Public Service (Salaries) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 33

REGULATION UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1972.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1972, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulation.

Dated this twenty-third day of January, 1973.

J. E. COLLINGS

Acting Chairman.

A. B. McFARLANE

Commissioner.

F. C. NORDECK

Deputy of a Commissioner.

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

Dated this eighth day of February, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. R. WILLESEE

Special Minister of State for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Amendment of the Public Service (Salaries) Regulations 

Second Schedule.

The Second Schedule to the Public Service (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting Part II. and inserting in its stead the following Part:—

“PART II.

1  For the purposes of this Part—

' college of advanced education' means a college of advanced education within the meaning of the Australian Commission on Advanced Education Act 1971;

‘ degree of a prescribed institution ’ means a degree of an Australian university or a degree of an Australian college of advanced education or of an overseas university that is of a standard at least equal to the standard of a degree conferred by an Australian university;

‘ diploma of a prescribed institution ’ means a diploma of an Australian university or a diploma of an Australian college of advanced education or of an overseas university that is of a standard at least equal to the standard of a diploma of an Australian university.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 15 February 1973.

 Statutory Rules 1972, No 196.

 

2. A reference in this Part to a diploma, in relation to an institution, shall be read as including a reference to any other award granted by that institution that is similar to a diploma.

3. Where—

(a) an officer of the Third Division has been admitted, or is eligible to be admitted, to a degree of a prescribed institution; and

(b) salary is payable to the officer at a rate less than the appropriate rate in relation to that officer,

the officer shall, subject to this Part, be paid an allowance at a rate equal to the difference between those rates.

4. Subject to the next succeeding paragraph, for the purpose of the last preceding paragraph, the appropriate rate, in relation to an officer who has been admitted, or is eligible to be admitted, to a degree of a prescribed institution, being a degree included in a class of degrees specified in an item (in the second column) in the following table, is the rate specified in that item (in the third column).

First Column	Second Column	Third Column
Item No.	Class of degrees	Rate in dollars
1	Degrees higher than Degrees of Bachelor ..........................................	5,850
2	Degrees of Bachelor with First or Second Class Honours...............	5,450
3	Degrees of Bachelor (not being degrees with First or Second Class Honours) the courses of study for which arc four years or longer................................................................................................	5,050
4	Degrees of Bachelor (not being degrees with First or Second Class Honours) the courses of study for which are three years .......	4,850

 

5. For the purpose of this Part, where—

(a) an officer has been admitted, or is eligible to be admitted, to a degree of a prescribed institution, being a degree included in the class of degrees specified in in item 4 (in the second column) in the table in the last preceding paragraph;

(b) the officer has been admitted, or is eligible to be admitted, to a further degree of a prescribed institution, being a degree included in that class of degrees or has received, or is eligible to receive, a diploma of a prescribed institution; and

(c) the periods of the courses for the first-mentioned degree and the other degree or the diploma aggregate not less than four years,

the appropriate rate, in relation to that officer, is the rate specified in item 3 (in the third column) in that table.

6. For the purpose of paragraph 3 of this Part, the rate at which salary is payable to an officer includes the rate at which an allowance (if are) under regulation 87 of the Public Service Regulations is payable to the officer.".