Public Service Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1955. No. 67.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1955.*

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1955, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated this sixth day of September, 1955.

W. E. DUNK

Chairman.

G. G. SUTCLIFFE

Commissioner.

K. E. GRAINGER

Commissioner.

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I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulations.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of September, 1955.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

E. J. HARRISON

Vice-President of the Executive Council, acting for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.

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Amendments of the Public Service Regulations.†

1. Regulation 2 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

Parts.

“2. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—

Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-6).

Part II.—Administration.

Division I.—Attendance and Duties of Officers (Regulations 7-45a).

Division II.—Leave of Absence and Holidays (Regulations 46-64a).

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6th October, 1955.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1955, No. 43.

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Division III.—Hours of Duty and Overtime (Regulations 65-70).

Division IV.—Miscellaneous (Regulations 72a-74e).

Part III.—Travelling and other Allowances.

Division  I.—General Allowances (Regulations 75-82).

Division  II.—Mode of Travelling (Regulations 83-84).

Division III.—Special Allowances (Regulations 87-100).

Division IV.—District Allowances (Regulations 101-103).

Part   IV.—Salaries payable to officers of the Second Division or Third Division (Regulations 104-105).

Part    V.—Salaries payable to officers of the Fourth Division (Regulation 106).

Part  VII. —Promotion, Incremental Advancement, and Transfer (Regulations 107-120).

Part VIII.—Temporary Employment (Regulations 121-138).

Part   IX.—Divisional Representatives (Regulations 139-141y).

Part    X.—Boards of Appeal and Inquiry—Offences (Regulations 142-152).

Part   XI.—Appointment of Returned Soldiers (Regulation 153).".

2. Regulation 112 of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Conditions of transfer from Fourth Division to Third Division.

"112.—(1.) The prescribed conditions under which an officer of the Fourth Division may be transferred to the Third Division are, subject to this regulation—

(a) that the officer is a returned soldier and is by virtue of regulation 153 of these Regulations, deemed to have passed a proscribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act;

(b) that the officer has the qualifications referred to in whichever of the next three succeeding sub-regulations is applicable; or

(c) that the officer was formerly included in the Third Division and was transferred to an office in the Fourth Division otherwise than in pursuance of section 55 or 62 of the Act or of section 67 of the Act on grounds other than ill health.

"(2.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division of Engineer, Grade 1, Supervisor (Mail), Supervisor (Telegraph), Senior Postal Clerk, Traffic Officer, Radio Inspector, Postmaster, Grade 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, Assistant Radio Inspector, Postal Clerk, Telegraphist, Communications Officer, Senior Communications Officer, Grade 1, 2 or 3, Excise Officer, Grade 3 or of Clerk the minimum and maximum of the scale of rates of annual salary of which are £369 and £890, respectively, unless he passes an examination held in accordance with, and complies with the conditions to qualify for transfer or promotion to those offices specified, in a determination of the Board made under section 53 of the Act.

"(3.) Where the performance of the duties of an office in the Third Division requires special skill or technical knowledge, the Board may, on receipt of a report from the Permanent Head that no officer having that skill or knowledge is available for transfer or promotion from within the Third Division, transfer or promote to that office an officer of the Fourth Division who has, in the opinion of the Board, the qualifications necessary for the performance of the duties of that office.

"(4.) An officer of the Fourth Division who has passed the Leaving Certificate, Leaving Honours Certificate, Senior Public, Matriculation or Schools Certificate Examination in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth or has completed a course for a University degree or Technical College Diploma may, subject to such conditions as the Board determines, be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division, being an office which the Board determines to be an office to which this sub-regulation applies.

"(5.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not, be transferred or promoted to the Third Division or to an office in the Third Division unless his conduct, diligence and efficiency have, during such period as the Board determines, been satisfactory.

"(6.) An officer of the Fourth Division shall not be transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division unless he has attained the age of sixteen years.

"(7.) An officer of the Fourth Division who is transferred or promoted to an office in the Third Division shall be paid salary at such rate as the Board determines, being a rate which is not more than the maximum rate of salary or less than the minimum rate of salary payable in respect of the office to which the officer is transferred or promoted.".

Temporary transfer.

3. Regulation 116 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1a.), after the word "who", the words "is available and".

4. After regulation 149 of the Public Service Regulations the following regulation is inserted :—

Charges against Officers stationed outside Australia.

"149a. Where in regulations 147, 148 or 149 of these Regulations the period of seven days is prescribed for the doing of an act or in which an act shall or may be done, that period shall, in the case of an officer stationed in a place outside Australia other than a Territory of the Commonwealth, be deemed to be twenty-one days.".

5. Part XI. of the Public Service Regulations is repealed and the following Part inserted in its stead:—

'' Part XI—Appointment of Returned Soldiers.

Examinations accepted in case of returned soldiers.

"153.—(1.) A returned soldier who passes an examination specified in the second column of the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations opposite to the name of the University or public examining body specified in the first column of that Schedule shall be deemed to have passed a prescribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act.

"(2.) A returned soldier who passes an examination, being an examination other than an examination specified in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations, conducted by a University or public examining body in—

(a) the Commonwealth of Australia;

(b) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

(c) the Dominion of Canada;

(d) the Dominion of New Zealand; or

(e) the Union of South Africa,

the passing of which qualifies a person for admission to a University for a degree course shall be deemed to have passed a proscribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act.

" (3.) Where an Australian University has certified that a returned soldier is, by virtue of the examinations that he has passed or the educational qualifications that he possesses, qualified for matriculation for a degree course, he shall be deemed to have passed a prescribed examination conducted by examiners appointed under the Act.".

Fourth Schedule.

6. The Public Service Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Regulation 153.

Prescribed Examinations for Purpose of Section 84 (4.) of the Act.

Fourth Schedule—continued.

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Fourth Schedule—continued.

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