Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1955. No. 67.

 

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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 sixth day of September, 1955.

W. E. DUNK

Chairman.

G. G. SUTCLIFFE

Commissioner.

K. E. GRAINGER

Commissioner.

 

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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 twenty-seventh day of September, 1955.

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.

 

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Amendments of the Public Service Regulations. 

1.Regulation 2 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

Parts.

“2. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—

Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-6).

Part II.—Administration.

Division I.—Attendance and Duties of Officers (Regulations 7-45a).

Division II.—Leave of Absence and Holidays (Regulations 46-64a).

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6th October, 1955.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1955, No. 43.

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Division III.—Hours of Duty and Overtime (Regulations 65-70).

Division IV.—Miscellaneous (Regulations 72a-74e).

Part III.—Travelling and other Allowances.

• Division

   I.—General Allowances (Regulations 75-82).

• Division

   II.—Mode of Travelling (Regulations 83-84).

Division III.—Special Allowances (Regulations 87-100).

Division IV.—District Allowances (Regulations 101-103).

• Part

   IV.—Salaries payable to officers of the Second Division or Third Division (Regulations 104-105).

• Part

   V.—Salaries payable to officers of the Fourth Division (Regulation 106).

• Part

   VII. —Promotion, Incremental Advancement, and Transfer (Regulations 107-120).

Part VIII.—Temporary Employment (Regulations 121-138).

• Part

   IX.—Divisional Representatives (Regulations 139-141y).

• Part

   X.—Boards of Appeal and Inquiry—Offences (Regulations 142-152).

• Part

   XI.—Appointment of Returned Soldiers (Regulation 153).".

2. Regulation 112 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Conditions of transfer from Fourth Division to Third Division.

"112.—(1.) The prescribed conditions under which an officer of the Fourth Division may be transferred to the Third Division are, subject to this regulation—

(a) that the officer is a returned soldier and is by virtue of regulation 153 of these Regulations, deemed to have passed a proscribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act;

(b) that the officer has the qualifications referred to in whichever of the next three succeeding sub-regulations is applicable; or

(c) that the officer was formerly included in the Third Division and was transferred to an office in the Fourth Division otherwise than in pursuance of section 55 or 62 of the Act or of section 67 of the Act on grounds other than ill health.

"(2.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division of Engineer, Grade 1, Supervisor (Mail), Supervisor (Telegraph), Senior Postal Clerk, Traffic Officer, Radio Inspector, Postmaster, Grade 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, Assistant Radio Inspector, Postal Clerk, Telegraphist, Communications Officer, Senior Communications Officer, Grade 1, 2 or 3, Excise Officer, Grade 3 or of Clerk the minimum and maximum of the scale of rates of annual salary of which are £369 and £890, respectively, unless he passes an examination held in accordance with, and complies with the conditions to qualify for transfer or promotion to those offices specified, in a determination of the Board made under section 53 of the Act.

"(3.) Where the performance of the duties of an office in the Third Division requires special skill or technical knowledge, the Board may, on receipt of a report from the Permanent Head that no officer having that skill or knowledge is available for transfer or promotion from within the Third Division, transfer or promote to that office an officer of the Fourth Division who has, in the opinion of the Board, the qualifications necessary for the performance of the duties of that office.

"(4.) An officer of the Fourth Division who has passed the Leaving Certificate, Leaving Honours Certificate, Senior Public, Matriculation or Schools Certificate Examination in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth or has completed a course for a University degree or Technical College Diploma may, subject to such conditions as the Board determines, be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division, being an office which the Board determines to be an office to which this sub-regulation applies.

"(5.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not, be transferred or promoted to the Third Division or to an office in the Third Division unless his conduct, diligence and efficiency have, during such period as the Board determines, been satisfactory.

"(6.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division unless he has attained the age of sixteen years.

"(7.) An officer of the Fourth Division who is transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division shall be paid salary at such rate as the Board determines, being a rate which is not more than the maximum rate of salary or less than the minimum rate of salary payable in respect of the office to which the officer is transferred or promoted.".

Temporary transfer.

3. Regulation 116 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1a.), after the word "who", the words "is available and".

4.After regulation 149 of the Public Service Regulations the following regulation is inserted :—

Charges against Officers stationed outside Australia.

"149a. Where in regulations 147, 148 or 149 of these Regulations the period of seven days is prescribed for the doing of an act or in which an act shall or may be done, that period shall, in the case of an officer stationed in a place outside Australia other than a Territory of the Commonwealth, be deemed to be twenty-one days.".

5. Part XI. of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following Part inserted in its stead:—

'' Part XI—Appointment of Returned Soldiers.

Examinations accepted in case of returned soldiers.

"153.—(1.) A returned soldier who passes an examination specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations opposite to the name of the University or public examining body specified in the first column of that Schedule shall be deemed to have passed a prescribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act.

"(2.) A returned soldier who passes an examination, being an examination other than an examination specified in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations, conducted by a University or public examining body in—

(a) the Commonwealth of Australia;

(b) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

(c) the Dominion of Canada;

(d) the Dominion of New Zealand; or

(e) the Union of South Africa,

the passing of which qualifies a person for admission to a University for a degree course shall be deemed to have passed a proscribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act.

" (3.) Where an Australian University has certified that a returned soldier is, by virtue of the examinations that he has passed or the educational qualifications that he possesses, qualified for matriculation for a degree course, he shall be deemed to have passed a prescribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act.".

Fourth Schedule.

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

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Regulation 153.

Prescribed Examinations for Purpose of Section 84 (4.) of the Act.

First Column.	Second Column.
University or Public Examining Body.	Examination.
University of Sydney.........................................................	Matriculation
Senior Public
Junior Public
Department of Education, New South Wales.......................	Intermediate Certificate
Leaving Certificate
Commercial Certificate
Diploma Preparatory Stage I.
Diploma Preparatory Stage II.
Diploma Preparatory Stage III.
Diploma Entrance
Department of Technical Education, New South Wales........	Certificate Entrance
Certificate Entrance (Deferred)
Qualifying and Matriculation Stage I.
Qualifying and Matriculation Stage II.
Qualifying
Qualifying (Deferred)
University of Melbourne....................................................	Matriculation
Senior Public
Senior Commercial
Junior Public
Intermediate Certificate
Leaving Certificate
Department of Education, Victoria......................................	Teacher's Certificate, Second Class
University of Queensland...................................................	Scholarship
Senior Public
Junior Public

 

Fourth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.
University or Public Examining Body.	Examination.
Department of Education, Queensland......................	Examination for appointment as Pupil Teacher, 3rd Class
Examination for appointment as School Teacher, 3rd Class
University of Adelaide.............................................	Higher
Senior Public
Senior Commercial
Junior Public
Junior Commercial
Leaving Honours
Leaving
Leaving Commercial
Intermediate
University of Western Australia...............................	Leaving Certificate
Commercial Leaving Certificate
Junior Certificate
Commercial Junior Certificate
University of Tasmania...........................................	Senior Public
Matriculation
Leaving
Junior Public
Intermediate
Intermediate (Technical)
Schools' Board of Tasmania.....................................	School Certificate
Associated Public Schools of Tasmania....................	School Certificate
Cambridge University.............................................	Cambridge Junior Local
The School Certificate
The Higher School Certificate
Chartered Institute of Secretaries, London.................	Intermediate Examination
Education Department, Scotland..............................	Intermediate Certificate
Leaving Certificate
The Educational Institute of Scotland.......................	All Examinations
Oxford University...................................................	Oxford University Junior Local
Intermediate Education Board of Ireland...................	Northern Ireland Secondary School Certificate, Junior Grade
Civil Service of the Cape of Good Hope...................	Examinations hold under the Civil Service and Pensions Funds Act 1895 where the candidate is ranked in the First Class
Department of Defence............................................	Examination for appointment as Military Staff Clerk
Examination for appointment as Paymaster's Clerk
Examination for entrance to Royal Military College of Australia
Department of the Army..........................................	Examination for entrance to Royal Military College of Australia
Royal Australian Navy............................................	Higher Education Tests Certificate
Examination on Passing Out, Royal Naval College
Public Service Board, New South Wales...................	Examination for appointment to the Clerical Division other than to positions of Shorthand Writer and Typist or Typist
Forestry Commission, Victoria.................................	Final Examination of the School of Forestry
Pharmacy Board, Victoria........................................	Preliminary Examination
Public Service Commission, Queensland..................	Examination for appointment to the ordinary or classified Division
Public Service Commissioner, South Australia..........	Examinations for appointment
Public Service Commissioner, Western Australia......	Examinations for appointment as Clerk in Classes G and F

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Fourth Schedule—continued.

First Column.	Second Column.
University or Public Examining Body.	Examination.
Public Service Commissioner, Tasmania..............................	Examination for appointment as Clerk
Association of Accountants of Australia (Incorporated).........	Final Examination
Australian Society of Accountants.......................................	Stage III. Examination
Commonwealth Institute of Accountants..............................	Final Examination
Federal Institute of Accountants...........................................	Final Examination
Institute of Incorporated Accountants of New South Wales....	Final Examination
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.....................	Final Examination
International Institute of Accountants (Incorporated).............	Final Examination
Public Accountants Registration Board, New South Wales....	Final Examination
Commonwealth Practitioners Board.....................................	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor
Barristers Admission Board, Now South Wales....................	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister
Solicitors Admission Board, Now South Wales.....................	Final Examination for admission as a Solicitor
Council of Legal Education, Victoria...................................	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor
Barristers' Board, Queensland..............................................	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister
Board of Examiners for Solicitors, Queensland.....................	Final Examination for admission as a Solicitor
Examiners of Articled Clerks, South Australia......................	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor
The Barristers' Board, Western Australia..............................	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor
Board of Examiners, appointed under the Legal Practitioners Act 1896 as amended, Tasmania	Final Examination for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor

                   

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