STATUTORY RULES.
1916. No. 242.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902-1916.
I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1916, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-fifth day of October, 1916.
A. L. STANLEY,
Deputy of the Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. M. HUGHES,
Prime Minister.
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Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1913/341.)
Regulation 157 is repealed, and the following is inserted in its stead:—
Allowance for use of motor car, cycle, or bicycle
157. Officers not in receipt of forage or equipment allowance who use their own motor cars or cycles when travelling on public business, or any officer whose motor car or cycles is used for such purpose, may be allowed in respect thereof payment at the following rates:—
Motor car ..................... | 5d. per mile |
Motor cycle or bicycle ............. | 3d. per mile for journeys of 20 miles and under. |
Where the distance travelled on any journey by motor cycle or bicycle exceeds 20 miles, the allowance shall be at the rate of 2½d. for each additional mile when a motor cycle is used, and 1½d. for each additional mile when a bicycle is used.
Proof must be given that the use of a motor car, motor cycle, or bicycle, results in greater efficiency and saving than would be the case were other means of conveyance employed.
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