Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1960. No. 93.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1960.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1960, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, 1960.

W. E. DUNK

Chairman.

K. E. GRAINGER

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 November, 1960.

DUNROSSIL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ROBERT G. MENZIES

Prime Minister.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Meal allowance.

1. Regulation 68 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 10th November, 1960.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1960, No. 12 and see also Statutory Rules 1960, Nos. 12, 18, 33, 73 and 89.

8657/60.—PRICE 3D.

Rates of travelling allowances.

2. Regulation 75a of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table: —

Where Salary or Maximum Salary of Office is—		Allowance per Day for First Twenty-one Days’ Residence.
Male.	Female.	Capital Cities.
£	s.	d.
£2,877 and under ..............	£2,723 and under....................	3	18	0
£2,878 and over ................	£2,724 and over......................	4	10	0
Other than Capital Cities.
£	s.	d.
£1,737 and under...............	£1,583 and under ...................	2	12	0
£1,738 and over ................	£1,584 and over......................	3	3	0

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Three pounds seventeen shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Four pounds ten shillings”; and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) After an officer or employee has resided in the one locality for a period of twenty-one days, the officer or employee shall be paid an allowance equal to the amount expended by the officer or employee on accommodation, sustenance and incidental expenses or, if the Board is satisfied that the amount so expended is not reasonable having regard to the status of the officer or employee and the purposes for which the officer or employee is performing duty whilst absent from his headquarters, such amount as the Board considers reasonable in the circumstances.”.

Allowances to officers performing relieving duties or working within defined districts.

3. Regulation 76 of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 75A,” (wherever occurring); and

(b) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

 

Where the period of continuous residence at a temporary station is—
Less than three weeks.			Three weeks or more.
			Married Officer.			Unmarried Officer.
						First week			After first week.
Per day.			Per week.			Per week.			Per week.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
2	12	0	11	0	0	11	0	0	6	15	0

Allowances to Veterinary Officers and Meat Inspectors.

4. Regulation 79B of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

—	First week.	After first week.
Unmarried Veterinary Officers and Meat Inspectors	£2 12s. 0d. per day (£3 18s. 0d. per day in Capital Cities)	No allowance
Married Veterinary Officers and Meat Inspectors	£2 12s. 0d. per day (£3 18s. 0d. per day in Capital Cities)	£11 0s. 0d. per week (£19 12s. 0d. per week in Capital Cities)

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