Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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Statutory Rules 1983 No. 2971

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Public Service Regulations2 (Amendment)

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

Dated 29 November 1983.

Peter Wilenski

Chairman

J V Monaghan

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

1 December

1983.

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Prime Minister

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 4 December 1983.

S.R. 320/83 Cat. No. Recommended retail price-40c 11/28.11.1983

 

2. Regulation 91 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are substituted:

Interpretation of regulations 92, 93, 95, 96 and 97

“91. (1) For the purposes of regulations 92, 93, 95, 96 and 97, ‘relevant officer’ means:

(a) Meat Inspector, Grades 1-6 (inclusive);

(b) Assistant Fruit Inspector;

(c) Fruit Inspector;

(d) Senior Fruit Inspector, Grades 1-3 (inclusive);

(e) Veterinary Officer, Classes 1 and 2.

“(2) For the purposes of regulations 92, 93, 95 and 96, ‘public transport’ does not include transport by taxi.

Reimbursement of fares for relevant officers: first occasion on a day

“92. Fares paid by a relevant officer on the first occasion on a day when he travels by public transport by a reasonably direct route from his residence to his place of duty to perform that duty and back to his residence shall be reimbursed—

(a) where his residence is within the metropolitan area of a capital city of a State or of an internal Territory—to the extent of any excess beyond the minimum amount of the fares that would be payable for such travel if that place of duty were the principal office of the Department in that capital city and if concessional fares were not available for such travel; or

(b) in any other case—an amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

A x B

where—

A is the amount so paid per kilometre so travelled less 3 cents per kilometre so travelled; and

B is the number of kilometres so travelled.

Reimbursement of fares of relevant officers: other occasions on a day

“93. Fares paid by a relevant officer on the second or a subsequent occasion on a day when he travels by public transport by a reasonably direct route from his residence to his place of duty and back to his residence shall be reimbursed if he so travels to perform—

(a) a period of overtime duty after the completion of a period of ordinary duty; or

(b) a period of ordinary duty after the completion of a period of overtime duty.

Maximum distance for which amounts are payable under regulation 95 or 96

“94. Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 95 or 96, the number of kilometres in respect of which an allowance is payable per round trip to and from duty under regulation 95 or 96 shall not be less than 1.6 or greater than 32.

Vehicle allowance for relevant officers: first occasion on a day

“95. Where on a day a relevant officer uses his motor vehicle to travel by a reasonably direct route from his residence to his ordinary place of duty to perform that duty and back to his residence, being travel for which public transport is not available, he shall be paid an allowance for the first occasion on that day when he so travels at whichever rate specified in the following table applies in respect of that vehicle:

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Engine capacity of motor vehicle not being a motor vehicle powered by a rotary engine

Engine capacity of motor vehicle powered by a rotary engine

Rate of allowance per kilometre

  

1

More than 4,000 cubic centimetres

More than 2,000 cubic centimetres

14.5 cents

2

More than 2,000 cubic centimetres but not more than 4,000 cubic centimetres

More than 1,000 cubic centimetres but not more than 2,000 cubic centimetres

12.0 cents

3

More than 1,500 cubic centimetres but not more than 2,000 cubic centimetres

More than 750 cubic centimetres but not more than 1,000 cubic centimetres

10.0 cents

4

 

1,500 cubic centimetres or less

 

750 cubic centimetres or less

 

9.3 cents

 

Vehicle allowance for a relevant officer: other occasions on a day

“96. Where on a day a relevant officer uses his motor vehicle on a second or subsequent occasion to travel by a reasonably direct route from his residence to his ordinary place of duty and back to his residence, being travel for which public transport is not available, he shall be paid an allowance if he so travels to perform—

(a) a period of overtime duty after the completion of a period of ordinary duty; or

(b) a period of ordinary duty after the completion of a period of overtime duty,

at whichever rate would apply in respect of that vehicle if the table in regulation 95 were applicable and if for the rates in Column 4 of that table, in Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of that table, there were substituted the rates of 17.5 cents, 15.0 cents, 12.6 cents and 11.2 cents respectively.

Motor vehicle allowance: travel to place of temporary duty

“97. (1) Where a relevant officer—

(a) is directed to perform duties temporarily at a place other than his ordinary place of duty; and

(b) uses his motor vehicle to travel by a reasonably direct route from his residence to that first-mentioned place to perform that duty and back to his residence,

he shall be paid an allowance, for each occasion when he so travels, at whichever rate specified in the following table applies in respect of that vehicle:

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Engine capacity of motor vehicle not being a motor vehicle powered by a rotary engine

Engine capacity of motor vehicle powered by a rotary engine

 

Rate of allowance per kilometre

1

More than 4,000 cubic centimetres

More than 2,000 cubic centimetres

22.1 cents

2

More than 2,000 cubic centimetres but not more than 4,000 cubic centimetres

More than 1,000 cubic centimetres but not more than 2,000 cubic centimetres

21.0 cents

3

More than 1,500 cubic centimetres but not more than 2,000 cubic centimetres

More than 750 cubic centimetres but not more than 1,000 cubic centimetres

16.1 cents

4

 

1,500 cubic centimetres or less

 

750 cubic centimetres or less

 

14.1 cents

 

“(2) The allowance payable under this regulation for each occasion on which an officer uses his motor vehicle shall not exceed the total amount of the allowance to which he would have been entitled if on that occasion he had been absent overnight from his headquarters within the meaning of Public Service Board Determination 1983/10 and if sub-clauses 4.1.2 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (7) of that Determination had been applicable in respect of that absence.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 December 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 18 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 4 and see also Statutory Rules 1983 Nos. 4, 5, 9, 30, 35, 36, 55, 57, 91, 98, 109, 110, 112, 119, 138, 219 and 295.

 

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