Repatriation (Staff) Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 216.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION ACT 1920 –1922.

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 1920–1922, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eighteenth day of December, 1925.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS. W. CRAWFORD,

for Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of Repatriation (Staff) Regulations.

1. The definition “Auxiliary Services Staff” in regulation 3 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following definition inserted in its stead:—

“Auxiliary Services Staff” means officers appointed under the Act in connexion with institutions established for medical treatment purposes or factories established for the purposes of manufacture or repair of artificial limbs &c., and controlled by the Department.”

2. Regulation 10 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“10. On the first day of April of each year the Deputy Commissioner shall furnish to the Commission a return showing the names of the classified officers under his control, arranged according to numerical sequence of the classification list; the offices they hold, specifying division and grade; the salaries; an accurate description in moderate detail of the duties, performed by each officer; and what alterations, if any, are, in his opinion, necessary in the salaries of any classified officers under his control. Where a position is vacant it shall be indicated on the return opposite the number allotted to that position on the classification list.”

3. Regulation 46 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“46.—(1) The Deputy Commissioner shall, by means of a staff order, notify members of the staff of his branch of the existence of a vacancy in any classified position in the third division carrying salary up to £300 per annum.

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(2) The Deputy Commissioner may, subject to the approval of the Commission, make an appointment to a classified position in any division carrying salary up to and including £300 per annum from members of the staff of his branch or from persons registered for employment.

(3) A vacancy in a classified position in any division carrying salary of more than £300 per annum shall be notified by the Commission to the staffs at the various branches, through the Deputy Commissioners:

Provided that the Commission may at its discretion proceed to fill the vacancy without that notification.

(4) Applications for appointment to a classified position in any division carrying salary of more than £300 per annum shall be forwarded to the Commission, endorsed by the Deputy Commissioner concerned with any comment he thinks fit.

(5) Where a position calls for special knowledge and experience, and an officer of the Department is not available for appointment or is not capable of filling the position, or in case no suitable officer has applied for the vacant position, the Commission may direct that the position be advertised in the public press.

4. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 50 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following sub-regulation inserted in its stead:—

“(2) Where it is necessary temporarily to transfer an officer of a lower grade to fill a higher position the most competent available officer shall be selected.”

5. The scale in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 52 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following scale inserted in its stead:—

6. Regulation 54 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“54.—(1) The Administrative Staff of the Department shall consist of three divisions as follow:—

(a) the second division;

(b) the third division; and

(c) the fourth division.

(2) The second division shall include Deputy Commissioner, the Secretary, and medical officers.

(3) The third division shall include officers of clerical status.

(4) The fourth division shall include assistants, typists and telephonists.

(5) Officers of the third and fourth divisions shall be classified and paid as under:—

Third Division.

Fourth Division.

(6) The positions of officers in the second division shall be classified and graded and the occupants of the positions paid salaries as determined by the Commission.

(7) Officers of 21 years of age and over shall be paid salaries not lower than the following:—

Male, £227 per annum.

Female, £166 per annum.

Note.—There is no first division. The divisions specified above are numbered as stated in order to approximate to those in the Commonwealth Public Service.”

7. Regulation 55 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“55. The pay of officers on an annual salary shall be calculated as under in accordance with Treasury pay table:—

(a) Fortnightly pay—

(b) Hourly pay—

Half-time—

Single or ordinary time—

One and a half time—

Double time—

8. Regulation 58 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“58. When the salary to be paid in respect of any particular position is “fixed” by the Commission at any sum within the limits of a grade, that shall be the salary payable to the officer holding the position.”

9. The scale in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 61 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following scale inserted in its stead:—

10. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 62 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting therefrom paragraphs (b) and (c).

11. Sub-regulation (4) of regulation 68 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following sub-regulation inserted in its stead:—

“(4) At the end of each quarterly period the Deputy Commissioner shall furnish the Commission with a return showing overtime worked by each officer in each section of the Branch during the quarter, the amount paid therefor, and the reasons for requiring the overtime to be worked, in accordance with the conditions set out in sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) of this regulation.”

12. Regulation 79 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(12). Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, where an officer sustains physical injury while on duty, or in circumstances in which the action of the officer is regarded by the Deputy Commissioner as being so meritorious in the public interests as to warrant special consideration, the Commission may determine from time to time the period of leave of absence on account of such injury which may be granted to that officer and the conditions under which the leave may be granted.’’

13. Regulation 80 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following inserted in its stead:—

“80 (1). The following days, or any days prescribed under the law of any State to be observed in lieu thereof, shall be observed as holidays in the Commission’s offices, namely:—

First day of January,

twenty-sixth day of January,

Christmas Day and the following day,

Good Friday and the following Saturday and Monday,

the anniversary of the birthday of the Sovereign,

the twenty-fifth day of April, and

any day proclaimed by the Governor-General or required by any Act to be observed in lieu of the said days.

(2) Whenever any of the said days, except the twenty-fifth day of April, falls upon a Sunday, the next following Monday shall be observed as a holiday in the Commission’s offices in lieu of such Sunday.

(3) In addition to the days mentioned in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation, there may be observed as public holidays or half-holidays in the Commission’s offices such additional days or half-days, not exceeding in the whole four days in any one calendar year, as are authorized by the Commissioner and notified to Deputy Commissioners from time to time.

(4) The rate paid for public holidays occurring during absence on leave shall be the same as that allowed for the period of leave in which the holiday occurs.”

14. Regulation 82 of the Repatriation (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“82 (1) In making appointments, seniority shall only be taken into consideration when the qualifications of two or more candidates are equal.

(2) Seniority of officers in the Third Division shall be determined according to grade and date of entrance into the subdivision of that grade.

(3) The seniority of officers in the Fourth Division shall be determined as follows:—

(a) In cases where officers are occupying positions similarly designated, by salary paid, and date of commencement of receipt of the salary; and

(b) in cases where officers are occupying positions differently designated by the Commission, having regard to the relative value of positions, length of service therein, and such other factors therein as the Commission deems it necessary to consider in order to equitably determine the seniority.”

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