STATUTORY RULES.
1918. No. 218.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1903–1917 (TENTH AMENDMENT 1918).
I, SIR ARTHUR LYULPH STANLEY, Deputy of the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902–1917 to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this fourteenth day of August, 1918.
A. L. STANLEY,
Deputy of the Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
A. POYNTON,
for Acting Prime Minister.
Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1913/341 as amended by Statutory Rules 1917/57.)
1. Regulation 19 of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed.
2. After regulation 276a of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—
276b (1). If any officer is charged before any Court with or is convicted of any offence whether punishable by summary conviction or otherwise the officer in charge of the sub-branch in which the officer is employed shall immediately report the circumstances to the Chief Officer who may suspend such officer from duty.
(2). In emergent cases any such officer may be temporarily suspended from duty by the head of the branch or office in which he is employed or with which he is connected, or in the case of an officer of the Postmaster-General’s Department by the Postal Inspector for the district in which the officer is employed or located. Any such temporary suspension together with the reasons therefor shall be immediately reported to the Chief Officer.
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