that period shall not be included in any period of service for the purposes of this regulation.

"(4.) Where an officer who has not attained the age of twenty-two years performs the duties of a higher office for which rates of salary payable to such an officer are specifically prescribed, he shall be paid an allowance of an amount equal to the difference between the salary rate for his age in his own office, and the salary rate for his age in the higher office.

"(5.) An officer who performs the duties of a higher office for a period of less than one day shall not be entitled to payment for that period and that period shall not be service in the higher office for the purposes of this regulation.

"(6.) Where an officer temporarily performs the duties of a higher office for a continuous period of more than twelve months after the date on which he first commenced to perform those duties, he may, after the completion of each period of twelve months' performance of those duties, be granted increments of allowance of the same amounts as are payable as increments of salary to an officer occupying the higher office.

"(7.) Where an officer temporarily performs the duties of a higher office in periods that are not continuous but aggregate in the total a period of more than twelve months, he may, at the completion of each such total period of twelve months, be granted an increment of allowance of the same amount as is payable as an increment of salary to an officer occupying the higher office if—

(a) in the case of the first increment, the total period of twelve months' performance of higher duties is completed within the period of twenty-four months that immediately precedes that completion; and

(b) in the case of any subsequent increment, the total requisite period of performance of higher duties is completed within the period of time equal to twice the total period of performance of duties of the higher office that immediately precedes that completion.

"(8.) For the purposes of the last two preceding sub-regulations, performance of the duties of another office having the same classification as, or a higher classification than, the higher office shall be deemed to be performance of the duties of the higher office.

"(9.) Paragraph (6) of sub-regulation (7.) of this regulation does not operate so as to authorize the grant of an increment to an officer unless he has received the first or a subsequent increment in the allowance payable under this regulation for a period of twelve months.

"(10.) For the purpose of determining the date from which an increment in an allowance is payable under this regulation, or whether service is continuous, absence on—

(a) public holidays;

(b) recreation leave;

(c) leave granted under the provisions of section 69 of the Act or regulation 39 of these Regulations;

(d) leave not exceeding in all six days in any twelve months granted under regulation 40 of these Regulations;

(e) leave granted under regulation 34 or 35 of these Regulations;

(f) leave granted under section 72 of the Act;

(g) accident leave granted under an order or determination made by the Public Service Arbitrator;

(h) sick leave not exceeding the periods specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation; and

(i) other authorized leave not exceeding in all six days in any twelve months,

shall be deemed to be performance of duty in a higher office, if the officer resumes duty in the same office or another office of higher classification than his own at the expiration of the absence.

"(11.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, sick leave means only such sick leave as is granted for the following periods:—

(a) leave not exceeding two weeks granted during the first period of twelve months' service, either continuous or in broken periods, in the higher office;

(b) leave not exceeding four weeks granted during the second period of twelve months' service, either continuous or in broken periods, in the higher office, less any period of leave not exceeding two weeks granted during the first period of twelve months' service in the higher office; and

(c) sick leave granted in any subsequent period of twelve months' service in the higher office not exceeding a period calculated on the basis of two weeks' leave for each completed period of twelve months' service in the higher office, less any period of leave granted during previous service in the higher office.

"(12.) Where an officer who is performing the duties of a higher office is permanently promoted to that office, he shall not suffer any reduction in his remuneration, and he may receive the same increments as if he had, during the period of his temporary service in the higher office, been the permanent occupant of that office.

"(13.) Where an officer is permanently promoted to an office and, prior to his promotion, has performed the duties of a higher office of the same classification as the office to which he is promoted but is not performing those duties when he is promoted, the period for which he performed those duties shall be taken into account for the purposes of his incremental advancement in the same manner as it would have been taken into account under sub-regulation (6.) of this regulation if he had not been promoted.

"(14.) Where an officer who is or has been performing the duties of a higher office is promoted to an office which is of lower classification than the office the duties of which he is or has been temporarily performing, his remuneration upon promotion shall be the same as the remuneration which he would have received had his period of service in the higher office been service in the office of lower classification.

"(15.) Where an officer performs the duties of a higher office and is in receipt of a salary above the minimum salary payable to the occupant of the higher office, he shall, upon commencing to perform the duties of the higher office, be paid such allowance as will cause his total remuneration to be the same as that which would have been payable under regulation 77 of these Regulations if he had been promoted to the higher office.

"(16.) Where an officer temporarily performs the duties of an office the conditions of service in which differ from those in the office normally occupied by the officer, he shall be subject to the first-mentioned conditions as though he were the permanent occupant of the office.

"(17.) Where an officer temporarily performs the duties of a higher office the maximum salary of which, including allowances in the nature of salary, is not less than the current equivalent of a salary at the rate of £1,184 per annum in the case of a male officer or the current equivalent of a salary at the rate of £1,079 per annum in the case of a female officer, the preceding provisions of this regulation do not apply, but the officer may be paid in respect of the performance of those duties an allowance of such amount, and subject to such conditions, as the Parliamentary Head determines.

"(18.) Where an officer temporarily performing the duties of a higher office does not perform all the duties of that office, he may be paid in respect of the performance of those duties an allowance of such amount, and subject to such conditions, as the Parliamentary Head determines.

"(19.) An allowance granted under this regulation shall be regarded as salary for the purposes of calculating travelling allowance and payment for extra duty services and excess travelling time.

"(20.) For the purpose of ascertaining the current equivalent of a rate of salary specified in this regulation, there shall be added to the amount so specified the amount of the increase made under regulation 75 of these Regulations.".

Car or cycle allowances.

4. Regulation 68 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

"(1.) An officer who uses his own motor truck, motor car or cycle for official purposes or when travelling on public business, or whose motor truck, motor car or cycle is used for such a purpose, may be allowed, in respect of that use, payment in accordance with the following table:—

Type of Vehicle.	Bate of Payment.
Motor truck of 1 ton capacity or over	1s. 0½d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 10d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Motor truck of less than 1 ton capacity	The rate specified in this table for a motor car of the same horse-power plus ¾ d. per mile
Motor car of 23 horse-power or over	11½d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 9d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Motor car of 15 horse-power or over but of less than 23 horsepower	10½d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 8d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Motor car of 10.5 horse-power or over but of less than 15 horsepower	10d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 7½d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Motor car of less than 10.5 horse-power	9d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 6½d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Motor cycle with side car .....................	5½d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 4¼d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Motor cycle .........................................	4½d. per mile for each mile up to 5,000 miles in any period of twelve months, and 3¾d. per mile for each mile over 5,000 miles in that period of twelve months
Bicycle ................................................	3d. per mile for each mile up to 20 miles on any journey, and 1½d. per mile for each mile over 20 miles on any journey".

The Schedule.

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

THE SCHEDULE.

Regulation 73.

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 .................................	£692-£710-£728
Special Attendant ...................................	£650-£668
President's Attendant ..............................	£614-£632
Attendant ...............................................	£548-£560-£572-£584-£596

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

  

Department.	Designation of Office.	Scale of Rates of Annual Salary.
House of Representatives	Principal Attendant ..............................	£692-£710-£728
	Special Attendant ................................	£650-£668
Speaker's Attendant .............................	£614-£632
Attendant ............................................	£548-£560-£572-£584-£596
Parliamentary Reporting Staff	Attendant and Reader .............................	£650-£668
Parliamentary Library	Supervisor (General Services) ...............	£710-£728-£746-£764
	Technician ...........................................	£650-£662-£680
Library Assistant (Male), Grade 3	£620-£638-£656
Clerical Assistant (Male), Grade 4	£620-£638
Library Assistant (Male), Grade 2	£554-£566-£584-£602-£620
Archives Assistant (Male), Grade 3	£584-£602
Archives Assistant (Male), Grade 2	£542-£554-£566-£584
Library Assistant (Male), Grade 1	Under 18 years £270
At 18 years £312
At 19 years £375
At 20 years £438
Adult £470-£494-£506-£518-£530-£542-£554
Library Assistant (Female), Grade 3	£515-£533
Archives Assistant (Male), Grade 1	Under 18 years £240
At 18 years £282
At 19 years £345
At 20 years £408
Adult £470-£494-£506-£518-£530
Clerical Assistant (Male), Grade 1	Under 18 years £240
At 18 years £282
At 19 years £345
At 20 years £408
Adult £470-£494-£506-£518-£530
Assistant (Female) (Typing, Records, &c.)	£461-£479-£497-£515
Library Assistant (Female), Grade 2	£413-£425-£437-£449-£461-£479-£497
Library Assistant (Female), Grade 1	Under 18 years £240
At 18 years £261
At 19 years £303
At 20 years £332
Adult £365-£389-£401-£413-£425
Joint House ...................................	Chef, Parliamentary Refreshment Rooms	£1,088-£1,112-£1,136
Manager, Parliamentary Refreshment Rooms	£989-£1,013-£1,037-£1,061
Housekeeper ........................................	£788-£806-£824
Assistant Engineer ...............................	£788-£806-£824
Assistant Manager, Parliamentary Refreshment Rooms	£764-£782
Principal Cook .....................................	£698-£716-£734-£752
Fitter ....................................................	£674-£692
Refrigeration Mechanic ........................	£668-£686
Fitter ....................................................	£650-£668
Maintenance Officer ............................	£650-£668
Foreman Painter ...................................	£650-£668
Storeman .............................................	£614-£632-£650-£668
Deputy Housekeeper ............................	£638-£656
Head Doorkeeper .................................	£626-£644

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

Department.	Designation of Office.	Scale of Rates of Annual Salary.
Joint House—cont'd.	Foreman Gardener................................	£584-£602-£620
Assistant Cook.....................................	£578-£596-£614
Engineer's Assistant..............................	£584-£602
Secretarial Assistant (Female)...............	£509-£527-£545-£563
Steward................................................	£584-£596
Senior Waiter.......................................	£584-£596
Head Barman.......................................	£584-£596
Doorkeeper..........................................	£584-£596
Head Pantryman...................................	£548-£560-£572-£584
Boiler Attendant...................................	£548-£560-£572-£584
Senior Cleaner......................................	£542-£554-£566
Bar Attendant.......................................	£536-£548-£560
Gardener..............................................	£536-£548-£560
Nightwatchmen....................................	£536-£548-£560
Cleaner................................................	£518-£530
Waiter..................................................	£518-£530
Kitchen Assistant..................................	£518-£530
All Departments ...................................	Typist, Grade 1.....................................	Under 18 years £255
At 18 years £276
At 19 years £318
At 20 years £347
Adult £383-£407-£419-£431-£443-£435-£467-£479

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

Designation of Office.	Rate of Annual Salary.
£
Typist, Grade 2	..............................................................................	503
Typist, Grade 3	..............................................................................	527

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