STATUTORY RULES
1969 No. 146
REGULATION UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922-1968.*
THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922-1968, hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulation.
Dated this thirty-first day of March, 1969.
F. H. WHEELER
Chairman.
J. E. COLLINGS
Commissioner
A. B. McFARLANE
Commissioner.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulation.
Dated this tenth day of September, 1969.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. G. GORTON
Prime Minister.
Amendment of the Public Service Regulation†
Regulations 21 and 22 of the Public Service Regulations are repealed and the following regulation is inserted in their stead:—
Report as to inefficiency, incompetency, &c.
“21.—(1.) If an officer appears to the Chief Officer to be inefficient, incompetent, unfit to discharge or incapable of discharging the duties of his office efficiently, the Chief Officer shall furnish a report concerning the efficiency of the officer to the appropriate person for transmission to the Board or, if the officer is performing his duties in the Australian Capital Territory or at a place outside Australia other than at a place in Norfolk Island, the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea, to the Secretary of the Board.
“(2.) If the Chief Officer considers that the officer should be transferred to another office or retired, he shall state accordingly in his report concerning the efficiency of the officer and set out his reasons,
“(3.) In this regulation ‘appropriate person’, in relation to an officer, means—
(a) if the officer is performing his duties in a State or the Northern Territory of Australia—the Commonwealth Public Service Inspector in that State or Territory;
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18 September 1969.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1969, No. 12, and see also Statutory Rules 1969, Nos. 12, 13, 16, 17, 25, 42, 56, 61, 62, 83, 86, 87, 88, 95, 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, 134, 141 and 142.
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(b) if the officer is performing his duties in Norfolk Island—the Commonwealth Public Service Inspector, Sydney; or
(c) if the officer is performing his duties in the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea—the Commonwealth Public Service Inspector, Brisbane.”.
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