Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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Statutory Rules 1987 No. 1571

Public Service Regulations2 (Amendment)

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting pursuant to and in the exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922 and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901,hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated 3 July 1987.

Peter S Wilenski

Chairman

Roger Beale

Commissioner

W J Harris

Commissioner

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

Dated 7 July 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Peter Walsh

Minister of State for Finance for and on behalf of the Prime Minister

  

(S.R. 82/87)—Cat. No.  18/29.6.1987

 

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 20 July 1987.

Application of Division 2

2. Regulation 76 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (d).

Part VI

3. The heading to Part VI of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following headings substituted:

PART VI—REDEPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT

Division 1Senior Executive Service officers”.

Repeal of regulation 119

4. Regulation 119 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed.

Notice of redeployment or retirement: appeals: periods prescribed

5. Regulation 120 of the Public Service Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1) “21” and substituting “14”;

(b) by inserting after subregulation (1) the following subregulations:

“(1a) For the purposes of subsection 76l (7) of the Act, a notice under subsection 76l (3) of the Act to an officer who has, under subsection 76l (3a) of the Act, consented to the giving of the notice takes effect on any day specified in the notice and agreed between the officer and the Board, being a day no earlier than the day on which the notice is given to the officer.

“(1b) For the purposes of subsection 76l (7) of the Act, a notice given to an officer under subsection 76l (3) other than a notice referred to in subregulation (1a) takes effect:

(a) on the day specified in the notice as the day on which that notice takes effect being a day not earlier than the expiration of the period prescribed by subregulation (1);

(b) where the officer appeals against the giving of that notice and withdraws that appeal after the expiration of the period prescribed by subregulation (1) before the Appeal Committee determines that appeal under section 76m—on the day on which that appeal is withdrawn; or

(c) where the officer appeals against the giving of that notice and the Appeal Committee confirms the notice—on the day on which that notice is confirmed;

whichever occurs last.”; and

(c) by omitting from subregulation (2) “21” and substituting “14”.

 

Division 2 of Part VI

6. After regulation 120 of the Public Service Regulations the following Division is inserted:

Division 2Officers other than Secretaries of Departments and Senior Executive Service officers

Interpretation

“120a. In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:

‘officer’ has the same meaning as in Division 8c of Part III of the Act.

Minimum and maximum retiring ages—Air Traffic Controllers

“120b. (1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘minimum retiring age’ in subsection 76u (2) of the Act, the age of 50 years is the minimum retiring age in respect of each of the following classes of officers:

(a) officers each of whom is an officer whose classification is specified in Schedule 1D;

(b) officers each of whom is an officer who:

(i) occupies an office in the Department of Aviation specified in Schedule 1E; and

(ii) at any time before occupying that office, occupied, for a period, or an aggregate of periods, exceeding 10 years, an office the duties of which were those of an Air Traffic Controller.

“(2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘maximum retiring age’ in subsection 76v (4) of the Act, the age of 60 years is the maximum retiring age in respect of each of the following classes of officers:

(a) officers each of whom is an officer whose classification is specified in the Schedule 1D;

(b) officers each of whom is an officer who:

(i) occupies an office in the Department of Aviation specified in Schedule 1E; and

(ii) at any time before occupying that office, occupied, for a period, or an aggregate of periods, exceeding 10 years, an office the duties of which were those of an Air Traffic Controller.

“(3) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1) (b) (ii) and (2) (b) (ii):

(a) in determining whether a person who has become an officer on more than one occasion has occupied, for a period, or an aggregate of periods, exceeding 10 years, an office the duties of which were those of an Air Traffic Controller, any period before the last occasion on which the person became an officer shall be disregarded; and

 

(b) an unattached officer who performed the duties of an Air Traffic Controller for a period in the course of the officer’s duty shall be taken to have occupied, for that period, an office the duties of which were those of an Air Traffic Controller.

Taking effect of notices reducing the classification of, or retiring, an officer

“120c. (1) In this regulation:

(a) a reference to action taken in relation to an officer under section 76w of the Act is a reference to:

(i) the proposed reduction of the classification of the officer; or

(ii) the proposed retirement of the officer from the Service;

under that section and, for the purposes of this regulation:

(iii) the matter referred to in each of the paragraphs in subsection 76w (6) of the Act shall be regarded as a ground for that action; and

(iv) a reference to the ground of invalidity is a reference to the matter referred to in paragraph 76w (6) (a) of the Act;

(b) a reference to an appeal in relation to a notice given under section 76w of the Act is a reference to an appeal under section 76z of the Act against the giving of that notice;

(c) a reference to the appeal period is a reference to the period prescribed by regulation 120d.

“(2) For the purposes of subsection 76w (5) of the Act:

(a) where an officer has consented to action being taken in relation to the officer under section 76w of the Act on the ground of invalidity— a notice given to the officer by the Secretary or the Board under that section for the purpose of that action takes effect on any day specified in the notice and agreed between the officer and the Secretary, or between the officer and the Board, as the case may be, whether before or after the day on which the notice is given to the officer; and

(b) where an officer has consented to action being taken in relation to the officer under section 76w of the Act on any other ground—a notice given to the officer by the Secretary or the Board under that section for the purpose of that action takes effect on any day specified in the notice and agreed between the officer and the Secretary, or between the officer and the Board, as the case may be, being a day no earlier than the day on which the notice is given to the officer.

“(3) For the purposes of subsection 76w (5) of the Act, where an officer has not consented to action being taken in relation to the officer under section 76w of the Act on the ground of invalidity, a notice given to the officer by the Secretary or the Board under that section for the purposes of that action takes effect:

 

(a) in accordance with subregulation (6); or

(b) where under an industrial award that is applicable to the officer the notice would not take effect until the day immediately following the day on which the officer exhausts any full-pay sick leave credits to which the officer may be entitled before retirement in accordance with that award and the day that so follows occurs after the time so determined—on that day.

“(4) For the purposes of subsection 76w (5) of the Act, where an officer has not consented to action being taken in relation to the officer under section 76w of the Act on the ground that the officer is an excess officer, a notice given to the officer by the Secretary or the Board under that section for the purposes of that action takes effect:

(a) in accordance with subregulation (6); or

(b) where under an industrial award that is applicable to the officer the notice would not take effect until the end of a retention period that ends in relation to that officer after the time so determined—at the end of that period.

“(5) For the purposes of subsection 76w (5) of the Act, where an officer has not consented to action being taken in relation to the officer under section 76w of the Act on a ground other than invalidity or the ground that the officer is an excess officer, a notice given to the officer by the Secretary or the Board under that section for the purposes of that action takes effect in accordance with subregulation (6).

“(6) For the purposes of subregulation (3), (4) or (5), a notice under section 76w of the Act given to an officer referred to in that subregulation takes effect:

(a) on the day (if any) specified in the notice as the day on which that notice takes effect;

(b) one month after the day on which the notice is given to the officer;

(c) where the officer appeals against the giving of the notice and withdraws that appeal after the expiration of the appeal period before the Appeal Committee determines the appeal—on the day on which that appeal is withdrawn; or

(d) where the officer appeals against the giving of the notice and the Appeal Committee confirms the notice—on the day on which that notice is confirmed;

whichever occurs last.

Appeals

“120d. For the purposes of subsection 76z (1) of the Act, the period of 14 days is prescribed.”.

Schedules 1D and 1E

7. After Schedule 1C to the Public Service Regulations the following Schedules are inserted:

 

SCHEDULE 1D Paragraphs 120b (1) (a) and (2) (a)

CLASSIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS

Air Traffic Control Superintendent

Air Traffic Controller Class 1

Air Traffic Controller Class 2

Air Traffic Controller Class 2a

Air Traffic Controller Class 3

Air Traffic Controller Class 3a

Air Traffic Controller Class 4

Air Traffic Controller Class 4a

Air Traffic Controller Class 5

Air Traffic Controller Class 5a

Air Traffic Controller Class 6

Air Traffic Controller Class 6a

Air Traffic Controller Class 7

 

SCHEDULE 1E Paragraphs 120b (1) (b) and (2) (b)

OFFICES

Airways Operations Superintendent, Airways Branch, New South Wales

Airways Operations Superintendent, Airways Branch, Queensland

Airways Operations Superintendent, Airways Branch, Victoria

Assistant Director (Operations), Air Traffic Services Branch

Assistant Director (Operations), Airways Operations Branch, South Australia

Assistant Director (Operations), Airways Operations Branch, Western Australia

Director, Airways Services Requirements, Airways Systems Branch

Director, Emergency Requirements, Airways Systems Branch

Director, Environment Operations, Air Traffic Services Branch

Director, Future Requirements, Advanced Planning and Technology Branch

Superintendent, Air Traffic Control Air Co-ordination and Personnel Standards, Air Traffic Services Branch

Superintendent, Air Traffic Control Procedures, Air Traffic Services Branch

Superintendent, Operational Control and Search and Rescue, Air Traffic Services Branch

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 July 1987.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1987 No. 25 and see also Statutory Rules 1987 Nos. 25, 38, 90, 137.

 

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