STATUTORY RULES.
1905. No. 46.
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 on the fourth day of June, 1905. Such Regulations to supersede Provisional Regulations issued on the fifth day of April, 1905, which are hereby repealed.
Dated this fourth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s command,
DUGALD THOMSON,
Minister of State for Home Affairs.
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OFFICERS TO OBEY SUMMONS.
Regulation 36 of the Regulations under the Commonwealth Public Service Act, published in the Gazette of the 23rd December, 1902, is hereby repealed, and the following Regulation is substituted in lieu thereof:—
36.—(1) Every officer who is summoned by the Commissioner or an Inspector or the Chairman of a Board of Inquiry or of a Board of Appeal to give evidence upon any subject of inspection, inquiry, or investigation, shall attend to give evidence at the time and place specified in the summons.
(2) Every officer appearing before the Commissioner, an Inspector, a Board of Inquiry, or a Board of Appeal (whether summoned or attending voluntarily) shall answer all questions asked him pertinent to the inspection, inquiry, or investigation, and shall produce all official or public books, documents, or writings in his control, which he is required to produce.
(3) No officer shall be compelled to answer any question tending to incriminate him.
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AMENDMENT OF REGULATION RELATING TO GENERAL DIVISION GRADING.
Regulation 104 of the Regulations under the said Act (Statutory Rules. 1904, No. 53) is hereby amended by altering the maximum yearly rate of pay for the office of Coxswain, under the head “Trade and Customs,” from £150 to £156.
By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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