PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 202

PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 202

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 202

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 Governor-General 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 of the Act. The Regulations amend the Public Service Regulations by adding a further scheme to the list, namely the Disability Employment Enhancement Scheme.

The Government plans to introduce the Disability Employment Enhancement Scheme as part of the implementation of the Supported Wage System in the Australian Public Service, which is to take place on 1 July 1994. The scheme will allow for the training and support of people with an intellectual disability who are being considered for appointment under the Intellectual Disability Access Program, which is a program to encourage the permanent appointment to the Australian Public Service of persons with an intellectual disability.

Regulation 1 of the Regulations provides that they are to commence on 1 July 1994.

Regulation 2 is a formal provision.

Regulation 3 of the Regulations amends regulation 122 of the Public Service Regulations by prescribing the Disability Employment Enhancement Scheme to be a special employment program for the purposes of section 82AG of the Act.