62   Regulations with respect to Public Service

(1988 Act, s 102)

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to regulating the employment of officers, temporary employees or casual employees, including provision for or with respect to the following:

(a)  providing for the medical assessment and standards of medical fitness for the appointment of persons to positions in the Public Service,

(b)  prescribing the educational qualifications for appointments to positions in the Public Service,

(c)  prescribing the procedure to be adopted for selecting an appointee from among candidates for a vacant position (other than a chief executive position),

(d)  determining the eligibility of persons for appointment as temporary employees or casual employees,

(e)  providing for the hours of attendance of staff,

(f)  prescribing the leave which may be granted to staff,

(g)  providing for the payment of travelling and subsistence allowances for staff, allowances for the increased cost of living in remote areas, and other allowances for staff,

(h)  prescribing the procedures to be adopted consequent on the appointment of a person to a position,

(i)  providing for the exercise of the functions of suspended, sick or absent staff by other staff, and the exercise by staff of the functions attaching to vacant positions,

(j)  providing for entry to positions in the Public Service in special cases.