STATUTORY RULES
1970 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE HIGH COMMISSIONER (UNITED KINGDOM) ACT 1909-1966.*
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 first day of October, 1970.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Army
acting for and on behalf of
the Prime Minister.
Amendment of the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations †
Fourth Schedule.
1. The Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule is inserted in its stead:—
“FOURTH SCHEDULE Regulation 24.
Annual Salaries
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Office | Rates of Annual Salary or Scales of Rates of Annual Salary |
| Clerk 1........................................................................ | £ 610-689-769-848-934-980-1,025-1,065-1,111- 1,145-1,179-1,213-1,253-1,304 |
| Clerk 2........................................................................ | 1,481-1.539-1,595-1,651 |
| Clerk 3........................................................................ | 1,703-1,760-1,817-1,874 |
| Clerk 4........................................................................ | 1,926-1,982 |
| Clerk 5........................................................................ | 2,182-2,268-2,358 |
| Clerk 6........................................................................ | 2,445-2,535-2,632 |
| Clerk 7........................................................................ | 2,785-2,883-3,013 |
| Clerk 8........................................................................ | 3,144-3,276-3,407 |
| Clerk 9........................................................................ | 3,651-3,856 |
| Clerk 10...................................................................... | 4,084-4,340 |
| Clerical Assistant, Grade 1.......................................... | 501-570-638-706-775-797-820-854-894-917 |
|  Clerical Assistant, Grade 2..........................................
| 940-962-985 |
| Clerical Assistant (F), Typing, etc............................... |
| Clerical Assistant, Grade 3.......................................... | 1,021-1,057-1,093 |
| Clerical Assistant, Grade 4.......................................... | 1,128-1,164-1,200 |
| Clerical Assistant, Grade 5.......................................... | 1,235-1,272-1,307 |
| Steno-secretary to a Deputy High Commissioner........ | 1,260-1,294 |
| Steno-secretary to the High Commissioner................. | 1,327-1,360 |
| Stenographer, Grade 1................................................ | 779-802-825-854-882-910 |
| Stenographer, Grade 2................................................ | 939-967 |
|  Stenographer, Grade 3................................................
| 1,002-1,030-1,057-1,085-1,119-1,153-1,187- 1,220 |
| Supervisor (Typing).................................................... |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1970.
† Statutory Rules 1960, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1965, No. 87; 1966, No. 76; 1967, Nos. 29 and 79; 1968, Nos. 21, 103, 125 and 164; 1969, Nos. 74, 150 and 192; and 1970, No. 91.
21918/70—Price 8c 10/4.9.1970
Fourth Schedule—continued
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Office | Rates of Annual Salary or Scales of Rates of Annual Salary |
| Typist......................................................................... | £ 476-537-599-660-730-752-774-795-822-851 |
| Transcription Typist.................................................... | 505-566-628-691-757-779-801-831-860-889 |
| Machine Operator, Grade 1 (Communications).......... | 831-877-929-980-1,031-1,065-1,099-1,139 1,179-1,213-1,248-1,304 |
| Machine Operator, Grade 2 (Communications).......... | 1,339-1,373 |
| Machinist.................................................................... | 924-951-980-1,013-1,047-1,080-1,119-1,153-1,187 |
| Photoprinter................................................................ | 825-852-874-901-932-965-1,002-1,032-1,064 |
| General Hand............................................................. | |
| Messenger................................................................... |  501-570-638-706-775-797-820-854-894-917
|
| Porter.......................................................................... | |
| Storeman.................................................................... | |
| Messenger (Special Duties)......................................... | 940-962 |
| Senior Messenger........................................................ | |
| Senior Porter............................................................... |  962-985-1,021-1,057
|
| Senior Storeman......................................................... | |
| Engineer’s Assistant.................................................... | 940-962 |
| Senior Chauffeur........................................................ | 1,003-1,031-1,060 |
| Telephonist................................................................. | 495-544-576-642-761-791-814-841-868-896 |
| Senior Electrician........................................................ | 1,134 |
| Works Supervisor....................................................... | 1,230 |
| Carpenter.................................................................... | |
| Plumber...................................................................... |  1,021”.
|
| Painter........................................................................ | |
Supplementary Allowance.
2.—(1.) Where, during any period that commenced on or after the first day of January, 1970, and ended before the commencement of these Regulations, an officer or employee occupied, or performed the duties of, an office to which this sub-regulation applies, the officer or employee shall, by 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—
(a) the classification of that office had been a scale of rates equal to the scale of rates 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 of that Schedule; and
(b) 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 of that Schedule.
(2.) The offices to which the last preceding sub-regulation applies are—
Steno-secretary to a Deputy High Commissioner
Steno-secretary to the High Commissioner
Stenographer Grade 1
Stenographer Grade 2
Stenographer Grade 3
Supervisor (Typing)
Typist
Transcription Typist
Machinist
Photoprinter
Telephonist.
(3.) Where, during any period that commenced on or after the first day of April, 1970, and ended before the commencement of these Regulations, an officer or employee occupied, or performed the duties of, an office set out in column 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the High Commissioner (Staff) Regulations as in force at the commencement of these Regulations (not being an office to which sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation applies), the officer or employee shall, by force of his 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—
(a) the classification of that office had been a rate or a scale of rates equal to the rate or 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 of that Schedule; and
(b) 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 of that Schedule.
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