Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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Statutory Rules

1978 No. 286

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922*

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 this twentieth day of December 1978.

J. C. TAYLOR

Acting Chairman

R. J. YOUNG

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 this twenty-second day of December 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for Home Affairs and Minister of State for the Capital Territory for and on behalf of the Prime Minister

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 December 1978.

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS*

Allowances payable for use, for official purposes, of private vehicles

1. Regulation 90 of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1);

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (4) and substituting the following sub-regulation;

“ (4) Where an officer uses his motor vehicle in pursuance of an authority given under sub-regulation (2), he shall be paid an allowance for each kilometre that the motor vehicle travelled at whichever of the rates specified in the table in this sub-regulation is applicable:

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		18.1 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		14.2 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		12.8 cents
4	1,500 cubic centimetres or less	750 cubic centimetres or less		11.3 cents

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) “, in a prescribed period or, if the Board approves, in any other lesser period, is insufficient to meet the amount of the expenses reasonably incurred in that period ” and substituting “ is insufficient to meet the amount of the expenses reasonably incurred ”.

Allowance for use of private vehicles on specified journeys

2. Regulation 90a of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“ (2) Subject to regulation 90c, an officer who uses a motor vehicle in pursuance of permission granted under sub-regulation (1) shall be paid an allowance for each kilometre that the motor vehicle travelled at whichever of the rates specified in the table in sub-regulation 90 (4) is applicable.”.

* Statutory Rules 1933 No. 18 as amended to date. For previous amendments see footnote * on the second page of Statutory Rules 1978 No. 7 and see also Statutory Ruka 1978 Nos. 7, 8, 9, 33, 84, 109, 154 and 205.

Rotary engines

3. Regulation 90aa of the Public Service Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “ In this regulation ” and substituting “ For the purposes of regulations 90 and 90a ”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) “ in sub-regulation 90 (4) ” after “ reference ” (first occurring); and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (3).