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These regulations set standard pay, hours, leave and allowances for officers and staff of Australia’s five wartime commodity control boards (Apple & Pear, Barley, Hide & Leather, Rabbit Skins and Wheat), creating a unified administrative framework under the National Security Act.
By fixing salary scales, overtime, travel and higher‑duty pay and tying wages to the retail price index, they protected civilian purchasing power and ensured consistent staffing terms while the boards managed essential wartime food and raw‑material supplies.
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STATUTORY RULES.
1941. No. 273.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Security Act 1939-1940
Dated this twenty sixth day of November, 1941.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
National Security (Staff of War-time Boards) Regulations.
Citation.
Administration.
Consequential amendments of certain Regulations.
Application of Regulations.
Definitions.
“Board” means a Board to which these Regulations apply;
“officer” means officer of a Board;
“the Secretary”, in relation to a Board, means the Secretary to that Board, and, in relation to an officer, means the Secretary to the Board of which that officer is an officer, and, in either case, includes any person for the time being acting as Secretary.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.
3631.—19/31.10.1941.—Price 8d.
Salaries of officers.
6.—(1.) An officer of a Board in relation to which the Third Schedule or any subsequent Schedule to these Regulations applies who is appointed, transferred or promoted to an office specified in Table A of the appropriate Schedule shall, subject to this regulation, be paid the minimum salary specified in that Table opposite to that office, or, where a maximum salary is also so specified, such higher salary (not exceeding that maximum salary) as the Board determines.
(2.) The Board may, if it is satisfied with the conduct, diligence and efficiency of an officer, grant such annual increments of salary (if any) as are specified in Table A in the appropriate Schedule opposite to the office occupied by that officer, but so that the annual salary of the officer shall not exceed the maximum salary so specified.
Variations of salary on account of variations in cost of living.
7.—(1.) In this regulation, “index number” means the weighted average retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth, as shown in the “Court” series of retail price index numbers published from time to time by, or at the direction of, the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.
(2.) Where the index number for the six months ending on the thirty-first day of March or the thirtieth day of September in any year is less than 81.7, salaries payable in pursuance of these Regulations shall, unless, in the case of any particular officer, the Minister otherwise directs, as from the commencement of the first fortnightly pay period beginning in the month of July or the month of January (as the case may be) next following, be reduced by the amount shown in the following table opposite the index number group within which the index number falls:—
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padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext27pt" style="font-size:10pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Officers under 21 years of age.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:11.3pt"><td style="width:36.66%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:21.24%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td><td style="width:21%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td><td style="width:21.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:7.9pt"><td style="width:36.66%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:21.24%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Per annum.</span></p></td><td style="width:21%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Per annum.</span></p></td><td style="width:21.08%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Per annum.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.15pt"><td style="width:36.66%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">79.4–81.6</span></p></td><td style="width:21.24%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">6</span></p></td><td style="width:21%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">4</span></p></td><td style="width:21.08%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">3</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:7.9pt"><td style="width:36.66%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">77.1–79.3</span></p></td><td style="width:21.24%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">12</span></p></td><td style="width:21%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">8</span></p></td><td style="width:21.08%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext27pt" style="font-size:10pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:7.9pt"><td style="width:36.66%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">74.8–77.0</span></p></td><td style="width:21.24%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">18</span></p></td><td style="width:21%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">12</span></p></td><td style="width:21.08%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">9</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.15pt"><td style="width:36.66%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="text-indent:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">72.5–74.7</span></p></td><td style="width:21.24%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">24</span></p></td><td style="width:21%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">16</span></p></td><td style="width:21.08%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext20" style="margin-right:43.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext28pt" style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">12</span></p></td></tr>
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