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PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO. 324

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 324

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. These Regulations amend regulation 122 by adding a further scheme to the list.

By agreement with the Australian Capital Territory Government, the Commonwealth Government's JOBSKILLS program has been prescribed in respect of the ACT Administration, whose staff are 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 proposed Regulation are consistent with an award of the Industrial Relations Commission, the JOBSKILLS Program (ACT Government) Award. which was made earlier this year.

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

Regulation 2 of the Regulations amends regulation 122 of the Public Service Regulations to provide for the JOBSKILLS program to be a special employment program for the purposes of section 82AG of the Act in respect of the branch of the Public Service comprising staff who are transitional staff for the purposes of section 21 of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (these are staff appointed or employed under the Act who are working for the ACT Administration as a transitional measure pending the establishment of a separate public service for the conduct of the public administration of the ACT Government).

The Regulations commence on date of gazettal.


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