Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1906. No. 28.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE “COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1902.”

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 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventh day of April, One thousand nine hundred and six.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

LITTLETON ERNEST GROOM,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Chief Officers of Departments.

Regulation 48 of the Public Service Regulations shall be amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:—

“In the case of the Postmaster-General’s Department and the Department of Trade and Customs, the Permanent Head shall, as regards the officers of the central staffs of those Departments, be taken to be the Chief Officer.”

Transfer of Officers from one Division to Another.

Regulation 141 (b) of the Public Service Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b), and inserting in lieu thereof:—

“(b) In case of transfer or promotion from the General to the Clerical Division he shall first pass the tests and examination prescribed in Regulation 196 or 197 as the case may be.”

Part V.—District Allowances.

Regulation 168 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by adding the following words:—

“District Allowances are not payable to officers while temporarily relieving in a District Allowance locality; but the Commissioner may, under special circumstances, increase the prescribed travelling allowance payable to an officer while relieving in such a locality.”

Vacancies Declared Under Section 23 (4).

Regulation 196 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed, and the following Regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

“Transfer from General Division to Clerical Division, Class 5.

196. Examinations may be held as required under the provisions of Section 23 (4) to enable officers of the General Division to qualify for transfer to the fifth class of the Clerical Division. Candidates for examination under this Regulation shall, in addition to such other subjects or tests as the Commissioner may, from time to time, specify for particular positions, be required to pass in the subjects specified in (1), (2), (3), and (4) of Regulation 103.”

Transfer in Special Cases from General to Clerical Division.

Regulation 197 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed, and the following Regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

Transfer From General Division to Fourth and Higher Classes of Clerical Division.

197 Examinations may be held as required under the provisions of Section 41 (d) for transfer from the General Division to the Fourth and higher Classes of the Clerical Division, and shall comprise in addition to the following viz.:—Spelling, Letter-writing, Precís writing, Correction of grammatical errors, the meanings of words, knowledge of Departmental Acts and Regulations, and Elementary Arithmetic, such subjects as the Commissioner may from time to time specify when notifying the Examination. Examinations held under this Regulation will be competitive, and shall be open to such officers or classes of officers as the Commissioner may specify.

An officer applying to be examined under this Regulation will be required to submit with his application a certificate from the Chief Officer of his Department as to his official record and general fitness or capacity for performing the duties of the higher position, and the Commissioner shall thereupon determine whether or not such officer shall be admitted to examination.

Boards of Inquiry.

Regulation 258 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed, and the following Regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

“All charges shall be made in writing, and shall, except where laid by the Chief Officer himself, be addressed to such Chief Officer.”

2. The Provisional Regulations under the said Act made on the 31st day of January, 1906 (Statutory Rules 1906, No. 16), are hereby repealed.

Grading of General Division.

1. Public Service Regulation 104 (Statutory Rules 1904, No. 53) is amended as follows:—

(a) By omitting from the schedule under the head “Postmaster-General’s Department,” all reference to the office of Assistant;

(b) By inserting in the Schedule under the corresponding heads and in the corresponding columns the following:—

2. The Provisional Regulations under the said Act made on the 23rd January, 1906 (Statutory Rules, 1906, No. 14) are hereby repealed.

Part IV.—Special Allowances.

1. Part IV of the Public Service Regulations is amended as follows:—

(a) By inserting after Regulation 163 the following new Regulation:—

163a. Allowances may be granted on the authority of the Permanent Head for the cleaning and lighting of offices, such allowances not to exceed a maximum annual rate of £10 for each of the services mentioned. In special cases where it is deemed advisable to grant an allowance for the delivery of correspondence, the Permanent Head may authorize such allowance up to, but not exceeding, £6 per annum.

(b) By omitting from Regulation 164 the words “line repairers and letter carriers,” and substituting in lieu thereof the word “officers,”

2. The Provisional Regulations under the said Act made on the 31st day of January, 1906 (Statutory Rules, 1906, No. 15), are hereby repealed.

Grading of General Division.

1. Regulation 104 under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 (Statutory Rules, 1904, No. 53), as amended by Statutory Rules, 1905,

No. 8, and No. 46, is further amended by omitting, from the Schedule under the corresponding heads and in the corresponding columns the following:—

and by inserting in the said Schedule under the corresponding heads and in the corresponding columns the following:—

* No additions to pay are provided for in these cases. Salaries between the minimum and maximum shown will be fixed by the Commissioner from time to time in accordance with the work performed.

As regards the offices of Engine-driver Foreman, Plumber and Gasfitter, Foreman Mail Branch, and Ship Mailman, the amendments made by this Regulation shall be deemed to have been in force since the first day of July, 1904.

2. The Provisional Regulations under the said Act made on the 29th day of December, 1905 (Statutory Rules, 1906, No. 2) are hereby repealed.

By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.