STATUTORY RULES.
1907. No. 10.
PROVISIONAL REGULATION 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 certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a “Provisional Regulation.”
Dated this 19th day of February, One thousand nine hundred and seven.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. H. KEATING,
Minister of State for Home Affairs.
Public Service Regulation 199 is amended to read as follows:—
199. Every applicant for employment as telegraph messenger must be between the ages of thirteen and fifteen years at date of examination. Every applicant nominated for appointment as telegraph messenger must be not less than thirteen nor more than fifteen years of age at his last birthday previous to appointment, and must cease to be so employed when he attains the age of eighteen years, unless in the meantime he has been transferred or promoted to some other position in the service for which he has qualified by passing the required examination. Provided, however, that no person shall be appointed as telegraph messenger in the States of New South Wales, Victoria, or Western Australia, under the age of fourteen years, unless he can produce evidence from the authorities administering the education laws of the State in which he resides that he has attained the standard of education prescribed by such laws, or that he is exempted from school attendance.
By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.
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