EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO. 406
PUBLIC SERVICE (SALARIES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issued with the authority of the Public Service Board
Sub-section 97(1) of the Public Service Act 1922 (the Act) provides that the Public Service Board may, with the approval of the Governor-General, make regulations prescribing all matters which are required to be prescribed for giving effect to the Act.
Sub-section 30(2) provides that officers of the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions shall be paid salaries at such rates or in accordance with such scales of rates as are prescribed.
Section 18 of the Act specifies that the Board shall furnish reports or recommendations on all matters required to be dealt with by the Governor-General under the Act.
The proposed regulations amend the Public Service (Salaries) Regulations by the insertion of new levels of Aeronautical Telecommunications Officer, Grades 5 and 6 and the insertion of a new designation of Aeronautical Telecommunications Officer-in-training and prescribe rates of pay for such officers.
Increasing workloads at the Department of Aviation’s Communications Centres at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and increasing sophistication of computer-controlled automatic message switching equipment used at the Communication Centres has led to a need for higher classified Aeronautical Telecommunications Officers to provide on-site supervision from within the Aeronautical Telecommunication Officer structure.
The Aeronautical Telecommunications Officer-in-training designation is necessary to provide in the future an adequate supply of trained Aeronautical Telecommunications Officers.
The proposed regulations also provide new designations of Enrolled Nurse and Enrolled Nurse-in-training in place of former designations of Nursing Aide and Nursing Aide-in-training. The purpose of this amendment is to make these designations consistent with terminology used in State Nursing Acts.