Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1953. No. 2.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE

ACT 1922-1951.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1951, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated this twelfth day of December, 1952.

W. E. DUNK, Chairman.

J. T. PINNER, Commissioner.

G. G. SUTCLIFFE, 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 seventeenth day of January, 1953.

W. J. McKELL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

A.W. FADDEN

Acting Prime Minister.

Amendments of the Public Service Regulations. 

Salaries of officers of the Third Division.

1. Regulation 105 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations :—

" (9.) The scale of rates of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office of Medical Officer is—

£1,124–£1,184–£1,244–£1,304–£1,366–£1,428–£1,490–£1,552–£1,614–£1,676–£1,738.

" (10.) The scale of rates of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office of Medical Officer (Health Laboratories) or Medical Officer (Serum Laboratories) is—

£1,124–£1,184–£1,244–£1,304–£1,360–£1,428–£1,490–£1,552–£1,614–£1,676–£1,738–£1,862–£1,924.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 22nd January, 1953.

Statutory Rules 1995, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos, 44, 72, 78 and 119; 1936, Nos. 5, 55, 76, 88, 106, 110, 148 and 154; 1937, Nos. 11, 2,. 54, 60, 74, 78, 87, 100, 103 and 118; 1938. Nos. 35, 41, 79, 105, 110 and 113; 1939. Nos. 4, 36, 52, 62, 65, 105, 154, 107 and 168; 1940, Nos. 23, 7,. 110, 143 and 247; 1941, Nos. 36, 42, 127, 148, 158, 168, 191, 224. 284 and 310; 1942, Nos. 45, 167,174, 182,

 225, 320, 465 and 552 ; 1943, Nos. 271, 272 and 301; 1944, Nos. 6, 132, 138 and 143 ; 1945, Nos. 15, 35, 115, 118 and 124 ; 1946, Nos. 22, 68, 120, 124 and 153; 1947, Nos. 1, 2, 122, 123, 146, 147, 158 and 163 ; 1948, Nos. 32, 49, 68, 71, 97, 149, 157 and 158 ;1949, Nos. 1, 81, 84 and 98; 1950, Nos. 73, 88, 99 and 100; 1951, Nos. 13, 33, 77 and 110; and 1952, Nos. 9, 19, 51 and 94.

4806.—Price 5d.

" (11.) The scale of rates of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office of Senior Resident Medical Officer, Medical Officer, Branch Office, or Officer-in-charge, Outpatients' Clinic, Brisbane or Perth, is—

£1,124–£1,184–£1,224–£1,304–£1,366–£1,428–£1,490–£1,552–£1,614–£1,676.

" (12.) The scale of rates of annual salary payable to an officer who occupies an office of Resident Medical Officer is—

£1,124–£1,184–£1,224–£1,304–£1,366–£1,428–£1,490–£1,552–£1,614.".

Allowances in addition to salary.

2. Regulation 105a of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words " Alice Springs and Maree, South Australia " and inserting in their stead the words " Alice Springs, Northern Territory ".

Salaries of officers of the Fourth Division.

3. Regulation 106 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (4.) the following sub-regulations:—

" (4a.) The annual salary payable to a female officer who has not attained the age of twenty-one years and who occupies an office of Assistant (Drafting), Grade 1, Assistant, Grade 1, Assistant (Meteorological Branch), Clerical Assistant, Grade 1, Clerk, Indexer, Junior Assistant, Junior Postal Officer, Laboratory Attendant, Mail Officer, Postal Assistant, Postal Assistant (Mail), Postal Officer or Statistical Tabulator, Grade , is—

£
Under 18 years ..........................................................................	238
At 18 years ................................................................................	266
At 19 years ................................................................................	308
At 20 years ................................................................................	335.

“4b.) The minimum rate of annual salary payable to a male officer who occupies an office of Clerk, and who has attained the age of twenty-one years, is—

£
At 21 years ................................................................................	524
At 22 years ................................................................................	548
At 23 years or over ....................................................................	566.

" (4c.) The minimum rate of annual salary payable to a female officer who occupies an office of Clerk, and who has attained the age of twenty-one years, is—

£
At 21 years ................................................................................	419
At 22 years ................................................................................	443
At 23 years or over ....................................................................	461

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

4. Regulation 106a is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4.) the words '' specified in relation to that office in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations " and inserting in their stead the words " determined by the Board in pursuance of section 32 of the Act in respect of that office ". . .

Examinations accepted in case of returned soldiers.

5.—(1.) Regulation 159 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following words :—

" The Preliminary Examination held by the Pharmacy Board of Victoria.".

(2.) Sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of November, 1952.

The Fourth Schedule.

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

(a) by omitting designation numbers 26, 204, 314, 424, 479, 546, 573, 596 and 681 and the particulars opposite to those numbers ;

(b) by omitting designation numbers 2, 61, 74, 90, 151. 207, 236, 252, 288, 315, 319, 522, 523, 535, 557, 572, 587 and

747 and the particulars opposite to each of those numbers and inserting in their stead, respectively, the following designation numbers and particulars :—

" 2	Ammunition Examiner ....	Army.............................................	£584–£602–£620 ",
" 61	Assistant Storeman ........................	Army.............................................	Ordnance ...........................................	Under 18 years—£252
At 18 years—£288
At 19 years—£336
At 20 years—£390
Adult—£512–£524
Other Departments.........................	Under 18 years—£252
At 18 years—£288
At 19 years—£336
At 20 years—£390
Adult—£470–£494–£506 ",
" 74	Attendant, Grade 2 ......................................................	£554–£566–£584–£602 ",
" 90	Brigade Technician ......................................................	Interior..........................................	Australian Capital Territory Services....	£656–£674–£692 ",
" 151	Film Officer ......................................................	Repatriation...................................	Head-quarters................................	£752–£776–£800
New South Wales and Victoria.................	£776–£800–£824
Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia	£752–£776–£800
Tasmania	£734–£752–£776 ",
" 207	Indexer-in-charge, Grade 1	Interior .........................................	Electoral.............................................	£620–£638 ",
" 236	Investigator, Grade 2....................	Trade and Customs........................	£668–£686–£704–£722 ",
" 252	Laboratory Officer, Grade 2	£812–£836–£860 ",
" 288	Maintenance Officer......................	External Affairs.............................	Administration and General....................	£656–£674–£692 ",
" 315	Motor Driver (Testing Officer)	Postmaster-General's......................	Stores and Transport	£548–£560 ",
" 319	Nurse (Male).................................	Repatriation ..................................	Auxiliary Services ..............................	£548–£560–£572–£584 ",
" 522	Storeholder .................................	Army ............................................	Ordnance ...........................................	£584–£602–£620 ",
" 523	Storeman ......................................	Army ............................................	Ordnance ...........................................	£536–£548–£560 ",
" 535	Supervising Technician, Grade 1	Postmaster-General's .....................	£716–£734–£752 ",
" 557	Supervisor...................................	Defence Production .......................	Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong	£674–£692–£710–£728–£746–£764 ",
" 572	Supervisor (Technical Publications)	Postmaster-General's .....................	Engineering .......................................	£872–£896 ",

 

" 587	Technical Assistant.....................	Health ..............................................	Acoustic Laboratories.........................	£554–£572–£590–£608–£626–£644 ", and
" 747	Senior Clerical Assistant (Female)	Postmaster-General's..........................	..	£533–£551 ";

(c) by inserting after designation numbers 113a, 129, 192, 376, 412, 434 and 464 the following designation numbers and particulars, respectively—

" 113b	Clerk ..........................................	Under 18 years—£252
At 18 years—£288
At 19 years—£336
At 20 years—£390
Adult—£524–£548–£566–£584–£602–£620 ",
" 129a	Designer and Cutter ...................	Supply................................................	Army ...................................................	£644–£662–£680 ",
" 192a	Fork Lift Driver.........................	Civil Aviation ....................................	£530–£542–£554 ",
" 370a	Principal ...................................	Postmaster-General's ..........................	Engineering—
(Technical) —
New South Wales and Victoria	£986
Queensland	£956
South Australia	£926
Western Australia and Tasmania	£896
(Lines) —
New South Wales and Victoria	£926
Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania	£842–£866 ",
" 412a	Senior Assistant (Stationery and Stores)	Interior .............................................	Meteorological .....................................	£560–£578–£596–£614 ",
"  434a	Senior Designer and Cutter	Supply...............................................	Army ...................................................	£716–£734–£752 ", and
"  464a	Senior Nurse (Male) ..................	Repatriation .......................................	Auxiliary Services ................................	£608–£620–£632 ";

(d) by inserting after designation number 478 the following designation numbers and particulars:—

“478a	Senior Postal Assistant (Mail), Grade 1	Postmaster-Generals ....................................................	Postal Services ....................................	£626
478b	Senior Postal Assistant (Mail), Grade 2	Postmaster-General's..................	Postal Services.....................................	£650 ";

(e) by inserting after designation number 479 the following designation numbers and particulars:—

" 479a	Senior Postal Investigation Officer, Grade 1	Postmaster-General's ..........................	Personnel .............................................	£770–£794–£818–£842–£866
479b	Senior Postal Investigation Officer, Grade 2	Postmaster-General's.............................................................	Personnel ............................................	£812–£836–£860–£884–£908 ";

(f) by inserting after designation number 496 the following designation numbers and particulars:—

" 496a	Senior Technical Instructor, Grade 1	Postmaster-General's.....................................	Engineering ..................................................	£788–£812
496b	Senior Technical Instructor, Grade 2	Postmaster-General's .....................................	Engineering ..................................................	£842–£866
496c	Senior Technical Instructor, Grade 3	Postmaster-General's.....................................	Engineering ..................................................	£896
496d	Senior Technical Instructor, Grade 4	Postmaster-General's .....................................	Engineering ...............................	£926 "; and

(g) by inserting after designation number 590 the following designation numbers and particulars:—

" 500a	Technical Instructor, Grade 1	Postmaster-General's.....................................	Engineering ..................................................	£674–£692–£710–£728–£746
590b	Technical Instructor, Grade 2	Postmaster-General's.....................................	Engineering ..................................................	£740–£758–£776–£800–£824 ".

The Fifth Schedule.

7. The Fifth Schedule to the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting, before the designation of the office of " Boatman " and the allowances specified opposite to that office, the following designation of office and allowance:—

" Assistant Warehouseman Printing Branch, Department of the Treasury 1. He shall be paid an allowance at the rate of 10s. per week while in charge of two or more journeymen ";

(b) by omitting the allowance specified opposite the designation of the office of " Postal Officer " and inserting in its stead the following allowance :—

" 1. He shall, whilst employed in the city section at the Chief Office, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth, be paid, under such conditions as are, from time to time, approved by the Board, an allowance equal to the difference between his salary and the salary which would be payable to him from time to time if the scale of rates of annual salary of the office was—

£470–£494–£506–£518–£530–£542–£554 ";

(c) by omitting the designations of the offices of " Supervising Technician, Grade 1, Supervising Technician, Grade 2, Supervising Technician, Grade 3, Supervising Technician, Grade 4, Supervising Technician, Grade 5, Supervising Technician, Grade 6, Supervising Technician, Grade 7," and " Supervising Technician (Mail) " and the allowances specified opposite to those offices, and inserting in their stead the following designations of office and allowances :—

1. He may be paid an allowance at the rate of £12 per annum if—
(a) he is employed at—
(i) a carrier repeater station ;
(ii) a carrier terminal station ;
(iii) a trunk line testing station ;
" Supervising Technician, Grade 1	(iv) a telegraph repeating station ;
Supervising Technician, Grade 2	(v) a chief telegraph, office on telegraph maintenance duties ;
Supervising Technician, Grade 3
Supervising Technician, Grade 4	(vi) a national broadcasting station ; or
Supervising Technician, Grade 5
(vii) an overseas radio terminal ;
Supervising Technician, Grade 6
(b) he has demonstrated his proficiency to send and receive morse signals at the rate of twenty words per minute ; and
Supervising Technician, Grade 7
(c) the Superintending Engineer has certified that the officer is required, in the performance of his duties, to send and receive messages by morse signals

   

2. He may be paid an allowance at the rate of £12 per annum under such conditions as are, from time to time, approved by the Board if—

(a) He is employed on mail handling plant in the Mail Branch; and

(b) he has passed an examination in the subject of traffic procedure in operation in the Mail Branch ";

 

(d) by omitting the allowance specified opposite the designation of the office of " Accounting Machinist (Female), Grade 1 " and inserting in its stead the following allowance:—

" 1. An officer who has not attained the age of twenty-one years and who passes, to the satisfaction of the Board, a test conducted, by or on behalf of the Board for this purpose, shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £36 per annum ";

(e) by omitting the allowances specified opposite the designation of the office of " Folder (Female), Printing Branch, Department of the Treasury " and inserting in their stead the following allowances:—

" 1. She shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £12 per annum if employed as a sewer

2. She shall ho paid an allowance at the rate of 10s. per week while in charge of two or more Folders (Female)

3. She shall be paid an allowance equal to the difference between her actual salary and the actual minimum salary payable from time to time to an adult officer who occupies an office of Folder (Female) if—

(a) she has completed five years' service in an office of Folder (Female) ;

(b) she has not attained the ago of twenty-one years ; and

(c) her salary is less than the actual minimum salary payable to an adult officer who occupies an office of Folder (Female) "; and

(f) by inserting, after the designation of the office of " Monitor (Female) " and the allowance specified opposite to that office, the following designation of office and allowance:—

" Phonogram Operator (Female) 1. She shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £12 per annum on evidence to the satisfaction of the Board of ability to accept by telephone, in fifteen minutes, ten typical telegrams, averaging an equivalent of six message units per telegram, and to record such telegrams by typewriter in the standard manner laid down by the Chief Officer ".

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.