COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

No. 17 of 1913.

An Act to amend the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902–1911 in relation to eligibility for appointment to the Public Service of the Commonwealth by reason of State service.

[Assented to 19th December, 1913.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1913.

(2.) The Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902–1911, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902–1913.

2. After section thirty-four of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902–1911 the following section is inserted:—

Eligibility of State officers for Commonwealth appointments.

“34a.—(1.) Any officer of the Public, Railway, or other Service of a State, whether appointed thereto before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be eligible for appointment to a position in the corresponding division in the Public Service of the Commonwealth.

“(2.) The provisions of section sixty-one of this Act shall apply to—

(a) any person appointed to the Public Service of the Commonwealth by virtue of this section, and

(b) any person appointed to the Public Service of the Commonwealth, whether before or after the commencement of this section, by virtue of the provisions of either of the last two preceding sections whose service with the Commonwealth is continuous with his service with the State.”