Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
REGULATION UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1973.*
THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in
pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the
Dated this twentieth day of March, 1974.
Chairman.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulation.
Dated this tenth day of April, 1974.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
R. F. X. CONNOR
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Minerals and Energy for and on behalf of the
Prime Minister.
Amendment of the Public Service Regulations
After regulation 97b of the Public Service Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
“ 97c. (1) In this regulation—
‘ officer ’ includes employee;
‘ unit ’ means one kilowatt hour of electricity.
* Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1935, No.18, amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations
19877/73—Price 8c 10/26.2.74
“ (2) This regulation applies to an officer who is responsible for the payment of the charges imposed by an electricity supply authority for the supply of electricity for domestic purposes to the premises in which the officer ordinarily resides.
“ (3) Where—
(a) an officer to whom this regulation applies has paid the charges for the supply of electricity dining a quarterly charging period or a monthly charging, period; and
(b) the amount of those charges exceeds the contribution applicable in relation to the officer in respect of a quarterly charging period or a monthly charging period, as the case requires,
the officer is, subject to and in accordance with this regulation, entitled to receive an allowance equal to the amount of the excess,
“ (4) The amount of the contribution applicable in relation to an officer in respect of a quarterly charging period or a monthly charging period is the amount ascertained by reference to Part Λ or Part B, as the case requires, of the following Table:—
Part A-Quarterly Charging Period
Units of electricity used during a quarter | Officer’s contribution |
$ | |
.. .. .. | 15.00 |
| 15.60 |
| 16.56 |
| 17.55 |
| 18.51 |
| 19.50 |
| 20.46 |
| 21.45 |
| 22.41 |
| 23.40 |
| 24.36 |
| 25.35 |
| 26.31 |
| 27.30 |
| 28.26 |
| 29.25 |
| 30.21 |
| 31.20 |
| 32.16 |
.. .. .. | 33.15 |
.. .. .. | 34.11 |
.. .. .. | 35.10 |
1110-1139 .. .. .. | 36.06 |
.. .. .. | 37.05 |
.. .. .. | 38.01 |
.. .. .. .. | 39.00 |
Part Β— Monthly Charging Period
Units of electricity used during a month | Officer’s contribution |
$ | |
.. .. .. | 5.00 |
| 5.20 |
| 5.52 |
| 5.85 |
| 6.17 |
| 6.50 |
| 6.82 |
| 7.15 |
| 7.47 |
| 7.80 |
| 8.12 |
| 8.45 |
| 8.77 |
| 9.10 |
| 9.42 |
| 9.75 |
| 10.07 |
| 10.40 |
| 10.72 |
| 11.05 |
| 11.37 |
| 11.70 |
| 12.02 |
| 12.35 |
| 12.67 |
| 13.00 |
“ (5) No allowance is payable to an officer in respect of electricity supplied in any one charging period, in excess of—
(a) where an electric hot water service is used in the premises in which the officer ordinarily resides—400 units in any one monthly charging period or 1200 units in any one quarterly charging period; or
(b) in any other case—300 units in any one monthly charging period or 900 units in any one quarterly charging period.
“ (6) No allowance is payable to an officer under this regulation if the amount calculated in accordance with sub-regulation (3) in relation to the officer would be less than three dollars in any one quarterly charging period or one dollar in any one monthly charging period, as the case may be.
“ (7) An officer who is responsible for the payment of charges imposed by an electricity supply authority for the supply of electricity over a period that is less than a charging period is entitled to be paid an allowance in respect of each day of the first-mentioned period calculated at the rate of—
(a) in relation toa quarterly charging period—one ninetieth; or
(b) in relation to a monthly charging period— one thirtieth,
of the allowance that would have been payable to the officer under this regulation if electricity had been supplied during the whole of the charging period at the same rate of supply as the rate of supply for the first-mentioned period.”.
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