Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1975.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1975, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated this eighteenth day of November, 1975.

Chairman.

Commissioner.

Commissioner.

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

Dated this twenty-seventh day of November, 1975.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Prime Minister.

 

Amendments of the Public Service Regulations 

Creation and constitution of Joint Council.

1. Regulation 72b of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1) and (1a) and substituting the following sub-regulations:—

“ (1) There shall be a Joint Council, which shall be constituted by—

(a) a Chairman nominated by the Public Service Board;

(b) a representative of the Public Service Board nominated by that Board;

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 28 November 1975.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1975, No. 17 and see also Statutory Rules 1975, Nos. 17, 18, 33, 54, 72, 132, 174 and 000.

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(c) 8 departmental representatives nominated by Permanent Heads, as requested by the Board; and

(d) 9 representatives of organizations of officers and employees nominated as follows:—

(i) 5 by the Council of Australian Government Employee Organizations, of whom 2 shall be representative of Second and Third Division officers and 3 of Fourth Division officers;

(ii) 2 by the Australian Council of Trade Unions;

(iii) one by the Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations; and

(iv) one by the Council of Professional Associations.

“ (1a) For the purposes of paragraph 1 (c), ‘Permanent Head’ includes a person who has the powers of, or exercisable by, a Permanent Head.”.

2. After regulation 72c of the Public Service Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

Powers of Deputy Chairman.

“ 72ca. (1) Where the Chairman is unable to attend, or is absent for a period from, a meeting of the Joint Council, the Deputy Chairman shall preside at that meeting, or shall preside at that meeting during that period of absence, as the case may be.

“ (2) In the event of the Chairman being unable to attend a meeting of the Joint Council, the organization of which the Deputy Chairman is a representative may nominate another person to be a representative of the organization at that meeting.”.

Meetings.

3. Regulation 72d of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—

“ (2) At a meeting of the Council, 13 members of the Council—

(a) one of whom shall be the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Joint Council;

(b) one of whom shall be the representative of the Board;

(c) 5 of whom shall be representatives referred to in paragraph 72b (1) (c); and

(d) 6 of whom shall be representatives of organizations, shall form a quorum.”.

Functions of the Council.

4. Regulation 72e of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—

“ (2) The Permanent Head of a Department, a person who has the powers of, or exercisable by, a Permanent Head, and an organization of officers or employees or officers and employees, may submit to the. Board any matter considered to be a matter of general interest in relation to the Public Service, and the Board shall refer any such matter to the Council.”.

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