STATUTORY RULES
1968 No. 103
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE HIGH COMMISSIONER (UNITED KINGDOM) ACT 1909-1960.*
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 High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1909-1966.
Dated this fifth day of September, 1968.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
B.M. Snedden
Minister of State for Immigration
for and on behalf of the Prime Minister.
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Amendments of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations.†
Parts.
1. Regulation 3 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
“Division 5.—Other Leave of Absence (Regulations 72-76).” and inserting in their stead the words—
“Division 5.—Other Leave of Absence (Regulations 72-76).
Division 6.—Special Provisions Relating to Female Officers (Regulations 76a-76b).”.
Delegations.
2. Regulation 6 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the words “to an officer appointed under the Act or to an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth”;
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (4.); and
(c) by omitting sub-regulation (6.).
Eligibility for appointment as an officer.
3. Regulation 11 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(d) the High Commissioner is satisfied, upon production by the person of a duly certified extract from an official register of births or other evidence, that the person has attained the age of sixteen years but has not attained the age of fifty-one years; and”.
Qualifications for appointment to an office.
4. Regulation 14 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “educational” the words “or other”.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1968
†Statutory Rules 1960, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1965, No. 87; 1966, No. 76; 1967, Nos. 29 and 79; and 1968, No. 21.
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Other restrictions on appointment to an office.
5. Regulation 15 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the figures and words “£865 per annum” and inserting in their stead the words “the minimum annual salary for the office of Clerk 2”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.).
Notification of vacancies.
6. Regulation 18 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) the word “educational”.
Appeals against promotions of officers.
7. Regulation 21 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “recommendation of the High Commissioner” and inserting in their stead the words “recommendation to the High Commissioner”.
Promotions Appeal Committee.
8.—(1.) Regulation 22 of the High Commisisoner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-regulations (1.), (2.), (3.), (4.), (5.) and (6.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—
“(1.) For the purposes of an appeal under the last preceding regulation, there shall be a Promotions Appeal Committee.
“(2.) The Promotions Appeal Committee for the purposes of an appeal consists of—
(a) a Chairman appointed by the High Commissioner;
(b) an officer appointed by the Official Secretary; and
(c) an officers’ representative nominated to sit on the appeal by the appropriate organization with respect to the group of offices in which is included the office to which the appeal relates.
“(3.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, the High Commissioner shall—
(a) divide the offices in the Service into appropriate groups; and
(b) in respect of each group, designate a staff organization as the appropriate organization with respect to that group.”; and
(b) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (8.) the words “, and, in that event, the appropriate organization may nominate another officers’ representative to sit on the appeal”.
(2.) This amendment does not apply in relation to any appeal lodged before the commencement of these Regulations.
Overtime.
9. Regulation 28 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-regulation (2.);
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—
“(5.) Subject to the next three succeeding sub-regulations, the hourly rate of overtime payment is an amount ascertained in accordance with the following formula:—
where—
S is the amount of the annual salary of the officer or employee; and
H is—
(a) where the normal hours of duty of the officer or employee are 36¾ per week—38; or
(b) in any other case—40.
“(5a.) Where the annual salary of an officer or employee is less than the minimum annual salary for the office of Typist, his hourly rate of overtime payment for the purposes of this regulation shall be calculated on the assumption that his annual salary is equal to the minimum annual salary for the office of Typist.
“(5b.) Where the annual salary of an officer or employee is greater than the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3, his hourly rate of overtime payment for the purposes of this regulation shall be calculated on the assumption that his annual salary is equal to the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3.”;
(c) by omitting sub-regulations (7.) and (8.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(7.) An officer or employee in receipt of an annual salary exceeding the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 7 is not entitled to payment for overtime.”;
(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (11.) the word “duty” (first occuring) and inserting in its stead the word “overtime”; and
(e) by inserting after sub-regulation (11.) the following sub-regulation:—
“(11a.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, the time necessarily spent by an officer or employee in travelling to his place of duty to perform overtime and in returning to his home after having performed overtime shall be treated as time spent in performing overtime.”.
Sunday duty.
10. Regulation 30 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2.) the word “before” and inserting in its stead the word “after”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “rate of hourly salary” and inserting in their stead the words “hourly rate of pay”;
(c) by omitting sub-regulation (7.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(7.) Where the annual salary of an officer or employee is greater than the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3 his normal hourly rate of pay for the purposes of this regulation shall be calculated on the assumption that his annual salary is equal to the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3.”; and
(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (8.) the words “a salary at the rate of £1,695 per annum” and inserting in their stead the words “the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 7”.
Holiday pay and time off duty for holiday duty.
11. Regulation 31 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3.) the words “his normal hourly rate of salary” and inserting in their stead the words “the hourly rate of salary ascertained in accordance with the next succeeding sub-regulation”;
(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (4.), after the word “shall”, the words “, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation,”;
(c) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(5.) Where the annual salary of an officer or employee is greater than the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3, his hourly rate of salary for the purposes of this regulation shall be calculated on the assumption that his annual salary is equal to the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3.”; and
(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (8.) the figures and words “£1,695 per annum” and inserting in their stead the words “the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 7”.
Higher duties allowance to officers.
12. Regulation 32 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the figures and words “£970 per annum” and inserting in their stead the words “the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 2”.
Proficiency allowance.
13.—(1.) Regulation 33 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the table from sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Typing rate | Rate of allowance per annum |
| | £ |
| 40 words per minute........................................................................................ | 30 |
| 50 words per minute........................................................................................ | 70 |
| 65 words per minute........................................................................................ | 145 |
(2.) Regulation 33 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the table from sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Shorthand rate | Rate of allowance per annum |
| | £ |
| 100 words per minute...................................................................................... | 20 |
| 120 words per minute...................................................................................... | 70 |
| 140 words per minute...................................................................................... | 160 |
(3.) Regulation 33 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the table from sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Typing rate | Rate of allowance per annum |
| | £ |
| 12 words per minute........................................................................................ | 40 |
| 16 words per minute........................................................................................ | 90 |
| 21 words per minute........................................................................................ | 135 |
| 27 words per minute........................................................................................ | 180 |
Fares.
14. Regulation 36 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the figures and words “£1,560 per annum” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “the minimum annual salary for the office of Clerk 7”.
Excess travelling time.
15. Regulation 41 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “at a rate not exceeding £1,175 per annum” and inserting in their stead the words “not exceeding the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 4”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(3.) Where the annual salary of an officer or employee is greater than the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3, his hourly rate for the purposes of this regulation shall be calculated on the assumption that his annual salary is equal to the maximum annual salary for the office of Clerk 3.”.
Payment to female officers who retire on marriage.
16. Regulation 68 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is repealed.
Leave for defence purposes.
17. Regulation 73 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “or” (last occurring); and
(b) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following word and paragraph:—
“; or (f) to enable the officer or employee to attend a School, class, course of instruction or training programme in civil defence.”.
Salary while on defence leave.
18. Regulation 74 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) Leave of absence granted to an officer or employee for a purpose specified in paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) of sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation shall be on full salary and without deduction from recreation leave.”.
19. After Division 5 of Part IV. of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations the following Division is inserted in Part IV.:—
“Division 6.—Special Provisions Relating to Female Officers.
Payment to female officer retiring on marriage.
“76a.—(1.) Where a female officer—
(a) has continued in the Service for not less than five years but less than fifteen years;
(b) was an officer immediately before the commencement of this regulation and has continued to be an officer since that commencement;
(c) has not been granted, and is not eligible for, furlough, or payment of salary in lieu of furlough, under regulation 66 of these Regulations; and
(d) retires from the Service as on and from the date of her marriage,
there is payable to her—
(e) where the period of her service is not less than five years but is less than eight years—an amount equal to her salary for one month;
(f) where the period of her service is not less than eight years but is less than twelve years—an amount equal to her salary for two months; or
(g) where the period of her service is not less than twelve years—an amount equal to her salary for three months.
“(2.) In this regulation ‘salary’ means salary as defined in regulation 71 of these Regulations.
Absence from duty in relation to childbirth.
“76b.—(1.) A female officer who has (whether after becoming an officer or not) become pregnant—
(a) shall, on application, be granted by the High Commissioner permission to be absent from duty for a period not exceeding twenty-six weeks, being a period commencing not earlier than twenty weeks before the expected date of her confinement and not later than the end of the period referred to in the next succeeding paragraph and ending not earlier than six weeks, and not later than twenty weeks, after the expected date of her confinement; and
(b) shall, whether or not she has been granted any permission under the last preceding paragraph, absent herself from duty during a period commencing six weeks before the expected date of her confinement and ending at the expiration of six weeks from the day on which her pregnancy terminates.
“(2.) An officer who has made an application under paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-regulation may, at any time while she is absent from duty in accordance with this regulation, amend the application so as to extend or reduce the period referred to in the application, but so that the amended period complies with the requirements of that paragraph, and the High Commissioner shall vary his permission in accordance with the amended application.
“(3.) In relation to an application under paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, or an amendment of such an application, that is made or dealt with after the pregnancy of the officer has terminated, the second reference in that paragraph to the expected date of her confinement shall be read as a reference to the day on which her pregnancy terminated.
“(4.) Nothing contained in, or done under, this regulation prevents the grant of leave of absence of any kind to an officer in respect of the whole or any part of a period referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation.
“(5.) Except by reason of a grant of leave of absence of any kind with pay, an officer is not entitled to salary in respect of a period of absence from duty in accordance with this regulation.
“(6.) For the purposes of these Regulations, absence of a female officer from duty at any time at which she is required or permitted to be absent by or under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be deemed to be absence by reason of illness.
“(7.) The High Commissioner shall determine whether a period during which an officer is absent from duty without pay in accordance with this regulation is to form part of the period of service or employment of the officer under these Regulations for any purpose and, if so, the purposes for which it is to form part of the period of service or employment of the officer.”.
Female officers to be retired.
20. Regulation 79 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is repealed.
Fourth Schedule.
21. The Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is amended by omitting the words and figures—
| “Steno-Secretary to the Deputy High Commissioner……………............................................................................... | 1,051–1,077 |
| Steno-Secretary to the High Commissioner..................................... | 1,104–1,131 |
| Stenographer, Grade 1.................................................................... | 633–657–681–705–729–752 |
| Stenographer, Grade 2.................................................................... |  775–799
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| Stenographer, Grade 3.................................................................... | 
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| Supervisor (Typing)........................................................................ | |
| Typist.............................................................................................. | 
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| Transcription Typist........................................................................ | |
| Machine Operator, Grade 1 (Communications)............................... | 627–665–702–739–772–798–830–857–884–916–943–970–992–1,012–1,029 |
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| Machine Operator, Grade 2 (Communications)............................... | 1,051–1,077 |
| Machinist........................................................................................ | 767–792–817–842–867–892–917–942–967–992” |
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and inserting in their stead the words and figures—
| “Steno-Secretary to Deputy High Commissioner............................. | 1,110–1,140 |
| Steno-Secretary to High Commissioner........................................... | 1,170–1,200 |
| Stenographer, Grade 1.................................................................... | 695–715–735–760–785–810 |
| Stenographer, Grade 2.................................................................... |  835–860
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| Stenographer, Grade 3.................................................................... | 
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| Supervisor (Typing)........................................................................ |
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| Typist.............................................................................................. | 425–480–535–590–650–670–690–710–730–755 |
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| Transcription Typist........................................................................ | 450–505–560–615–675–695–715–740–765–790 |
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| Machine Operator, Grade 1 (Communications)............................... | 627–665–702–739–772–798–830- 857–884–916–943–970–992–1,012–1,029 |
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| Machine Operator, Grade 2 (Communications)............................... | 1,051–1,077 |
| Machinist........................................................................................ | 820–845–870–900–930–960–990– 1,020–1,050”. |
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Supplementary allowance in respect of a period before the commencement of these Regulations.
22.—(1.) Where, during any period that commenced on or after the first day of July, 1967, and ended before the commencement of these Regulations, an officer or employee occupied or performed the duties of an office of—
(a) Steno-Secretary to the Deputy High Commissioner;
(b) Steno-Secretary to the High Commissioner;
(c) Stenographer Grade 1;
(d) Stenographer Grade 2;
(e) Stenographer Grade 3;
(f) Supervisor (Typing);
(g) Typist;
(h) Transcription Typist; or
(i) Machinist,
the officer or employee shall, toy force of this sub-regulation, be paid an allowance of such an amount as would result in the total remuneration of the officer or employee in respect of that period being not less than the total remuneration that would have been payable to the officer or employee in respect of that period if, during that period—
(j) the classification of that office had been a rate or a scale of rates equal to the rate or the scale of rates, as the case may be, specified in column 2 of the Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations, as in force at the commencement of these Regulations, opposite to that office in column 1; and
(k) that rate or that scale of rates had been specified in column 2 of the Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations opposite to that office in column 1.
(2.) Where, during any period that commenced on or after the first day of July, 1967, and ended before the eighteenth day of March, 1968, the normal place of duty of an officer or employee referred to in the last preceeding sub-regulation was within a radius of three miles of Charing Cross in London, the rate, or each rate in the scale of rates, referred to in paragraphs (j) and (k) of the last preceding sub-regulation shall, for the purpose of calculating the allowance under that sub-regulation payable to the officer or employee in respect of that period, be increased by an amount calculated in accordance with the following table:—
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Limits in pounds sterling within which the abovementioned rate falls | Increase in pounds sterling |
| | £ |
| Not exceeding £500.......................................................................... | 60 |
| Exceeding £500 but not exceeding £750........................................... | 65 |
| Exceeding £750 but not exceeding £1,000........................................ | 70 |
| Exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £1,522..................................... | 75 |
Proficiency allowance in respect of a period before the commencement of these Regulations.
23.—(1.) Where an officer or employee was, before the commencement of these Regulations, in receipt of a proficiency allowance at the rate of Fifty pounds sterling or more per annum in respect of any period that commenced on or after the first day of July, 1967, the officer or employee shall, by force of this regulation, in addition to the proficiency allowance, be paid in respect of that period—
(a) where the rate of the proficiency allowance was Fifty pounds sterling per annum—an allowance at the rate of Twenty pounds sterling per annum;
(b) where the rate of the proficiency allowance was Eighty pounds sterling per annum—an allowance at the rate of Ten pounds sterling per annum;
(c) where the rate of proficiency allowance was One hundred pounds sterling per annum—an allowance at the rate of Forty-five pounds sterling per annum;
(d) where the rate of the proficiency allowance was One hundred and twenty pounds sterling per annum and the allowance was payable in respect of ability to write shorthand—an allowance at the rate of Forty pounds sterling per annum;
(e) where the rate of the proficiency allowance was One hundred and twenty pounds sterling per annum and the allowance was payable in respect of ability to type matter played back from a tape recording—an allowance at the rate of Fifteen pounds sterling per annum; or
(f) where the rate of the proficiency allowance was One hundred and sixty pounds sterling per annum—an allowance at the rate of Twenty pounds sterling per annum.
(2.) In this regulation, “proficiency allowance” means a proficiency allowance payable under regulation 33 of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations, and includes any allowance payable under regulation 14 of Statutory Rules 1968, No. 21.
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