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PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 170

PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 170

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 170

Issued by the authority of the Prime Minister

Public Service Act 1922

Public Service Regulations (Amendment)

Paragraph 97(1)(aa) of the Public Service Act 1922 (the Act) provides that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed.

Section 82AG of the Act provides that the Secretary of a Department may employ persons in the Department to perform duties under a prescribed scheme to enable such persons to gain ability for the purpose of participating in the Australian workforce.

Regulation 122 of the Public Service Regulations lists a number of schemes pursuant to section 82AG. These Regulations amend the Public Service Regulations by adding a further scheme to the list.

The Commonwealth Government's JOBSKILLS program has been prescribed in respect of staff employed under the Act. The JOBSKILLS program, which was introduced in 1991, has the aim of improving the employment prospects of people who have been out of work for 12 months or more. The Regulations are consistent with an award of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission which was made in December 1993.

Regulation 1 of the Regulations provides that the Public Service Regulations are amended as set out in the Regulations.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 122 of the Public Service Regulations by substituting a new paragraph (i) to provide for the JOBSKILLS program to be a special employment program for the purposes of section 82AG of the Act. (The former paragraph (i) is no longer required and has been omitted, since it prescribed the JOBSKILLS program only for public servants who are employed within the Australian Capital Territory Administration. Those public servants will now be covered by the new Regulations.)

The Regulations commence on date of gazettal.

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