STATUTORY RULES.
1942. No. 532.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CANNED FRUITS EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1926-1938.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Canned Fruits Export Control Act 1926-1938.
Dated this Ninth
day of December , 1942.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Commerce.
Amendment of the Canned Fruits Export Control (Staff)
Regulations.†
Variations of salary on account of variations in cost of living.
1. After regulation 4 of the Canned Fruits Export Control (Staff) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
“4aa.—(1.) In this regulation, ‘index number’ means the weighted average retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth, as shown in the ‘Court’ series of retail price index numbers published from time to time by, or at the direction of, the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.
“(2.) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year is less than 81.7 salaries payable in pursuance of these Regulations shall, unless, in the case of any particular officer, the Minister otherwise directs, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the month of May or the month of November (as the case may be) next following, be reduced by the amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the index number falls:—
Index Number Groups. | Amount of Decrease in Salary. | ||
Adult Males. | Adult Females. | Officers under 21 Years of Age. | |
| Per annum. | Per annum. | Per annum. |
| £ | £ | £ |
79.4–81.6......................... | 6 | 4 | 3 |
77.1–79.3......................... | 12 | 8 | 6 |
74.8–77.0......................... | 18 | 12 | 9 |
72.5–74.7......................... | 24 | 16 | 12 |
70.2–72.4......................... | 30 | 20 | 15 |
67.9–70.1......................... | 36 | 24 | 18 |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.
† Statutory Rules 1932, No. 57, as amended by Statutory Rules 1933, No. 104; 1936, Nos. 52 and 124; 1937, No. 98; 1939, No. 106; 1941, Nos. 108 and 157; and 1942, No. 194.
8262.—Price 3d. 20/27.11.1942.
“(3.) If the index number falls below 67.9, salaries shall be further reduced in the manner specified in the last preceding sub-regulation, that is to say, for each fall of 2.3 points in the index number, salaries shall be reduced by Six pounds per annum in the case of adult males, Four pounds per annum in the case of adult females and Three pounds per annum in the case of officers under 21 years of age.
“(4.) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year exceeds 83.9, salaries payable in pursuance of these Regulations shall, unless, in the case of any particular officer, the Minister otherwise directs, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the month of May or the month of November (as the case may be) next following, be increased by the appropriate amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the index number falls:—
Index Number Groups. | Amount of Increase in Salary. | ||
Adult Males. | Adult Females. | Officers under 21 Years of Age. | |
| Per annum. | Per annum. | Per annum. |
| £ | £ | £ |
84.0–86.2...................... | 6 | 4 | 3 |
86.3–88.5...................... | 12 | 8 | 6 |
88.6–90.8...................... | 18 | 12 | 9 |
90.9–93.1...................... | 24 | 16 | 12 |
93.2–95.4...................... | 30 | 20 | 15 |
95.5–97.7...................... | 36 | 24 | 18 |
“(5.) If the index number rises above 97.7 salaries shall be further increased in the manner specified in the last preceding sub-regulation, that is to say, for every rise of 2.3 points in the index number salaries shall be increased by Six pounds per annum in the case of adult males, Four pounds per annum in the case of adult females and Three pounds per annum in the case of officers under 21 years of age.
“(6.) The following amounts shall, unless, in the case of any particular officer, the Minister otherwise directs, be added to salaries payable in pursuance of these Regulations:—
| Per annum |
| £ |
Adult males........................................ | 16 |
Adult females....................................... | 11 |
Officers under 21 years of age............................ | 8 |
“(7.) For the purposes of these Regulations (other than the last preceding regulation) the salary of an officer shall be deemed to be his salary, as varied in pursuance of this regulation.
“(8.) The first adjustment of salaries under this regulation shall be made as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period after the commencement of this regulation, and shall be based on the index number for the six months ended on the thirtieth day of March, 1941, which shall be deemed to be 80.2.”.
Commencement.
2. Regulation 1 of these Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of May, One thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.