Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

 

STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 49.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1955.*

THE Public Service Board, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1955, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated this seventh day of June, 1956.

G. G. SUTCLIFFE, Commissioner.

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 thirteenth day of June, 1956.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

E. J. HARRISON

Vice-President of the Executive Council acting for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Definitions.

1. Regulation 3 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “the Service” the words “as defined in section 10 of the Act”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 21st June, 1956.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations see footnote * on p. 2 of Statutory Rules 1956, No. 48.

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Leave of absence for service with International organizations.

2. Regulation 61A of the Public Service Regulations is amended by inserting, after the words—

“United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund;”, the words—

“United Nations Technical Assistance Administration;”.

“Salary” for purposes of furlough.

3. Regulation 62 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (k), (l) and (m) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(k) allowances payable under regulation 105;

(l) allowances payable under sub-regulation (9.) of regulation 106 other than the allowance payable to Fruit Inspector (Supervising) in lieu of overtime;

(m) allowances payable to—

(i) mail officers in charge of travelling post office vans under clause 1 of Determination No. 9 of 1928 made by the Public Service Arbitrator, as varied by subsequent Determinations ; and

(ii) postmen on the permanent relieving staff under clause 14 of Determination No. 30 of 1926 made by the Public Service Arbitrator, as varied by subsequent Determinations,

if the officer concerned has received the allowance for not less than two-thirds of his working time in the twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which his furlough commences or payment is to be made in lieu of furlough; and

(n) allowance payable under clause 14 of Determination No. 36 of 1952 made by the Public Service Arbitrator, if the officer concerned has received the allowance for not less than two-thirds of his working time in the twelve months immediately preceding the date upon which his furlough commences or payment is to be made in lieu of furlough.”.

Recording and payment of overtime.

4. Regulation 67 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (10.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(10.) Where—

(a) an officer has performed overtime duty; and

(b) the period between the time at which the officer ceased overtime duty and the time at which the officer would, but for this sub-regulation, be required to again attend for duty is less than eight hours,

the officer is, unless the Chief Officer directs the officer to report for duty at an earlier time, entitled to absent himself from duty, without loss of salary, until the expiration of a period which is the total of—

(c) a period of eight hours; and

(d) the time taken by the officer to travel to his home and return to his place of employment by the usual available means of public transport and any additional time that the Chief Officer in his discretion permits.

“(10A.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to an officer who is required to work overtime—

(a) in pursuance of sub-regulation (8.) of this regulation ; or

(b) for a period not exceeding three hours immediately before the commencement of an ordinary shift.”.

5. Regulation 95d of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Bonus for telegraphy instructions.

“93D.—The Chief Officer or an officer authorized in writing for the purposes of this regulation by the Chief Officer may, subject to such conditions as the Board determines, grant to an officer of the Postmaster-General’s Department who has successfully trained another officer of the Department in morse telegraphy to an approved standard a bonus of an amount not exceeding Fifty pounds and to the officer so trained a bonus of an amount not exceeding Twenty-five pounds.”.

6. Regulation 98 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Reimbursement of fares—remote districts

“98.—(1.) Where an officer who is permanently stationed in a locality included in a determination made by the Board for the purposes of sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 49 of these Regulations travels, during leave of absence for recreation or on account of illness, away from that locality, the Chief Officer may reimburse the officer so much of the amount paid by the officer for the cost of travelling as is ascertained in accordance with whichever of the succeeding provisions of this regulation is applicable.

“(2.) A married officer whose wife and children reside with him at his station may be granted an amount equal to the amount by which the first-class return rail, sea or air fares, for travel between his station and the nearest capital city or destination of lesser distance, by his wife and his children (if any) who are under the age of eighteen years or who, being dependent on him, are certified by a duly qualified medical practitioner to be permanent invalids, exceed Five pounds.

“(3.) A married officer who travels from his station on recreation or sick leave may be granted an amount equal to the amount by which the first-class return rail, sea or air fare between his station and the nearest capital city or destination of lesser distance, exceeds Five pounds.

“(4.) An unmarried officer who travels from his station on recreation or sick leave may be granted an amount equal to the amount by which the first-class return rail, sea or air fare between his station and the nearest capital city or destination of lesser distance, exceeds Seven pounds ten shillings.

“(5.) An officer who selects or whose wife and children select to travel a greater distance than the distance between his station and the nearest capital city may be granted an amount equal to the amount which he may have been granted under sub-regulation (2.), (3.) or (4.) of this regulation, as the case may be.

“(6.) Reimbursement of an amount in respect of air fares under sub-regulation (2.) or in the case of the wife and children (if any) of an officer, under sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation shall not be

granted unless it is, in the opinion of the Chief Officer, desirable for health or other reasons that the wife and children (if any) of the officer should travel by air.

“(7.) Reimbursement of an amount in respect of air faro under sub-regulation (3.) and (4.) and, in the case of an officer only, sub-regulation (5.) shall not be granted unless air travel would substantially reduce the travelling time allowed to the officer under sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 49 of these Regulations.

“(8.) Where an officer whose period of temporary transfer under regulation 116 to, and service at, a locality included in a determination of the Board under sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 49 of these Regulations is not less than two years proceeds on recreation or sick leave and returns at the expiration of his leave for a further period of duty at the locality from which the leave commenced, reimbursement may be granted under the conditions set out in this regulation in respect of fares to and from his former capital city or other destination of lesser distance.

“(9.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, ‘former capital city’ means—

(a) in the case of an officer who is permanently stationed in the Australian Capital Territory—Canberra; and

(b) in other cases—the capital city of the State in which the officer is permanently stationed.”.

Appeals in relation to the Northern Territory and other Territories and places outside Australia.

7. Regulation 109E of the Public Service Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (6.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(6A.) An appeal by an officer performing his duties in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands shall be inquired into and determined in the same manner as an appeal would be inquired into and determined if the officer was performing his duties in the State of Western Australia.

“(6B.) An appeal in respect of an office in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands shall be inquired into and determined in the same manner as an appeal would be inquired into and determined if the office was an office in the State of Western Australia.”.

Temporary transfer.

8. Regulation 116 of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1B.) the words “regulations 109 to 109H of these Regulations shall apply” and inserting in their stead the words “regulations 109 to 109G of these Regulations shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, apply”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (1B.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(1C.) Sub-section (8B.) of section 50 of the Act shall, in its application to an appeal under this regulation, apply as if the words ‘in excess of such maximum rate as is prescribed for the purposes of this sub-section’ were omitted and the words ‘in excess of £2,053 per annum’ were substituted in their stead.

Fourth Schedule.

9. The Fourth Schedule to the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words—

“Oxford University ................... Oxford University Junior Local”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Oxford University ...................	Oxford University Junior Local
Oxford School Certificate
University of London ...............	University of London General School Examination Certificate”;

(b) by omitting the words—

“Department of the Army	Examination for entrance to Royal Military College of Australia"
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Department of the Army	Army First Class Certificate of Education passed after the thirty-first day of December, 1950
Examination for Entrance to Royal Military College of Australia”; and

(c) by inserting after the words—

“Forestry, Commission Victoria	Final Examination of the School of Forestry”,
the words—
“Dookie Agricultural Collage	Second Year Certificate
Dookie Diploma in Agriculture
Hawkesbury Agricultural College	Diploma in Agriculture
Diploma in Horticulture
Diploma in Dairying
Diploma in Food Technology
Longeronong Agricultural Collage	Certificate of Competency
Longeronong Diploma in Agriculture
Muresk Agricultural College, Western Australia	Muresk Diploma in Agriculture
Queensland Agricultural College, Lawes	Diploma in Agriculture
Roseworthy Agricultural College	Diploma in Agriculture
Wagga Agricultural College	Diploma in Agriculture
Diploma in Horticulture
Diploma in Dairying
Diploma in Food Technology”.

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

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