COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

No. 46 of 1934.

An Act to amend sections seventy-three and eighty-four of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1933.

[Assented to 6th August, 1934.]

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 1934.

(2.)  The Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1933 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)  The Principal Act, as amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1934 and by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1934.

Furlough.

2.  Section seventy-three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) all the words after the word “the” (last occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “salary for a period of leave not exceeding that which the officer could have been granted under the last preceding sub-section”.

Permanent appointment of returned soldiers.

3.  Section eighty-four of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (8.) the following proviso:—

“Provided that if, in addition, the medical practitioner certifies that any physical defect of the returned soldier is likely to prevent continuance of efficient service up to the age of sixty years, the returned soldier shall not, if appointed to the Commonwealth Service, be deemed to be an employee within the meaning, and for the-purposes, of the Superannuation Act 1922–1934.”.