EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO 311
PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issued with the Authority of the Public Service Board
Sub-section 97(1) of the Public Service Act 1922 provides that the Public Service Board may, with the approval of the Governor-General, make regulations to prescribe all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed for giving effect to the Act.
Paragraph 50(8A)(b) of the Act provides that where an appeal is made against a provisional promotion to an office having a rate of salary which exceeds a rate prescribed for the purposes of sub-section 50(8A) of the Act, a Promotions Appeal Committee shall make a report on the claims of the parties to the Public Service Board, which shall determine the appeal. Regulation 109H of the Public Service Regulations prescribes the rate of salary for the purposes of sub-section 50(8A) of the Act. It has been long-standing practice to set the rate at $1 less than the rate of salary applicable to an office of Level 1, Second Division.
In accordance with the above these Statutory Rules amended regulation 109H by increasing the prescribed rate of salary from $40,499 to $42,241 to reflect the recent National Wage Case decision of the Full Bench of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.