COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

No. 21 of 1931.

An Act to amend section fifty-five of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1930.

[Assented to 7th August, 1931.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)  This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1931.

(2.)  The Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1930 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)  The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1931.

Appeal Boards in relation to offences.

2.  Section fifty-five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (5.) the words “a permanent Chairman, who shall be an officer of the Commonwealth Service, and” and inserting in their stead the words “a Chairman who”; and

(b) by inserting, after sub-section (5.), the following subsection:—

“(5a.) Where a person who is not an officer of the Commonwealth Service is appointed Chairman of an Appeal Beard he shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board of Commissioners and shall receive such remuneration, by way of fees, as the Board of Commissioners determines”; and

(c) by inserting, after sub-section (9.), the following sub-section:—

“(9a.) Where, at any meeting of an Appeal Board, the members present are divided in opinion as to any action to be taken by it under sub-section (4.) of this section, the question shall be decided according to the decision of the majority, if there is a majority, and where the members present are equally divided on any such question, the question shall be postponed to a later meeting of the Board.”.