Commonwealth Public Service Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 95.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922 ( AMENDMENT, 1924).

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS appointed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922, in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the said Act, and subject to the approval of the Governor-General, hereby makes the following amendment of the Regulations, such amendment to come into operation as from the 1st July, 1924.

Dated this fourth day of June, 1924.

Approved in Executive Council this 26th day of June 1924.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Prime Minister.

Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 93, as amended to this date).

Part V. of the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following part inserted in its stead:—

“Part V.—Officers of the Third Division.

105. (1) The Third Division of the Commonwealth Service includes the officers whose offices have been classified under Section 27 of the Act within that Division, and any officer whose office is subsequently directed by the Governor-General, in pursuance of Section 24 of the Act, to be included in that Division.

(2) Pending the classification, under Section 27 of the Act, of any office which, immediately prior to the commencement of this regulation, was in the Third Division, that office, and the officer occupying that office, remain in the Third Division, and the salary paid to that officer at that date shall continue to be paid, and the Permanent Head may supplement that salary by the grant of such increments as are determined by the Board.

(3) The limits of salary of the respective classes into which the Third Division is classified under Section 27 of the Act shall, subject to this regulation, be of such amounts specified in Table A or Table B of this regulation, as are deemed by the Board, in effecting the classification, to accord in each case with the importance and character of the work performed.

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(4) The application of the last preceding sub-regulation to male officers shall be subject to the following conditions:—

(a) The maximum of the limits of salary of a classified officer shall not be less than £276.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 31 of the Act, and except as prescribed in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this sub-regulation, an officer who has for a period of twelve months received a salary within the limits of his class of an amount shown in Table A shall—

(i) in the case of an officer receiving salary less than £612 be advanced to the next higher amount shown in the Table;

(ii) in the case of an officer receiving salary exceeding £600 and less than £900 be advanced by increments of £24; and

(iii) in the case of an officer receiving salary of £900 or over, be advanced by increments of £25;

but not in any case beyond the maximum of the limits of salary within which his office is classified.

(c) An officer receiving at the date of classification salary in excess of the amount shown as salary in classification, but not exceeding the maximum of the limits of salary within which his office is classified, may continue to receive the salary paid at that date. In any such case salary shall not be increased until such time as it would have been increased if the officer had been paid the salary shown in his classification.

(d) The minimum rates of pay to officers 21 years of age and under shall be as follows:—

(5) The application of sub-regulation (3) of this Regulation to female officers shall be subject to the following conditions:—

(a) The maximum of the limits of salary of a classified officer shall not be less than £232.

(b) Subject to the provisions of section 31 of the Act, and except as prescribed in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this sub-regulation, an officer who has for a period of twelve months received a salary within the limits of her class of an amount shown in Table B shall be advanced to the next higher salary shown in the Table, but not beyond the maximum of the limits of salary within which her office is classified;

(c) An officer receiving at the date of classification salary in excess of the amount shown as salary in classification, but not exceeding the maximum of the limits of salary within which her office is classified, may continue to receive salary paid at that date. In any such case salary shall not be increased until such time as it would have been increased if the officer had been paid the salary shown in her classification.

(d) The minimum rates of pay to officers 21 years of age and under shall be as follows:—

(6) Where the Commonwealth Statistician notifies in the Gazette the index number ascertained in respect of food, groceries, and housing combined, for the six capital cities of the Commonwealth for the twelve months preceding the 1st day of April in any year, and that index number is less than 1,620, or more than 1,719, salary payable in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this regulation shall be varied in the following manner:—

(a) In the cases of adult male officers receiving salary not exceeding £348, by increase or decrease of £6 in respect of each 50 points or portion thereof by which, respectively, the index number exceeds 1,719 or is less than 1,620.

(b) In the cases of adult male officers receiving salary exceeding £348 but not exceeding £600, by increase or decrease of £12 in respect of each 100 points or portion thereof (exceeding 50 points) by which, respectively, the index number exceeds 1,719 or is less than 1,620.

(c) In the cases of adult female officers, by increase or decrease of £9 in respect of each 100 points or portion thereof (exceeding 50 points) by which, respectively, the index number exceeds 1,719 or is less than 1,620.

(d) In the cases of officers under 21 years of age, by increase or decrease of £6 in respect of each 100 points or portion thereof (exceeding 50 points) by which, respectively, the index number exceeds 1,719 or is less than 1,620.

(7) Any variation effected in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation shall take effect on the 1st day of July next following the notification in the Gazette of the index number, and shall continue in force for a period of twelve months.

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