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

Statutory Rules 1951, No. 78.(k)

Rates of travelling allowances.

1. Regulation 57 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the table from 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.
Male.	Female.	First Twenty-one Days’ Residence.			After Twenty-one Days’ Residence.						First Twenty-one Days’ Residence.			After Twenty-one Days’ Residence.
					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	6	0	6	13	0	4	4	0	1	4	0	5	19	0	3	10	0
£621 to £1,184......................	£516 to £1,1079.......................	1	10	0	7	7	0	4	11	0	1	6	0	6	13	0	3	17	0
£1,185 to £1,675...................	£1,080 to £1,570.......................	1	16	0	8	1	0	4	18	0	1	10	0	7	7	0	4	4	0
£1,676 and over......................	£1,571 and over .......................	2	0	0	9	2	0	5	5	0	1	16	0	8	1	0	4	11	0

(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the figures “14s. 6d.” and inserting in their stead the figures “Two pounds”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “fourteen days” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “twenty-one days”.

Fares.

2. Regulation 64 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting the figures “348” and inserting in their stead the figures “656”.

Higher duties allowances.

3. Regulation 66of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (8.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(8.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions, when an officer is called upon to occupy temporarily a higher position the maximum salary of which (including allowances in the nature of salary) is not less than £1,184 in the case of a male officer or £1,079 in the case of a female officer, the amount of higher duties allowance payable, if any, shall be such as is determined by the Parliamentary Head.

(k) Made under the Public Service Act 1922-1950 on 13th July, 1951; notified in Gazette on 16th July, 1951.

 “(8a.) For purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, salary does not include variations of salary made under regulation 75 of these regulations.”.

4.—(1.) Parts IV. and V. of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations are repealed and the following Parts are inserted in their stead:—

“Part IV.—Salaries.

Salaries of Officers of Second Division.

“71.—(1.) The limits of annual salary payable to an officer occupying any office in the Second Division shall be such of the amounts specified hereunder in Table A in this sub-regulation as are applicable to that office by virtue of the Public Service Act 1951, or as are fixed, after the date of commencement of that Act, by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Head in respect of that office.

Table A.—Male Officers.

£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
1,094	1,124	1,154	1,184	1,214	1,244	1,274	1,304	1,366
1,428	1,490	1,552	1,614	1,676	1,738	1,800	1,862	1,924
1,986	2,048	2,110	2,172	2,234	2,296	2,358	2,420	2,482
2,544	2,606

“(2.) Subject to the provisions of section 31 of the Act, increments may be paid to an officer within the limits of salary fixed in respect of his office of such amount as will raise his salary to the next higher amount shown in Table A.

Salaries of officers of Third Division.

“72.—(1.) The limits of annual salary payable to an officer occupying any office in the Third Division shall be such of the amounts specified in Table A or Table B in this sub-regulation as are applicable to that office by virtue of the Public Service Act 1951, or as are fixed, after the commencement of that Act, by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Head in respect of that office.

Table A.—Male Officers.

£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
232	258	288	352	388	524	548	572	596
620	656	692	728	764	788	812	836	860
884	908	932	956	980	1,004	1,034	1,064	1,094
1,124	1,154	1,184	1,214	1,244	1,274	1,304	1,366	1,428
1,490	1,552	1,614	1,676	1,738	1,800	1,862	1,924	1,986
2,048	2,110	2,172	2,234	2,296	2,358

Table B.—Female Officers.

£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
232	246	264	322	340	419	443	467	491
515	551	587	623	659	683	707	731	755
779	803	827	851	875	899	929	959	989
1,019	1,049	1,079	1,109	1,139	1,169	1,199	1,261	1,323

“(2.) Subject to the provisions of section 31 of the Act, increments may be paid to an officer within the limits of salary fixed in respect of his or her office of such amount as will, in the case of a male officer, raise his salary to the next higher amount shown in Table A, and, in the case of a female officer, to the next higher amount shown in Table B.

“(3.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation—

(a)the minimum annual salary payable to a male officer who has not attained the age of twenty-two years shall be as follows:—

£
Under 17 years..............................................................................................	232
At 17 years ...................................................................................................	258
At 18 years....................................................................................................	288
At 19 years....................................................................................................	352
At 20 years....................................................................................................	388
At 21 years....................................................................................................	524

(b)the minimum annual salary payable to a female officer who has not attained the age of twenty-two years shall be as follows:—

£
Under 17 years...............................................................................................	232
At 17 years.....................................................................................................	246
At 18 years.....................................................................................................	264
At 19 years.....................................................................................................	322
At 20 years.....................................................................................................	340
At 21 years.....................................................................................................	419

(c) the maximum of the limits of annual salary payable to an officer shall not be less than £620 in the case of a male officer or less than £515 in the case of a female officer; and

(d)where a female officer is employed in any office in respect of which the limits of salary fixed are amounts specified in Table A, the limits of salary payable to the officer shall, subject to paragraph (b)of this sub-regulation, be £105 less than those fixed in respect of that office.

Salaries of officers of Fourth Division.

“73.—(1.) The annual salary or the limits of annual salary payable to an officer occupying an office in the Fourth Division shall be such of the amounts specified in Table A or Table B in this regulation as are applicable to that office by virtue of the Public Service Act 1951, or as are fixed, after the date of commencement of that Act, by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Head in respect of that office.

Table A.—Male Officers.

£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
428	434	440	446	452	458	464	470	476
482	488	494	500	506	512	518	524	530
536	542	548	554	560	566	572	578	584
590	596	602	608	614	620	626	632	638
644	650	656	662	668	674	680	686	692
698	704	710	716	722	728	734	740	746
752	758	764	770	776	782	788	794	800
806	812	818	824	830	836	842	848	854
860	866	872	878	884	890	896	902	908
914	920	926	932	938	944	950	956	962
968	974	986	986	992	998	1,004	1,010	1,016
1,022	1,028	1,034	1,040	1,046	1,052

Table B.—Female Officers.

£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
323	329	335	341	347	353	359	365	371
377	383	389	395	401	407	413	419	425
431	437	443	449	455	461	467	473	479
485	491	497	503	509	515	521	527	533
539	545	551	557	563	569	575	581	587
593	599	605	611	617	623	629	635	641
647	653	659	665	671	677	683	689	695
701	707	713	719	725	731	737	743	749

“(2.) Subject to section 31 of the Act, the amounts of annual increments of salary (if any) payable within the limits of salary (if any) allotted to an office in the Fourth Division shall be the amount or the amounts specified opposite to the designation of the office in the third column of the Schedule to these Regulations.

“(3.) The minimum annual salary payable to a female officer who has not attained the age of twenty-two years shall be as follows:—

(a) in respect of an officer who occupies the position of Library Assistant (Female), Grade 1—

£
Under 17 years..................................................................................................	218
At 17 years........................................................................................................	230
At 18 years........................................................................................................	250
At 19 years........................................................................................................	306
At 20 years........................................................................................................	324
At 21 years........................................................................................................	353

(b) in respect of an officer who occupies the position of Film Assistant (Female), Grade 1—

£
Under 17 years................................................................................................................................................	210
At 17 years................................................................................................................................................	222
At 18 years................................................................................................................................................	242
At 10 years................................................................................................................................................	298
At 20 years................................................................................................................................................	316
At 21 years................................................................................................................................................	353

“(4.) Where a female officer is employed in an office in respect of which the limits of salary fixed are amounts specified in Table A, the limits of salary payable to the officer shall, subject to sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, be £105 per annum less than those fixed in respect of that office.

“Part V.—Variation of Salary—Officers of Second, Third and Fourth Divisions.

Variation of salary on account of variations in cost of living.

“75.—(1.) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)‘index number’ means the weighted average retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth as shown in the ‘Court’ index (Third Series) of retail price index numbers published from time to time by, or at the direction of, the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; and

(b) ‘officer’ means an officer of the Second, Third or Fourth Division.

“(2.) Where the index number for the three months ended on the thirty-first day of March, the thirtieth day of June, the thirtieth day of September or the thirty-first day of December, in any year is less than 159.9, the salary payable to an officer shall, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the next succeeding month of May, August, November, or February (as the case may be), be decreased by—

(a)an amount of Six pounds per annum in the case of a male officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years;

(b)alternate amounts of Four pounds per annum and Five pounds per annum in the case of a female officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years;

(c) an amount of Four pounds per annum in the case of an officer who has attained the age of nineteen years but has not attained the age of twenty-one years; or

(d)an amount of Three pounds per annum in the case of an officer who has not attained the age of nineteen years,

for each 2.3 points by which that index number is less than 162.1.

“(3.) Where the index number for the three months ending on the thirty-first day of March, the thirtieth day of June, the thirtieth day of September or the thirty-first day of December, in any year exceeds 162.1, the salary payable to an officer shall, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the next succeeding month of May, August, November or February (as the case may be), be increased by—

(a)an amount of Six pounds per annum in the case of a male officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years;

(b)alternate amounts of Five pounds per annum and Four pounds per annum in the case of a female officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years;

(c)an amount of Four pounds per annum in the case of an officer who has attained the age of nineteen years but has not attained the age of twenty-one years; or

(d)an amount of Three pounds per annum in the case of an officer who has not attained the age of nineteen years,

for each 2.3 points by which that index number exceeds 159.9.

“(4.) Where, by reason of his occupancy of an office, an officer who has not attained the age of twenty-one years is paid salary at the rate payable to an officer who has attained that age, the salary payable to the first-mentioned officer shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, be varied as if that officer was an adult.”.

(2.) The salary payable to an officer of the Second, Third and Fourth Division shall, from the date of commencement of these Regulations to the date upon which the first variation in salary is, after the date of commencement of these Regulations, made under regulation 75 of the Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations, as inserted by the last preceding sub-regulation, be increased by adding—

(a)in the case of a male officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years—an amount of Forty-two pounds per annum;

 (b)in the case of a female officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years—an amount of Thirty-two pounds per annum;

(c)in the case of an officer who has attained the age of nineteen years but has not attained the age of twenty-one years—an amount of Twenty-eight pounds per annum; or

(d)in the case of an officer who has not attained the age of nineteen years—an amount of Twenty-one pounds per annum.

The Schedule.

6. The Public Service (Parliamentary Officers) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—

THE SCHEDULE.

Regulation 73.

INCREMENTS—FOURTH DIVISION.

Department.	Designation of Office.	Annual Increments.
£
Senate...........................................................	Principal Attendant...............................................	18
Special Attendant.................................................	18
President’s Attendant...........................................	18
Attendant.............................................................	12
House of Representatives...........................................................	Principal Attendant...............................................	18
Special Attendant.................................................	18
Speaker’s Attendant.............................................	18
Attendant.............................................................	12
Parliamentary Library...........................................................	Supervisor (General Services)...............................	18
Technician...........................................................	1 of 18
1 of 12
Library Assistant (Male), Grade 3.........................	18
Library Assistant (Male), Grade 2.........................	18
Library Assistant (Male), Grade 1.........................	12
Archives Assistant (Male), Grade 2.......................	1 of 18
2 of 12
Library Assistant (Female), Grade 3......................	18
Library Assistant (Female), Grade 2......................	12
Library Assistant (Female), Grade 1......................	12
Film Assistant (Female), Grade 1..........................	12
Parliamentary Reporting Staff ...........................................................	Attendant and Reader...........................................	18
Joint House...........................................................	Manager, Parliamentary Refreshment Rooms.........	24
Housekeeper........................................................	18
Assistant Engineer................................................	18
Assistant Manager, Parliamentary Refreshment Rooms.......................................................................	18
Principal Cook.....................................................	18
Fitter....................................................................	18
Storeman.............................................................	18
Maintenance Officer.............................................	18
Foreman Painter...................................................	18
Refrigeration Mechanic........................................	18
Head Doorkeeper.................................................	18
Deputy Housekeeper............................................	18
Foreman Gardener................................................	18
Assistant Cook.....................................................	18
Engineer’s Assistant.............................................	18

Increments—Fourth Division—continued.

Department	Designation of Office.	Annual Increments.
Joint House—continued......................................................	£
Secretarial Assistant (Female)................................	18
Steward................................................................	12
Senior Waiter........................................................	12
Head Barman........................................................	12
Doorkeeper...........................................................	12
Head Pantryman...................................................	12
Boiler Attendant...................................................	12
Senior Cleaner......................................................	12
Bar Attendant.......................................................	12
Gardener..............................................................	12
Nightwatchman....................................................	12
Cleaner.................................................................	12
Waiter..................................................................	12
Kitchen Assistant..................................................	12