STATUTORY RULES.
1956. No. 50.
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 seventh day of June, 1956.
Commissioner.
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 Regulations.
Dated this thirteenth day of June , 1956.
W. J. SLIM
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Vice President of the Executive Council Acting for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.
AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS.†
Commencement.
1. These Regulations shall he deemed to have come into operation on the seventh day of June, 1956.
Parts.
2. Regulation 2 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
“Part V.—Salaries payable to officers of the Fourth Division (Regulation 106)."
the words—
“Part VI.—Variations of Salaries of officers of the Second, Third or Fourth Division (Regulation 106A).”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 18, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Public Service Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1956, No.
3252/56.—Price 3D. 10/5.6.1956.
Interpretation.
3. Regulation 3 of the Public Service Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) Where a reference is made in a regulation contained in Division II. or Division III. of Part II., or in Division III of Part III., of these Regulations to—
(a) a specified rate of salary of, or payable to, a male officer; or
(b) a specified rate of salary of, or payable to, a female officer, that regulation shall, from the commencement of this sub-regulation, operate as if the rate so specified were increased by the amount by which the salary payable to a male officer aged twenty-one years or over or a female officer aged twenty-one years or over, as the case requires, is increased in accordance with regulation 106A of these Regulations.”.
4. After Part V. of the Public Service Regulations the following Part is inserted:—
“PART VI.—VARIATIONS OF SALARIES OF OFFICERS OF THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DIVISIONS.
Variation of salary according to variations in the cost of living.
“106A.—(1.) The rate of salary payable to an officer included in a class of officers specified in the first column of the table in this sub-regulation shall, subject to this regulation, be increased by the amount per annum specified in the second column of that table opposite to the description of that class of officer.
First Column. | Second Column. |
Class of Officer. | Amount of Increase. |
| Per annum. |
| £ |
Male officers aged 21 years or over......................................... | 24 |
Male officers aged 20 years.............................................. | 22 |
Male officers aged 19 years.............................................. | 18 |
Male officers aged 18 years.............................................. | 14 |
Male officers under 18 years of age......................................... | 12 |
Female officers aged 21 years or over........................................ | 18 |
Female officers aged 20 years............................................. | 17 |
Female officers aged 19 years............................................. | 15 |
Female officers aged 18 years............................................. | 13 |
Female officers under 18 years of age........................................ | 12 |
“(2.) The salary payable to an officer who has not attained the age of twenty-one years shall be increased as if that officer had attained that ago if—
(a) he occupies an office for which the rate of salary payable to an officer under twenty-one years of ago is prescribed, but, having complied with a condition of advancement determined by the Board in pursuance of section 32 of the Act in respect of that office, he is paid the rate payable to an officer who has attained the age of twenty-one years prescribed for that office; or
(b) he occupies an office in respect of which a rate of salary payable to an officer according to age is not prescribed.
“(3.) The salary of an officer who has not attained the age of twenty years and is an officer referred to in sub-regulation (8.) of regulation 104 of these Regulations shall be increased as if that officer had attained the age of twenty years.
“(4.) For the purposes of this regulation, ‘office’ means an officer of the Second, Third or Fourth Division.”.
By Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.