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1983 No. 5 PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1

Conditions of transfer or promotion from Fourth Division to Third Division
Regulation 112 of the Public Service Regulations is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:

"(a) the officer has passed, before 1 February 1983, examinations in at least
4 subjects, being examinations held by or on behalf of the Board;

   (ab) the officer has passed an examination in each of at least 4 subjects
        approved by the Board, being an examination referred to in paragraph
        (1) (a), (1) (b), (1) (ba) or (1) (d);";

   (b)  by omitting paragraphs (1) (ba) and (1) (bb) and substituting the
        following paragraphs:

"(ba) the officer has passed, before 1 January 1984, examinations conducted by
the Defence Force in at least 4 subjects, being subjects in relation to which
the Defence Force issues a Services General Certificate of Education;

   (bb) in the case of an officer appointed to the Service before 1 February
        1983-an Australian university has before that date confirmed that the
        officer is qualified for unconditional admission as a matriculated
        student at that Australian university;

   (bba) the officer-

        (i)    has completed at an Australian university the first year of
               full-time study in a degree course of that university; or

        (ii)   has completed an amount of study that the Board, having regard
               to the rules of an Australian university, determines to be the
               equivalent of the first year of full-time study in a degree
               course of that university;";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) "of an Australian college of
        advanced education or";

   (d)  by inserting after paragraph (1) (c) the following paragraph:

"(ca) the officer has qualifications gained in a country other than Australia,
being qualifications that, in the opinion of the Board, are of a standard at
least equal to the standard of-

        (i)    a degree, diploma or associate diploma conferred or awarded by
               an Australian college of advanced education on the completion
               of an approved course of that college; or

        (ii)   a certificate (other than a trade certificate), diploma, or
               associate diploma of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (g)
               (i) or (g) (ii);";

   (e)  by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) (d) (iv) "or";

   (f)  by omitting paragraph (1) (e) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:

"(e) in the case of an officer, appointed to the Service before 1 February
1983-an Australian college of advanced education has, before that date,
confirmed that that officer is qualified for admission as a student to a
degree course of the college;

   (f)  the officer-

        (i)    has completed at an Australian college of advanced education
               the first year of full-time study in an approved degree or
               diploma course of that college of advanced education;

        (ii)   has completed studies that the Board, having regard to the
               rules of an Australian college of advanced education,
               determines to be the equivalent of the first year of full-time
               study in an approved degree or diploma course of that college
               of advanced education; or

        (iii)  has completed an approved associate diploma course at an
               Australian college of advanced education;

   (g)  the officer-

        (i)    has completed at an institution under the control of a
               technical and further education authority the first and second
               years of full-time study in a certificate, diploma or associate
               diploma course (other than a trade certificate course)
               accredited by that authority; or

        (ii)   has completed studies that the Board, having regard to the
               rules of a technical and further education authority,
               determines to be the equivalent of the first and second years
               of full-time study in a certificate, diploma or associate
               diploma course (other than a trade certificate course)
               accredited by that authority;

   (h)  the officer has completed-

        (i)    the Special Bridging Course for Aboriginals conducted by the
               Western Australian Institute of Technology at a standard
               qualifying the officer for admission, without the fulfillment
               of a further condition, to a degree course at that Institute;
               or

        (ii)   the course in Business Studies or General Studies conducted by
               the Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College; or

   (j)  the officer has been granted the Level III Aboriginal Teacher's Aide
        Certificate of the University of Sydney.";

   (g)  by omitting sub-regulation (1AA) and substituting the following
        sub-regulation:

" (1AA) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1)-
'approved course' means a course that has been approved by the Australian
Council on Awards in Advanced Education for inclusion in its Register;
'college of advanced education' has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth
Tertiary Education Commission Act 1977;
'technical and further education authority' means-

   (a)  the Department of Education of the Commonwealth;

   (b)  the Department of Technical and Further Education of the State of New
        South Wales;

   (c)  the Department of Education of the Northern Territory;

   (d)  the Department of Education of the State of Queensland;

   (e)  the Department of Further Education of the State of South Australia;

   (f)  the Education Department of the State of Tasmania;

   (g)  the Education Department of the State of Western Australia;

   (h)  the Victorian Technical and Further Education Board.";

   (h)  by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1A) and substituting the
        following table:
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          Column 1                              Column 2

          Examination                           Level

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New South Wales-
Higher School Certificate
Examination conducted in 1978 or
          a subsequent year                     (a)  In the case of the 2
unit
A level course or above, a
scaled mark within or above
the 31-40 percentile band (b)
In the case of 2, 3 or 4 unit
courses, a scaled mark which
on an one unit basis is equal
to, or greater than,the scaled
mark cut-off (on an one-unit
basis) in the 31-40 percentile
bandfor the 2 unit A level
course, or in the case of 3 or
4 unit courses where there is
no corresponding 2 unit A
level course in the subject,
the 2 unit course
Higher School Certificate
Examination conducted in 1976 or
          1977                                  Grades 1, 2 and 3 in 2 unit A

or higher level courses
Grades 1, 2, 3 and4 in 3 unit
or 4 unit courses
Higher School Certificate
Examination conducted in any of
          the years 1968 to 1975 (inclusive)    Level 3 or a higher level

Leaving Certificate Examination
conducted in 1967 or a preceding
          year                                  Level B or a higher level

Matriculation Examination
conducted by the University of
          Sydney before theyear 1967            Level B or a higher level

Matriculation Examination
conducted by the University of
Sydney in the year 1967 or a
          subsequent year                       Level 3 or a higher level

New South Wales Department of
Technical and Further Education
Diploma Entrance Examination
conducted in 1966 or a subsequent
          year                                  Pass

New South Wales Department of
Technical Education Qualifying
and Matriculation Examination
conducted in 1965 or a preceding
          year                                  Pass

Victoria-
Higher School Certificate
Examination conducted in 1981 or
          a subsequent year                     Grades A-D or a descriptive

statement indicating
satisfactory completion ofa
subject or a unit
Higher School Certificate
Examination conducted in any of
          the years 1970 to 1980 (inclusive)    Grades A-D

Tertiary Orientation Year
          Examination                           Pass

College of Advanced Education
Diploma Preliminary Year
          Examination                           Pass

Matriculation Examination
conducted in 1969 or a preceding
          year                                  Pass

Leaving Certificate Examination
          conducted before the year 1944        Pass

South Australia and Northern
Territory-
Secondary School Certificate
conducted in 1981 or a subsequent
          year                                  Grades A-C

Matriculation Examination
conducted in 1980 or a subsequent
          year                                  A scaled score in the range

50-100
Matriculation Examination
conducted in the years 1966 to
          1979                                  Grades A-D

Leaving Certificate Examination
conducted in 1965 or a preceding
          year                                  Pass

Western Australia-
Certificate of Secondary
Education in 1976 or a subsequent
          year                                  Grades 1-7 on the Certificate

of Secondary Education or ASAT
moderated grades 1-7 on the
Comparing Subjects Information
Folder issued by the Western
Australian Board of Secondary
Education
Tertiary Admissions Examination
conducted in 1976 or a subsequent
          year                                  A scaled score in the range

50-100
Tertiary Admissions Examination
          conducted in 1975                     Grades A-D

Leaving Examination conducted in
          1974 or a preceding year              Pass

Technical Education Division
Tertiary Admissions Examination
Standard Examination conducted in
          1979 or a subsequent year             Grades A-C

Technical Education Division
Leaving Standard Examination
conducted in 1978 or a preceding
          year                                  Pass

University of Western Australia
Matriculation Examination
conducted in 1969 or a preceding
          year                                  Pass

Tasmania-
Higher School Certificate
          Examination                           A lower pass or higher in a

level III subject, or a pass
or higher in a level II or
level III division I subject
University of Tasmania
          Matriculation Examination             Ordinary level or above

In relation to an officer
appointed before 28 January 1977-

        (i)    the Schools Board
Certificate Examination held
          before 1 March 1960                   Pass


        (ii)   the Schools Board
Certificate Examination held on
or after 1 March 1960 and before
          31 August 1969                        Pass certificate endorsed
"A"
Australian Capital Territory-
Year 12 Certificate conducted in
          1977 or a subsequent year             A Course Score in the range
of
57-100 on an accredited course,
or a Course Score or a Scaled
Score in the range of 50-100
on a course accredited for
tertiary entrance
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   (j)  by omitting sub-regulation (1G);

   (k)  by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) (b) (iii) "or" (last occurring);

   (l)  by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) (b) (iv) "and" (last occurring);

   (m)  by inserting after sub-paragraph (2) (b) (iv) the following
        sub-paragraphs:

"(v) in the case of a transfer or promotion (other than a promotion under
section 53B of the Act) to fill a vacancy in an office of Clerk Class 2/3 or
an office of equivalent or higher status, in relation to which a notice
inviting applications has appeared in the Gazette, the officer was, on the
date on which the notice appeared in the Gazette, a prescribed person for the
purposes of this paragraph; or

        (vi)   in the case of a transfer or promotion (other than a promotion
               under section 53B of the Act) to fill a vacancy in an office of
               Clerk Class 2/3 or an office of equivalent or higher status,
               being a vacancy in relation to which a notice inviting
               applications has not appeared in the Gazette, the officer is,
               on the date of the decision to fill that vacancy, a prescribed
               person for the purposes of this paragraph; and"; and

   (n)  by inserting after sub-regulation (2) the following sub-regulations:

"(2A) In sub-paragraphs (2) (b) (v) and (2) (b) (vi), a reference to a
prescribed person for the purposes of that paragraph shall be read as a
reference to a person who is an officer in a Department or an officer in a
public authority within the meaning of Part IV of the Act, and-

   (a)  has been an officer, either in a Department or in a public authority
        within the meaning of Part IV of the Act or both, for a continuous
        period of not less than 5 years on or after 1 February 1983; or

   (b)  in the case of a person who, immediately before becoming, or last
        becoming, an officer was, during a continuous period, temporarily
        employed in a full-time capacity in a Department or in 2 or more
        Departments in succession-has been an officer for a continuous period
        which, together with the last-mentioned continuous period, is not less
        than a period of 5 years on or after 1 February 1983; or

   (c)  in the case of an officer who, when last being an officer, after
        ceasing to be an officer on or after 1 February 1983, had satisfied
        the requirements in paragraphs (a) or (b) before or on that date.

"(2B) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2A)-

   (a)  an officer or an employee is to be deemed to have performed duties as
        an officer or to have been engaged in employment in a Department, or
        in a public authority within the meaning of Part IV of the Act, as the
        case may be, during-

        (i)    any period of paid leave of absence;

        (ii)   any continuous period of leave of absence without pay that did
               not exceed 4 weeks; or

        (iii)  any period of leave of absence, without pay,
being a period in respect of which the officer or employee was entitled to
receive compensation under the Compensation (Commonwealth Government
Employees) Act 1971;

   (b)  an officer is to be deemed to have performed duties as an officer
        during any period of leave without pay from a Department whilst
        engaged in eligible public employment within the meaning of Part IV of
        the Act; and

   (c)  an officer is deemed to have performed duties as an officer during any
        period of leave without pay from a public authority within the meaning
        of Part IV of the Act.

"(2C) In the computation, in relation to a person, being a prescribed person
for the purposes of sub-regulation (2A), of any period referred to in
sub-regulation (2A), any period, other than a period referred to in
sub-paragraph (2B) (a) (i) or (2B) (a) (ii) or in paragraph (2B) (b), during
which the person was on leave of absence without pay shall be disregarded and
the periods during which the person performed duties as an officer or was
engaged in employment in a Department, as the case may be, being the period
immediately preceding such a period of leave of absence and the period
immediately following such a period of leave of absence, shall be treated as a
continuous period.". 


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