Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 611

 

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 Regulation.

Dated 5 February 1982.

Acting Chairman

Commissioner

Deputy of a Commissioner

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

Dated 25 February 1982.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Industrial Relations for and on behalf of the Prime Minister

 

S.R. No. 403/81—Cat. No. —Recommended retail price 20c 12/19.1.1982

 

Regulations 121 to 136a (inclusive) of the Public Service Regulations are repealed and the following regulations substituted:

Interpretation

“121. In this Part—

‘applicant’ means a person whose name is included in the register; and

‘register’ means the register of applicants for temporary employment referred to in sub-section 82 (2) of the Act.

Temporary employment register

“122. (1) Subject to regulation 124, the register shall consist of applications for temporary employment made in such form as the Board from time to time directs.

“(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the register shall consist of such parts, and shall be kept at such places, as are determined by the Board.

Selection of applicants

“123. (1) The Board, in selecting persons for temporary employment from the register in accordance with sub-section 82 (2) of the Act, shall consider—

(a) the location, nature and expected duration of the temporary employment;

(b) the qualifications and experience of the applicants;

(c) the eligibility of the applicants for appointment as officers;

(d) the length of time the names of the applicants have been included in the register; and

(e) any other factor relevant to the suitability of the applicants for the temporary employment.

“(2) Where, under sub-section 82 (2) of the Act, 2 or more applicants appear to the Board to be best qualified for the work, preference shall be given to any applicant who is a Returned Soldier.

Register to include names as provided

“124. (1) Where, in relation to an application, a person—

(a) accepts or declines an offer of temporary employment;

(b) does not reply, within the time fixed by the notification for that reply, to notification of his selection for temporary employment;

(c) has not received, during any period of 6 months when his name has been included in the register, any offer of temporary employment; or

(d) requests that the application be removed from the register,

the register shall not include that application of that person.

 

“(2) Paragraph (1) (c) does not apply where an applicant requests, before the expiry of any period referred to in that paragraph, that his name be included in the register for a further period of 6 months.

General obligations of employee

“125. Subject to the Act and these Regulations, an employee has, in addition to the obligations expressly imposed on him by these Regulations, the obligations that are imposed by these Regulations on an officer”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 March 1982.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 18 as amended by to date. For previous amendments see note 2 to Statutory Rules 1982 No. 30 and see also Statutory Rules 1982 Nos. 30, 40, 41, and 54.

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