Repatriation (Staff) Regulations 1941 (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1944. No. 11.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION ACT 1920-1943.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1943.

Dated this twelfth day of January, 1944.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(sgd.) C. W. FROST

Minister of State for Repatriation.

Amendments of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations.†

Composition of respective Divisions.

1. Regulation 16 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the words “and the Assistant Commissioners”.

Creation, abolition and classification of offices.

2. Regulation 25 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) Where the classification of any office is raised or lowered, the office shall be deemed to be vacant.”

Vacancies.

3. Regulation 26 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “minimum salary” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “minimum standard salary”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (8.).

Reports on late attendances.

4. Regulation 45 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “to the officer of” and inserting in their stead the words “of the officer to”.

Definitions.

5. Regulation 80 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “service” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘service’ includes any service from and including the eighth day of April, 1918, which would, if the officer were a Commonwealth employee within the meaning of the Commonwealth Employees’ Furlough Act 1943, be reckoned as part of his period of service for the purposes of that Act.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on      , 1944.

† Statutory Rules 1941, No. 259, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 462.

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Travelling allowances.

6. Regulation 83 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “maximum salary” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “maximum standard salary”; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3.).

Fares.

7. Regulation 95 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “maximum salary” and inserting in their stead the words “maximum standard salary”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.).

Uniform allowances.

8. Regulation 100 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by inserting in the table after the words and figures—

Observance of Audit Act and Treasury Regulations.

9. Regulation 133 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.).

Amendment of Third Schedule.

10. The Third Schedule to the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words and figures—

Amendment of Fourth Schedule.

11. The Fourth Schedule to the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from Table A the figures and symbol “234-300”.

Amendments of Fifth Schedule.

12. The Fifth Schedule to the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in Column 1, after the words “Bootmaker, Queensland”, the words “, South Australia”; and

(b) by omitting the words and figures—

By Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.