High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES

1970 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE HIGH COMMISSIONER (UNITED KINGDOM) ACT 1909-1966.*

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 High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1909-1966.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of December, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General,

By His Excellency’s Command,

Amendments of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations†

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1971.

Proficiency allowance.

2. Regulation 33 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“33.—(I.) Where an officer or employee who is occupying or performing the duties of an office, or temporary position, specified in column 1 of the following table has passed an approved test in typing at a rate specified in column 2 of that table in relation to that office or position and in typing letters and documents with due regard to punctuation and form and has not passed an approved test in typing at a higher rate so specified and in typing letters and documents with due regard to punctuation and form, the officer or employee shall be paid an allowance at the rate per annum specified in column 3 of that table opposite to that first-mentioned rate:—

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on     1970.

† Statutory Rules 1960, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1965, No. 87; 1966, No. 76; 1967, Nos. 29 and 79;1968, Nos. 21. 103, 128 and 184; 1969, Nos. 74, 150 and 192; and 1970, Nos. 91 and 146.

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“(2.) Where an officer or employee who is occupying or performing the duties of an office, or temporary position, specified in column 1 of the following table has passed an approved test in writing shorthand at a rate specified in column 2 of that table in relation to that office or position and in correctly transcribing that shorthand and has not passed an approved test in writing shorthand at a higher rate so specified and in correctly transcribing that shorthand, the officer or employee shall be paid an allowance at the rate per annum specified in column 3 of that table opposite to that first-mentioned rate:—

“(3.) Where an officer or employee who is occupying or performing the duties of an office, or temporary position, specified in column 1 of the following table has passed an approved test in transcribing by typewriter recorded dictation, the transcribing being at a rate specified in column 2 of that table in relation to that office or position, and has not passed an approved test in transcribing by typewriter recorded dictation, the transcribing being at a higher rate so specified, the officer or employee shall be paid an allowance at the rate per annum specified in column 3 of that table opposite to that first-mentioned rate:—

“(4.) An allowance is not payable under the last preceding sub-regulation to an officer or employee who is occupying or performing the duties of an office, or temporary position, of Supervisor (Typing) in respect of any period in respect of which an allowance under sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation is payable to the officer or employee.

“(5.) In this regulation, ‘approved test’ means a test approved by the Official Secretary.”.

Fourth Schedule.

3. The Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

“FOURTH SCHEDULE Regulation 24.

ANNUAL SALARIES

Supplementary allowance.

4.—(1.) Where, during a period that commenced on or after the first day of January, 1970, and ended before the commencement of these Regulations, an officer or employee occupied, or performed the duties of, an office set out in column 1 of the table in this regulation, the officer or employee shall, by force of this regulation, be paid an allowance of such amount as would result in his total remuneration (including any supplementary allowance paid or payable to him by force of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 2 of Statutory Rules 1970, No, 146) being not less than the total remuneration that would have been payable to the officer or employee in respect of that period, if, during that period—

(a) the classification of that office had been the scale of rates specified in column 2 of the table in this sub-regulation opposite to that office in column 1 of that table; and

(b) that scale of rates had been specified in column 2 of the Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations opposite to that office in column 1 of that Schedule.

Additional proficiency allowance.

5.—(1.) Where an officer or employee occupying, or performing the duties of, an office or temporary position of Steno-secretary to the High Commissioner, Steno-secretary to a Deputy High Commissioner, Stenographer Grade 1, Stenographer Grade 2, Stenographer Grade 3, Supervisor (Typing), Typist. Transcription Typist or Clerical Assistant (F), Typing was in receipt of a proficiency allowance by reason of ability to type at the rate of 50 words per minute or 65 words per minute in respect of the year that commenced on the first day of January, 1970, or a part of that year, the officer or employee shall be paid additional proficiency allowance in respect of that year or that part of that year—

(a) if the officer or employee was in receipt of proficiency allowance by reason of ability to type at the rate of 50 words per minute—at the rate of Ten pounds per year; or

(b) in any other case—at the rate of Thirty-five pounds per year.

(2.) Where an officer or employee occupying, or performing the duties of, an office or temporary position of Steno-secretary to the High Commissioner, Steno-secretary to a Deputy High Commissioner, Stenographer Grade 1, Stenographer Grade 2, Stenographer Grade 3 or Supervisor (Typing) was in receipt of proficiency allowance by reason of ability to write shorthand at the rate of 140 words per minute in respect of the year that commenced on the first day of January, 1970, or a part of that year, the officer or employee shall be paid additional proficiency allowance in respect of that year or that part of that year at the rate of Ten pounds per year.

(3.) Where an officer or employee occupying, or performing the duties of, an office or temporary position of Transcription Typist was in receipt of a proficiency allowance by reason of ability to type at the rate of 21 words per minute or 27 words per minute matter played back from a tape recording, in respect of the year that commenced on the first day of January, 1970, or a part of that year, the officer or employee shall be paid additional proficiency allowance in respect of that year or that part of that year—

(a) if the officer or employee was in receipt of proficiency allowance by reason of ability to type that matter at the rate of 21 words per minute—at the rate of Five pounds per year, or

(b) in any other case—at the rate of Ten pounds per year.

(4.) In this regulation, “proficiency allowance” means a proficiency allowance payable under regulation 33 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations.

Interpretation.

6. A reference in these Regulations to an amount of money shall be read as a reference to that amount of money in sterling.

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