Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1971 No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1968.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1968, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated this twentieth day of May, 1971.

Chairman.

Commissioner.

Commissioner.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulations.

Dated this fourth day of June, 1971.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Army for

and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Amendments of the Public Service Regulations 

Commencement.

1.—(1.) This regulation and regulation 11 of these Regulations shall come into operation on the day on which these Regulations are approved by the Governor-General.

(2.) The remaining regulations of these Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of December, 1971.

2. Regulation 139 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are inserted in its stead:—

Territories.

“139.—(1.) For the purposes of section 55 of the Act—

(a) the Northern Territory of Australia shall be deemed to be a State;

(b)the Territory of Papua shall be deemed to be part of the State of Queensland;

(c)the Territory of New Guinea shall be deemed to be part of the State of Queensland;

(d)the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands shall be deemed to be part of the State of Western Australia; and

 

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1971.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations, see footnote to Statutory Rules 1971, No. 3, and see also Statutory Rules 1971, Nos. 3, 4, 12 and 13.

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(e) Norfolk Island shall be deemed to be part of the State of New South Wales.

“(2.) In this Part, a reference to a State shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as including a reference to a Territory that is, by sub-section (11.) of section 55 of the Act or by the last preceding sub-regulation, to be deemed to be a State for the purposes of that section.

“(3.) Where, by sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, a Territory is, or Territories arc, to be deemed to be part of a State for the purposes of section 55 of the Act, a reference in a provision in this Part to a State shall be read, in the application of that provision in relation to that first-mentioned State, as a reference to that State and that Territory or that State and those, Territories, as the case may be.

Returning Officers.

“139a. For the purpose of elections held under this Part—

(a)the Returning Officer for the Australian Capital Territory shall be the Returning Officer for an election in the Australian Capital Territory;

(b)the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory of Australia shall be the Returning Officer for an election in the Northern Territory of Australia; and

(c) the Commonwealth Electoral Officer in any other State shall be the Returning Officer for an election in that State.”.

Persons ineligible for nomination.

3. Regulation 141d of the Public Service Regulations is repealed.

Proceedings after nomination.

4. Regulation 141b of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “or an Assistant Returning Officer”.

Allowance or rejection of ballot papers.

5. Regulation 141h of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting the proviso; and

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

“(2.) The Returning Officer shall—

(a) place in a parcel all the envelopes from which ballot papers are withdrawn for scrutiny;

(b)seal up the parcel and indorse on it a description of its contents; and

(c) retain the parcel and deal with it in accordance with the provisions of regulation 141X of these Regulations.”.

Disputed elections.

6. Regulation 141m of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (3.) the words “the Territory for the Seat of Government” and inserting in their stead the words “the Australian Capital Territory”.

Reference to Disputes Committee.

7. Regulation 141n of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “the Territory for the Seat of Government” and inserting in their stead the words “the Australian Capital Territory”.

Clerical assistance.

8. Regulation 141t of the Public Service Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

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

(a)Canberra shall be deemed to be the capital city of the Australian Capital Territory; and

(b)Darwin shall be deemed to be the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.".

Federal Territories,

9. Regulation 141v of the Public Service Regulations is repealed.

Third Schedule.

10. The Third Schedule to the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting note (b)to Form A and inserting in its stead the following note:—

“(b) Insert ‘State of ’, ‘Australian Capital Territory’ or ‘Northern Territory of Australia’.”;

(b)by omitting note (c) to Form B and inserting in its stead the following note:—

“(c) Insert ‘State of  ’, ‘Australian Capital Territory’ or ‘Northern Territory of Australia’.”;

(c) by omitting from Form C the words—

“NAME. DESIGNATION. BRANCH. DEPARTMENT.”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“NAME  DESIGNATION  DEPARTMENT”;

(d)by omitting note (b)to Form C and inserting in its stead the following note:—

“(b) Insert ‘State of  ’, ‘Australian Capital Territory’ or ‘Northern Territory of Australia’.”; and

(e) by omitting note (e) to Form D and inserting in its stead the following note:—

“(e) Insert ‘State of  ’, ‘Australian Capital Territory’ or ‘Northern Territory of Australia’.”.

Application.

11. Notwithstanding regulation 1 of these Regulations, the Public Service Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to and in relation to any election, held after the day on which these Regulations arc approved by the Governor-General, of a Divisional Representative who is to commence to hold office on or after the first day of December, 1971, as if the Northern Territory of Australia was not to be deemed to be part of the State of South Australia but was to be deemed to be a State.

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