PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1985 NO. 34 PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1985 NO. 34 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Commencement 2. 1985 No. 34 PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Commencement 1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 April 1985. 1985 No. 34 PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 2. After regulation 53 of the Public Service Regulations the following regulation is inserted: Special leave for private purposes "53A. (1) In paragraph (2) (c), "duty" means the duties of- (a) a Secretary; (b) a Senior Executive Service officer; or (c) an officer who before 1 October 1984 was an officer of the Second Division and whose classification has not changed on or after that date. "(2) Where- (a) a period of leave of absence for recreation is deemed to have been granted to an officer by operation of law; (b) the Chief Officer has not informed the officer that in the opinion of the Chief Officer it is necessary in the interests of the Service that the officer absent himself from duty during that period; and (c) the officer does not absent himself from duty during that period, the Chief Officer may grant to that officer under sub-section 71 (1) of the Act special leave of absence for private purposes equal to the duration of that period. "(3) The maximum period of leave of absence that may be granted to an officer under sub-section 71 (1) of the Act by virtue of sub-regulation (2) is 30 days in any period of 12 months commencing on 1 April.". - NOTES 1985 No. 34*1* PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 April 1985. *2* Statutory Rules 1935 No. 18 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1985 No. 7 and see also Statutory Rules 1985 Nos. 7 and 29.