Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
REGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1956.*
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Air Force Act 1923-1956.
Dated this 23
day of February, 1961.
DALLAS BROOKS
Administrator.
By His Excellency's Command,
(Sgd) H. W. WADE
Minister of State for Air.
Amendments of the Air Force Regulations.
"2. These Regulations are divided into Parts and Divisions, as follows:—
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| III.—Officers—Appointment, Attachment, Secondment, Advancement, Transfer, Resignation and Retirement—Regulations 45-90a. |
| IV.—Airmen—Entry, Advancement, Reduction, Transfer, Discharge and Retirement—Regulations 91-119. |
| V.—Leave of Absence (other than Leave of Absence for Long Service)—Regulations 120-132. |
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* Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1927, No. 161, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 52 and 109; 1929, Nos. 75 and 114; 1930, Nos. 77, 94 and 135; 1931, Nos. 3, 78 and 115; 1932, Nos. 9, 63 and 133; 1933, Nos. 16, 46, 58, 82, 89 and 117; 1934, Nos. 25, 51, 74, 81, 122 and 125; 1935, Nos. 32 and 98; 1936, No. 17; 1937, No. 21; 1938, Nos. 12, 13, 22, 48, 77, 97 and 120; 1939, Nos. 21, 64 and 142; 1940, Nos. 31, 53, 75, 114, 125, 140, 220, 241 and 279; 1941, Nos. 68, 106, 137, 181 and 228; 1942, Nos. 29, 158, 232, 254, 346, 383, 416, 440, 441, 476 and 543; 1943, Nos. 119 and 198; 1944, Nos. 34, 50, 64, 75, 146 and 153; 1945, Nos. 49, 79, 95, 105, 196 and 201; 1946, Nos. 40, 111, 145 and 162; 1947, No. 22; 1948, Nos. 34, 51, 67, 86 and 152; 1949, Nos. 82, 86 and 115; 1950, No. 66; 1952, Nos. 14, 34, 49 and 86; 1954, Nos. 30 and 132; 1955, Nos. 36, 41 and 92; 1956, Nos. 19 and 43; 1958, No. 62; 1959, No. 100; 1960, No. 52; 1961, Nos. 7 and 14.
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Part VI.—Discipline—
Division 1.—General—Regulation 153.
Division 2.—Arrest and Custody (Before Sentence)— Regulations 187-188.
Division 5.—Special Provisions for the Summary Disposal of Charges against Members of the Citizen Air Force—Regulations 223-227.
Division 7.—Courts-Martial—General—Regulations 270-274.
Division 13.—Disposal of Persons under Sentence—Regulations 412-427.
Part VII.—Works, Buildings, Quarters, and Equipment—Regulations 432-442.
Part VIII.—Citizen Air Force—Regulations 443-483.
Part IX.—Duties in Aid of Civil Power—Regulations 491-511.
Part X.—Financial—Regulations 512-526.
Part XI.—Pay and Allowances—
Division 1.—General—Regulations 527-542c.
Division 2.—Pay—Regulations 543-552a.
Division 3.—Pay Allowances—Regulations 553-556l.
Division 4.—Allotments—Regulations 557-564.
Division 5.—Rations, Quarters and Allowances in Lieu Thereof—Regulations 565-571g.
Division 6.—Uniform Allowance—Regulations 572-576.
Division 7.—Travelling Allowances—Regulations 577-609.
Division 8.—District, Woomera and Special Area Allowances—Regulations 614-615a.
Division 9.—Medical Attendance and Treatment; Dental Treatment—Regulations 616-632b.
Division 10.—Other Allowances—Regulations 633-634.
Division 11.—Gratuities—Regulations 635-644.
Division 12.—Citizen Air Force—Regulations 646-648.
Division 13.—Allowances to Witnesses at Courts—Regulations 664-665.
Division 14.—Funeral Expenses—Regulations 666-667.
Part XII.—Compensation—Regulations 673-674.
Part XIII.—Medals—Regulations 684-685.
Part XIV.—Flying—Regulations 686-696.
Part XV.—Conduct Sheets—Regulations 697-700.".
"120a. A member of the Permanent Air Force, who becomes ill or suffers a disability while on recreation leave, may be granted additional recreation leave equivalent to the period of illness or disability falling within the first-mentioned recreation leave, subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.".
"150a. A member of the Permanent Air Force, who becomes ill or suffers a disability while on leave of absence for long service, may be granted additional leave of absence for long service equivalent to the period of illness or disability falling within the period of that leave, subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.".
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a ) by inserting in paragraph (b ) of sub-regulation (4.), after the words "the day", the words "immediately before the day";(
b ) by omitting the proviso to sub-regulation (4.); and(
c ) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—"(5.) Subject to these Regulations, where a member who has been reported dead or missing is subsequently found to be alive, the member may be credited with pay and allowances from and including the day on which his pay and allowances ceased pursuant to paragraph (
c ) or (d ), as the case may be, of the last preceding sub-regulation."(6.) Where an amount is credited to a member under the last preceding sub-regulation, that amount shall be subject to a deduction of any amount paid under the provisions—
(
a ) of theDefence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948, or of that Act as amended from time to time;(
b ) of Part III of theDefence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1959;(
c ) of theRepatriation Act 1920, or of that Act as amended from time to time;(
d ) of theRepatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956;(
e ) of theCommonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930, or of that Act as amended from time to time; or(
f ) of regulation 563."(7.) An amount deducted under the last preceding sub-regulation may be paid to the appropriate Commonwealth Department.".
"531.—(1.) Where a member of the Permanent Air Force is absent from duty due to illness or disability, he may be paid, in respect of his absence from duty, active pay and allowances in accordance with this regulation.
"(2.) Where the member's absence from duty is due to illness or disability which is not due to his own default, the period in respect of which he may be paid active pay and allowances shall, subject to sub-regulations (3.) and (4.) of this regulation and to regulation 628, not exceed six months.
"(3.) Where—
(
a ) the illness or disability of a member to Whom the last preceding sub-regulation refers is attributable to service; or(
b ) the member suffers an illness or disability while outside the mainland of Australia,
that member may be paid active pay and allowances for such a period exceeding six months but not exceeding twelve months as the Air Board determines.
"(4.) Where a member, who is absent from duty due to illness or disability attributable to service and not due to his own default, receives treatment in respect of a severe amputation, bonegrafting or skingrafting, and it is necessary to extend the period of treatment, the member may be paid active pay and allowances for such period not exceeding eighteen months as the Air Board, on the recommendation of the Director-General of Medical Services, approves.
"(5.) Where, due to his own misconduct, a member suffers illness or disability (other than venereal disease) the member shall forfeit—
(
a ) after thirty days absence from duty, the whole of his allowances and one half of his active pay; and(
b ) after ninety-one days absence from duty, the whole of his active pay and allowances.
"(6.) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding sub-regulation, payment of marriage allowance and provision allowance or separation allowance to which the member may be entitled and the allotment made by the member required under regulation 555a may be continued at such rates and for such periods as the Air Board determines.
"(7.) For the purposes of this regulation, an
illness or disability is attributable to service if that illness or disability
is accepted for payment of compensation or other benefit under the
"534. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, payment may be made in lieu of leave (other than leave of absence on the ground of illness or disability) due to a member whose appointment is terminated or who is discharged.".
"542b.—(1.) A member of the Permanent Air Force of the rank of flight sergeant or below who has been awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal may, subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, be paid a gratuity of Five pounds—
(
a ) on promotion to the substantive rank of warrant officer;(
b ) on appointment to a commission; or(
c ) on his discharge or transfer to the Reserve,
whichever first occurs.
"(2.) Where a member, who is entitled to a gratuity under this regulation, dies before the gratuity is paid to him, the gratuity shall be paid to the deceased member's estate.".
"544.—(1.) An officer appointed as Chief of the Air Staff shall be paid a consolidated rate of pay of Six thousand one hundred and fifty pounds per annum.
"(2.) An officer of the rank of air marshal appointed as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, shall be paid a consolidated rate of pay of Six thousand four hundred pounds per annum.
"(3.) An officer of the Permanent Air Force of the rank of air vice-marshal shall be paid a consolidated rate of pay of Four thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven pounds per annum.".
"547c. The amount of the accumulated deferred pay and interest which is, in pursuance of these Regulations, standing, on the day of his retirement, to the credit of an officer of the Permanent Air Force who—
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a ) is of the rank of squadron leader or of higher rank;(
b ) is entitled to be credited with deferred pay in respect of a period after the twenty-second day of September, 1948; and(
c ) retires on or after attaining the age for retirement specified in relation to his substantive rank in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 88,
may, where that amount, when considered together with any amount of deferred pay and interest (being deferred pay and interest credited pursuant to these Regulations in respect of his present period of service) already paid to him, is less than the amount specified according to his substantive rank branch and service in the following table, be supplemented by such an amount (deemed to be a further credit of deferred pay) as will increase the amount of deferred pay and interest payable on his retirement to the amount as specified in the following table:—
Substantive Rank. | Branch. | Service. | Amount. |
Wing Commander or above | General duties | More than 26 years | £4,500 |
Wing Commander or above | General duties | 26 years or less |
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Wing Commander or above | Other than general duties | More than 31 years | £4,500 |
Wing Commander or above | Other than general duties | 31 years or less |
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Squadron Leader .. | General duties | More than 22 years | £4,000 |
Squadron Leader .. | General duties | 22 years or less |
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Squadron Leader .. | Other than general duties | More than 28 years | £4,000 |
Squadron Leader .. | Other than general duties | 28 years or less |
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"556F.—(1.) An allowance called 'parachutist's allowance' is, subject to this regulation, payable to a member who has the qualifications approved by the Air Board as the qualifications that a member must possess before he is classified as a parachutist.
"(2.) A reference in this regulation to a parachutist is a reference to a member who has the qualifications so approved.
"(3.) A member who obtains the qualifications so approved by completing a parachute training course shall be paid parachutist's allowance at the rate of Five shillings per day for each day of the course at which he obtained the qualifications.
"(4.) A parachutist who is employed as an instructor in parachute training shall be paid parachutist's allowance at the rate of Eight shillings and sixpence per day while so employed if, in the period of six months commencing on the date on which he first became so employed and in each successive period of six months while he is so employed, he makes at least one parachute descent from an aircraft.
"(5.) A parachutist who completes a parachute training course (other than a course at which he qualifies as a parachutist) shall be paid parachutist's allowance at the rate of Seven shillings and sixpence per day for each day of the course.
"(6.) A parachutist who is not employed as an instructor in parachute training or is not undergoing a parachute training course shall be paid parachutists's allowance at the rate of Seven shillings and sixpence per day for each day on which he makes a parachute descent from an aircraft.
"(7.) A parachutist who, during a period when he is entitled to the allowance specified in sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation, is admitted to hospital because of an injury or illness (not being an injury or illness due to the member's misconduct) shall, notwithstanding that he is no longer employed on parachute duties, be paid that allowance up to and including—
(
a ) the end of a period of six months which commenced on the day on which he last made a parachute descent from an aircraft; or(
b ) the day on which he is posted for duty other than duty as an instructor in parachute training,
whichever first occurs.
"556G.—(1.) Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, an allowance called 'language bounty' is payable to a member who has qualified—
(
a ) in one or more foreign languages; and(
b ) at a standard in the language or languages,
approved by Air Board.
"(2.) The rate of language bounty is—
(
a ) in the case of a member who has qualified in one language— Fifty pounds per annum; and(
b ) in the case of a member who has qualified in more than one language—One hundred pounds per annum.
"556h.—(1.) An allowance called 'diving allowance' is, subject to this regulation, payable to a member who has the qualifications approved by the Air Board as the qualifications that a member must possess before he is classified as a diver.
"(2.) A reference in this regulation to a diver is a reference to a member who has the qualifications so approved.
"(3.) Diving allowance is payable to a diver in respect of the time during which he is under water or compression in the course of a diving operation authorized by the commanding officer at the rate specified, according to the depth of the diving operation, in the following table:—
Depth of Diving Operation in Fathoms. | Rate per Minute. |
20 or less ........................................................................................................................ | Two pence |
Over 20 but not more than 30 .......................................................................................... | Four pence |
Over 30 but not more than 40 .......................................................................................... | Six pence |
Over 40 .......................................................................................................................... | Ten pence |
"(4.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, all time from the time at which the diver enters the water or goes under compression to the time at which he emerges from the water or ceases to be under compression shall be regarded as time under water at the greatest depth reached in the course of the diving operation.
"(5.) Where a diver attends another diver during a diving operation, the attendant shall be paid—
(
a ) diving allowance of an amount equal to one-fifth of the amount of diving allowance payable to the diver, calculated to the nearest penny; or(
b ) if the attendant is employed in a compression chamber—diving allowance at a rate equal to the rate of allowance payable to the diver.
"(6.) The amount payable to an attendant under the last preceding sub-regulation is not payable for attendance on more than one diver in respect of any period during which more than one diver on whom he is attending is entitled to diving allowance.
"(7.) If the commanding officer considers that work performed in the course of a diving operation has not been performed satisfactorily, he may disallow the whole or any portion of a payment under the preceding provisions of this regulation in respect of the diving operation.
"556j.—(1.) Where a vacancy temporarily occurs in an established position because of—
(
a ) the absence of a member on leave or for disciplinary reasons or on duties not normally associated with that position; or(
b ) delay in appointing or posting a member to fill that position,
and a member, holding a rank lower than the established rank of the position (in this regulation and the next succeeding regulation referred to as the 'acting member'), performs the full duties of that position for a continuous period, an allowance called 'higher duty allowance' is, subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, payable to the acting member in respect of that period.
"(2.) Higher duty allowance shall not be paid unless the approving authority is satisfied that—
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a ) it is impracticable to distribute the duties of the vacant position to other personnel;(
b ) the acting member is performing competently the full duties of the vacant position; and(
c ) it is necessary for command and administration purposes that the full duties of the position be performed.
"(3.) Higher duty allowance is not payable unless the acting member performs the duties of the vacant position during not less than five consecutive working days (in this regulation and the next succeeding regulation referred to as the 'qualifying period').
"(4.) Any day for which the acting member is absent from duty on a public holiday, during unit stand-down or on approved leave, shall not count as a working day for the purpose of the qualifying period referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation but shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuity of that qualifying period.
"(5.) Where a member qualifies for higher duty allowance, the allowance is payable on and from the first working day in the qualifying period.
"(6.) Except as provided in sub-regulations (7.) and (8.) of this regulation, higher duty allowance is not payable in respect of any period for which the acting member is absent from duty on approved leave, public holidays or unit stand-down.
"(7.) Higher duty allowance is payable in respect of any period for which the acting member is absent from duty—
(
a ) due to illness or disability not exceeding a total of three days during the period of his acting in the vacant position;(
b ) on leave under regulation 129; or(
c ) on a public holiday or on unit stand-down,
if, immediately after absence from duty, the member resumes duty in the vacant position.
"(8.) Where an acting member who is entitled to receive higher duty allowance is granted leave on the working days between any Christmas and New Year public holidays, higher duty allowance is payable in respect of those public holidays if, on the first working day after the New Year holiday, the member resumes duty in the vacant position.
"(9.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, higher duty allowance ceases to be payable on and from the day on which the acting member ceases to perform the full duties of the vacant position.
"(10.) Where the last day of a period during which higher duty allowance is payable is a Friday, the allowance is payable in respect of the Saturday and Sunday immediately following.
"(11.) An acting member who is entitled to receive higher duty allowance and who proceeds on approved leave and resumes duty in the vacant position immediately following the leave, is not required to complete a further qualifying period.
"(12.) The Air Board or a person appointed by the Air Board for the purpose, shall be an approving authority for the purpose of this regulation.
"(13.) Where the strength of the Air Force is below authorized establishment, a restricted establishment for any unit may be determined in such manner as the Air Board may approve from time to time, and that restricted establishment shall be deemed to be the authorized establishment of the unit.
"(14.) The authorized establishment of a unit may, in accordance with such conditions as the Air Board approves from time to time, be deemed to require for a particular position in the establishment, an occupant of a particular rank, being a rank lower than that required, in fact, by the establishment.
"556k.—(1.) Where, under the last preceding regulation, higher duty allowance is payable to a member, the daily rate of allowance is the amount of the difference between the daily rate of pay payable to the member in respect of the rank that he holds and the daily rate of pay to which the member would be entitled if he were promoted—
(
a ) to the next higher rank to the rank that he holds; or(
b ) to such higher rank (not being a rank higher than the established rank of the vacant position) as the Air Board approves.
"(2.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, the daily rate of higher duty allowance is—
(
a ) if the rank in respect of which higher duty allowance is payable is a rank for which consolidated rates of pay are payable and the rank the acting member holds—(i) is a rank for which consolidated rates of pay are payable—one three hundred and sixty-fifth part of the difference between the annual rates of pay for those ranks; or
(ii) is the rank of air commodore or group captain—the difference between one three hundred and sixty-fifth part of the annual consolidated rate of pay of the position for which higher duty allowance is payable and the sum of the daily rate of active pay, pay allowances, allowance in lieu of rations and quarters and uniform allowance payable to the member under these Regulations; or
(
b ) if the rank in respect of which higher duty allowance is payable is a rank below the rank of air vice-marshal—the difference between the sum of the daily rate of active pay (including good conduct increments) and pay allowances to which the member would be entitled on promotion to the rank in respect of which higher duty allowance is payable and the sum of the daily rate of active pay (including good conduct increments) and pay allowances to which he is entitled in the rank that he holds.
"556l.—(1.) An allowance called 'hard-lying allowance' is, subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, payable to a member of the Permanent Air Force who lives and sleeps on board a marine craft which is employed on sea service in open waters.
"(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, 'employed on sea service in open waters' means such time spent in port and away from port as the Air Board determines.
"(3.) The rate at which hard-lying allowance is payable is Two shillings and sixpence per day or One shilling and threepence per day as the Air Board determines.".
15. Regulation 560 is amended by omitting sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—
"(2.) When a member, who has been reported absent without leave or without a sufficient cause, returns to duty or is taken into air-force custody or when a member incurs a forfeiture of pay whether by award of his commanding officer or otherwise, any allotment made by the member shall, except where the Minister otherwise approves, be dealt with under such conditions as the Air Board determines.".
"562. When a member's pay account shows a debit balance as a consequence of a penal deduction made from his pay and allowances or of the recovery of allotment payments in accordance with regulation 561 or for any other reason, a prescribed authority may direct that any allotment made by the member shall be reduced or suspended until the debit is liquidated.
"562a.—(1.) When a member is in custody awaiting trial or is undergoing a period of imprisonment or detention, the Air Board may approve payment of an allowance to an allottee of that member.
"(2.) An allowance under the last preceding sub-regulation is subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines and shall not exceed the sum of the rates of marriage allowance and separation allowance for which the member would otherwise be eligible under these Regulations.
"(3.) The amount of any payment made under this regulation in respect of any day on or after the day on which the member again becomes entitled to pay, shall be deducted from any allotment which is or becomes due or payable to the allottee concerned.".
"591. Subject to regulation 583, a member, when absent on duty from his permanent station, shall not be paid travelling allowance—
(
a ) if he holds the rank of wing commander or a higher rank— for any period during which he is supplied with rations and single quarters; or(
b ) if he holds the rank of squadron leader or a lower rank—for any period during which rations and single quarters are available to him,
at the place at which he is performing duty.".
"598aa. A member who, while serving at a unit in a capital city of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth at which messing facilities are not provided from public funds, is normally provided with rations and single quarters at another unit in the capital city and who cannot be provided with a midday meal at public expense, may be paid a special midday meal allowance at a rate determined by the Air Board but not exceeding Three shillings and sixpence per day.
"598ab. A member who, while serving at a unit in a capital city of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth at which messing facilities are not provided at public expense, is normally provided with rations and single quarters at another unit in the capital city and who is required to remain on duty on any day after the time he normally ceases duty and thereby is prevented from obtaining his evening meal at that other unit, may be paid a special evening meal allowance of Nine shillings.".
"599.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, a fare warrant may be issued for a journey by a person other than a member where that person—
(
a ) is an applicant for appointment to or enlistment in the Air Force;(
b ) is a member of the family of a member and is residing in a remote locality in which the member is serving and from which the member is proceeding on recreation leave to the capital city of a State;(
c ) is the wife, mother or father of a member and a medical officer certifies that the medical condition of the member warrants a visit to him by that person;(
d ) accompanies a person to whom a fare warrant is issued under the last preceding paragraph;(
e ) is a former member and is to be invested with a war decoration;(
f ) has been invited to attend an investiture at which a member or former member is to receive a war decoration;(
g ) has been invited to attend an investiture as the representative of a deceased member to whom a war decoration has been awarded;(
h ) has been invited to attend with a representative of a deceased member an investiture referred to in the last preceding paragraph;(
j ) is a person who may be removed at public expense under regulation 608;(
k ) is a child travelling to visit his parents and in respect of whom the member is entitled to education allowance under regulation 634;(
l ) is a child of the member and the member is serving outside Australia and the Air Board approves the issue; or(
m ) is a person who may travel at public expense under sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 666.
"(2.) A fare warrant issued under this regulation may provide for travel by land, sea or air, as the Air Board determines.
"(3.) Travelling, accommodation and meal expenses necessarily incurred by a person on a journey, in respect of which a fare warrant may be issued under this regulation, may be paid from public funds.
"(4.) A person to whom paragraph (
"(5.) A person who is required to attend at an interview for appointment to or enlistment in the Air Force and who incurs a loss of salary or wages in consequence of that attendance, may be paid an allowance at a rate determined by the Air Board, but not exceeding the actual loss of salary or wages incurred by him.
"(6.) The issue of a fare warrant, the reimbursement of expenses or the payment of an allowance under this regulation shall be subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.
"(7.) In this regulation 'family' means in relation to a member, his wife and dependent children who are under the age of sixteen years or who are permanent invalids.
"600. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, where a person travels at his own expense on a journey for which a fare warrant may be issued under these Regulations, that person may be reimbursed an amount not exceeding the cost which would be incurred by the issue of that fare warrant.
"601. Unless the Air Board in special circumstances approves the issue, a fare warrant shall not be issued—
(
a ) to a member for a journey between his place of residence and his place of duty;(
b ) to a member whose services are terminated—(i) at his own request;
(ii) because of misconduct;
(iii) because of medical unfitness due to his own default; or
(iv) when he is serving outside Australia;
(
c ) to a member who is travelling on transfer from a unit—(i) because of misconduct or medical unfitness due to his own default; or
(ii) at his own request;
(
d ) to a member for a journey to attend a tournament or sports;(
e ) to a member for a journey to attend as a competitor in a rifle association meeting or rifle match; or(
f ) to a member for a journey to attend an air-force funeral, unless that member is the officer in command of the funeral party, or a member of the band, the escort party, the firing party, the bearer party, or the supporting party.
"602.—(1.) Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a fare warrant issued under those Regulations may provide for first class accommodation where the journey is—
(
a ) by an officer, air cadet, warrant officer or an airwoman travelling by air or by railway;(
b ) by an airman other than a warrant officer travelling for more than fifty miles by a railway in Australia which has a gauge not exceeding three feet six inches;(
c ) by an airman travelling by railway in respect of whom first class accommodation is recommended by a qualified medical practitioner; or(
d ) by a member or other person in such circumstances that the Air Board considers first class accommodation is warranted.
"(2.) A fare warrant issued under these Regulations for a journey by sea may provide for such class and grade of accommodation as the Air Board determines.
"(3.) A fare warrant issued under these Regulations for a journey other than a journey by sea or a journey in respect of which first class accommodation may be provided under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, shall provide for such class of accommodation as the Air Board determines.
"(4.) Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a fare warrant issued in accordance with these Regulations for a journey by railway may provide for sleeping berth accommodation.
"603.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a fare warrant issued under these Regulations shall provide for travel by land, sea or air, whichever is the most economical means of travel.
"(2.) A fare warrant issued under these
Regulations for a journey outside Australia by a person to whom paragraph (
"(3.) A fare warrant issued under these Regulations to a member who accompanies a person for whom travel by sea has been approved under the last preceding sub-regulation, may, with the approval of the Minister, provide for travel by sea by the member.
"(4.) A fare warrant, not being a fare warrant which may provide for travel by sea with the approval of the Minister under sub-regulation (2.) or (3.) of this regulation, may provide for travel by a means which is not the most economical, if the Air Board determines that special circumstances exist.
"(5.) In determining the most economical means of travel, factors to be considered shall include fares and pay and allowances of the member during the period of travel and, in the case of a journey outside Australia, the cost of transporting baggage.".
"605.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, a member, who travels on a journey in Australia for which a fare warrant may be issued under these Regulations, may be authorized to travel by a private conveyance, a hired conveyance or a Commonwealth conveyance—
(
a ) where there is no other means of transport; or(
b ) where there is other means of transport but the use of that means of transport would be more expensive to the Commonwealth or would so detrimentally affect the efficient performance of the duty or the interests of the member that the use of an alternative means of transport is warranted.
"(2.) A member, who travels on a journey in Australia for which a fare warrant may be issued under these Regulations, may be authorized to travel in his own private conveyance and may be authorized to carry another member as a passenger.
"(3.) The family of a member, travelling on a journey in Australia for which a fare warrant may be issued under regulation 599, may be authorized to travel in the private conveyance of the member.
"(4.) A member, who travels by a private conveyance under this regulation, may be authorized to transport departmental equipment in that private conveyance and to haul a departmental trailer or caravan.
"(5.) The use of a private conveyance, a hired conveyance or a Commonwealth conveyance, the transporting of equipment and the hauling of a trailer or caravan, shall be subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.
"606.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, a member, who is authorized under sub-regulation (1.) of the last preceding regulation to use and uses a private conveyance on a journey (other than as a passenger), may be
paid mileage allowance at the rate specified in relation to the type of conveyance and the distance travelled on the journey in the following table:—
Type of Conveyance. | Rate of Payment per Mile. | |||
Up to and including 5,000 miles. | Over 5,000 miles. | |||
(Column 1.) | (Column 2.) | (Column 3.) | ||
Motor truck, 1 ton capacity or over ......................................................... | 1 | 0½ | 0 | 10 |
Motor truck under 1 ton capacity and not less than 23 horsepower ............ | 1 | 0¼ | 0 | 9¾ |
| 0 | 11¼ | 0 | 8¾ |
| 0 | 10¾ | 0 | 8¼ |
Motor truck under 1 ton capacity and less than 10.5 horsepower ............... | 0 | 9¾ | 0 | 7¼ |
Motor car not less than 23 horsepower .................................................... | 0 | 11¼ | 0 | 9 |
Motor car less than 23 horsepower but not less than 15 horsepower .......... | 0 | 10½ | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 10 | 0 | 7½ |
Motor car less than 10.5 horsepower ....................................................... | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6½ |
Motor cycle with sidecar ........................................................................ | 0 | 5½ | 0 | 4¼ |
Motor cycle without sidecar ................................................................... | 0 | 4½ | 0 | 3¾ |
"(2.) Where use of a member's private conveyance on a journey is authorized under sub-regulation (2.) or (3.) of the last preceding regulation and the conveyance is used on the journey, the member may be paid mileage allowance at the rate specified in column 3 of the table in the last preceding sub-regulation in relation to the type of conveyance and the distance travelled on the journey.
"(3.) Where, under the last preceding regulation, use of a member's private conveyance is authorized to transport another member as a passenger, to transport departmental equipment or to haul a trailer or caravan, the rate of mileage allowance payable to the member may be increased by one penny.
"(4.) Payment of mileage allowance under this regulation shall be subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.
"607. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a member may be reimbursed parking fees and bridge and punt tolls and additional insurance premiums paid by him in respect of a motor car used on a journey authorized under regulation 605.
"608.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, the family and household furniture and effects of a member of the Permanent Air Force may be removed at public expense from one locality to another locality, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.
"(2.) Where a member's family or his household furniture and effects are removed under the last preceding sub-regulation—
(
a ) the member may be paid such allowances or reimbursement in respect of expenses incurred by him in the course of or incidental to the removal as the Air Board determines; and(
b ) his household furniture and effects may be stored by or at the expense of the Commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.
"(3.) Without limiting the generality of the last preceding sub-regulation, the Air Board may approve compensation for sale by the member of furniture and effects and for accelerated depreciation of the value of the member's household furniture and effects due to the extra wear and tear necessarily caused by their removal.
"(4.) In this regulation—
(
a ) a reference to a member's household furniture and effects is a reference to the household and personal effects of the member and the member's family; and(
b ) in relation to a member, 'family' means—(i) his wife;
(ii) his child (not being an ex-nuptial child), step child or adopted child—
(a) who is under the age of twenty-one years;
(b) who, because of invalidity, is ordinarily wholly dependent on the member; or
(c) who is a female, and who is, because of the special circumstances existing, needed to assist with the domestic duties in the member's home;
(iii) his mother or his mother-in-law, when she is wholly dependent on the member;
(iv) his father or his father-in-law, when, because of invalidity or physical infirmity, he is wholly dependent on the member; or
(v) such other person as the Air Board approves.
"609.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, when a member of the Permanent Air Force is transferred from one locality to another locality, a motor vehicle owned by that member may be removed at public expense from that locality to that other locality.
"(2.) A motor vehicle owned by a member of the Permanent Air Force shall not be removed at Commonwealth expense where there is a land route over which the vehicle may be driven unless—
(
a ) the use of the land route is, in the opinion of the Air Board, impracticable;(
b ) the journey would, in the opinion of the Air Board, be likely to cause damage to the vehicle; or(
c ) there is some other reason which, in the opinion of the Air Board, is sufficient to warrant removal at Commonwealth expense.
"(3.) In this regulation a reference to a motor vehicle owned by a member includes a reference to a motor vehicle in the possession of the member by virtue of the execution by the member of a hire purchase agreement.".
"614.—(1.) In this regulation—
'district allowance locality' means—
(
a ) a locality in respect of which district allowance is payable to officers of the Commonwealth Public Service under regulation 101 of the Public Service Regulations; or(
b ) a locality that is determined to be a classified locality under sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation;'married member' means a member—
(
a ) who is entitled to the maximum rate of marriage allowance; and(
b ) in the case of a member against whom an order for the maintenance of his wife, or of his children, or of his wife and children is in existence, who has his child or one or more of his children in his custody, and who voluntarily maintains that child or those children;'unmarried member' means a member other than a married member;
'married member living out' means a married member who is living at home or for whom, if not living at home, rations and single quarters are not available;
'unmarried member living out' means an unmarried member who is entitled to living out allowance.
"(2.) The grade in which a district allowance
locality, being a locality referred to in paragraph (
"(3.) Where, in the opinion of the Air Board, residence in a locality involves disadvantages or hardship owing to its isolation, the severity of its climate or the cost of living in that locality, the Air Board may—
(
a ) determine that the locality is a district allowance locality for the purpose of this regulation; and(
b ) classify the district allowance locality in a grade corresponding with a classified grade referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation.
"(4.) Subject to this regulation, where a member serves in a district allowance locality, an allowance, called 'district allowance', is payable to him in respect of the period for which he resides in that locality, at the
rate per day specified, according to the grade of the district allowance locality and his marital and living conditions, in the following table:—
Column 1. | Column 2. | Column 3. | Column 4. | |||
Grade. | Married member living out. | Unmarried member living out. | Member other than a member referred to in columns 2 and 3. | |||
Per day. | Per day. | Per day. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
II. .................................................................................................. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
III. .................................................................................................. | 4 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
IV. .................................................................................................. | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
V. .................................................................................................. | 8 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
VI. .................................................................................................. | 11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
VII. .................................................................................................. | 15 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
"(5.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a member who is posted to a unit in a district allowance locality may be paid a district allowance at the prescribed rate with effect from—
(
a ) in case of a member who, at the date of posting, is serving in that district allowance locality—the day on which his posting authority is authorised; or(
b ) in any other case—the day he arrives in the district allowance locality.
"(6.) District allowance may be paid to a member beyond the day on which that member leaves a district allowance locality under such conditions for such periods and at such rates as the Air Board determines, but otherwise shall cease to be paid on and from the day that member leaves a district allowance locality.
"(7.) A member who is posted to the non-effective strength of a unit in a district allowance locality shall not be paid district allowance for any period during which he is on the non-effective strength of that unit.
"(8.) District allowance is not payable to a member who is receiving Woomera allowance under regulation 615.
"(9.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, a married member whose wife is employed in a district allowance locality by the Commonwealth or any authority of the Commonwealth shall be entitled, while his wife is so employed, to district allowance—
(
a ) if he is living at home, or if he is not living at home and rations and single quarters are not available—at the rate specified in column 3 of the table in sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation in relation to the classified grade of the district allowance locality of the unit to which the member is posted; or(
b ) if he is not living at home and rations and single quarters are available to him—at the rate specified in column 4 of the table in sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation in relation to the classified grade of the district allowance locality of the unit to which the member is posted.
"615.—(1.) In this regulation, 'the Woomera locality' means a locality that is determined by the Air Board as a locality in respect of which Woomera allowance is payable.
"(2.) Subject to this regulation, an allowance, called 'Woomera allowance', at the rate of Five shillings and sixpence per day is payable, with effect from the day he arrives in the Woomera locality, to a member who—
(
a ) is posted to a unit in the Woomera locality; or(
b ) is attached to, or serves on temporary duty with a unit in the Woomera locality—(i) for a period of at least thirty-one days; or
(ii) for a lesser period which is terminated by his posting to the unit with which he is serving on temporary duty or to which he is attached, as the case may be.
"(3.) Subject to sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation, a member who—
(
a ) is entitled to Woomera allowance; and(
b ) is, during a temporary absence from his unit (not being an absence due to approved leave of absence for recreation), outside the Woomera locality,
ceases to be entitled to Woomera allowance with effect from the day after the completion of a continuous period of thirty days outside the Woomera locality.
"(4.) Woomera allowance may be paid to a member beyond the day on which that member leaves the Woomera locality under such conditions and for such periods as the Air Board determines, but otherwise shall cease to be paid on and from the day that member leaves the Woomera locality.
"(5.) Woomera allowance is not payable to a member who is receiving district allowance under the last preceding regulation.
"615a. A member who is serving in a remote area in Australia which is not a district allowance locality for the purpose of regulation 614 or a Woomera locality for the purpose of regulation 615, may be paid a special area allowance at such rate and subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.".
"616. In this Division—
(
a ) 'hospital treatment' means treatment provided for a member as an inpatient in a Repatriation hospital, convalescent home, service hospital or sick quarters and, where that treatment is not available, such treatment in a public, intermediate or private hospital as the Air Board determines; and(
b ) 'medical or other treatment' includes surgical and dental treatment and the provision of medical, dental, surgical or other appliances prescribed by the appropriate qualified practitioner.
"617.—(1.) Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a member shall receive at public expense such hospital treatment and medical or other treatment as is required to restore the member, so far as possible, to normal health.
"(2.) The amount payable in respect of the accommodation of a member in a public hospital shall not exceed the charge legally recoverable from a civilian for accommodation at that hospital.".
"628.—(1.) Where a member—
(
a ) is not in need of hospital treatment;(
b ) is, in the opinion of the confirming medical authority, unfit for further service; and(
c ) is capable at the time of engaging in civilian employment,
the member shall be retired or discharged at the earliest possible date after the opinion of the confirming medical authority has been expressed.
"(2.) Where—
(
a ) a member who is absent from duty due to illness or disability has received hospital treatment for a continuous period of five months;(
b ) in the opinion of the confirming medical authority, the member is unlikely to be fit for duty within four weeks from the date of his examination by the medical board; and(
c ) the illness or disability is not attributable to service,
the member shall be retired or discharged at the earliest possible date after the opinion of the confirming medical authority has been expressed, or at the expiration of the period of six months commencing on the first day on which the member is absent from duty due to that illness or disability, whichever first occurs.
"(3.) For the purpose of this regulation, where—
(a) a member resumes duty after an absence from duty due to illness or disability; and
(b) within fourteen days the member is again absent from duty from the same cause,
the member shall be deemed to be continuously absent from duty due to that illness or disability.
"(4.) For the purposes of this regulation, an
illness or disability is attributable to service if that illness or disability
is accepted for payment of compensation or other benefit under the
"629. Notwithstanding his retirement or discharge under the last preceding regulation, a member who—
(
a ) is receiving hospital treatment; and(
b ) in the opinion of the Director-General of Medical Services is too ill to be moved from that hospital,
may be granted hospital treatment or medical or other treatment for such period as the Director-General of Medical Services considers necessary.".
"630.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, treatment necessary to maintain dental efficiency shall be provided for a member at public expense.
"(2.) Dental treatment provided for a member shall be directed towards the preservation of teeth and the prevention of the necessity for artificial dentures.
"(3.) Dental treatment provided for a member shall be limited to oral surgery, prophylaxis, fillings (amalgam, synthetic porcelain and inlays), root-canal treatment, treatment of pyorrhoea and gingivitis, X-ray examination, the supply, replacement and repair of acrylic resin artificial dentures and the provision of prosthetic appliances.
"(4.) With the exception of silver used in the construction of splints, precious metals shall not be provided at public expense in the course of dental treatment.
"(5.) A member, other than a member on special leave without pay, may receive dental treatment as prescribed at public expense from a civilian dentist where the services of a dental officer of the medical branch are not available and the member is in need of immediate dental treatment.
"631. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, where a member is serving outside Australia and is accompanied by his wife and dependent children, his wife and dependent children may be provided with hospital treatment, medical or other treatment and optometry facilities, at public expense, within the limits prescribed by these Regulations for the member.".
"632a.—(1.) Where a member has been provided with hospital treatment or medical or other treatment under regulation 616 and the Air Board is of opinion—
(
a ) that the member has an enforceable claim against any person for damages in respect of the illness or injury for which hospital treatment or medical or other treatment was provided; or(
b ) that the expense of that treatment should not be borne by the Commonwealth for any other reason,
the Air Board may require that member to pay to the Commonwealth such amount, not exceeding the expense incurred by the Commonwealth as the Air Board determines.
"(2.) Without prejudice to the right of the Commonwealth to recover by other means an amount payable under the last preceding sub-regulation by the member to the Commonwealth, that amount may be deducted from the pay and allowances that are or become payable to the member under these Regulations.".
"633. A member of the Permanent Air Force who is serving outside Australia may be paid such allowances appropriate to the country or locality in and the conditions under which he is serving at such rates and subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines.
"634.—(1.) In this regulation—
'child' means a person who—
(
a ) is a child (not being an ex-nuptial child), a step child or a legally adopted child of a member;(
b ) is under the age of eighteen years; and(
c ) has not qualified in education at matriculation standard or its equivalent;'married member' means a member who is in receipt of the maximum rate of marriage allowance in accordance with sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 555;
'serious interference' means such interference or interruption as the Air Board determines.
"(2.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, an allowance called 'education allowance' is payable to a married member of the Permanent Air Force who is posted from one locality to another locality and—
(
a ) whose family other than his child is removed at public expense under regulation 608; or(
b ) who has a child and would, if he had a family other than his child, be entitled to have them removed at public expense under regulation 608,
and who, to avoid serious interference with the education of the child, removes the child from a home with the member in order that the child may continue his education in the locality from which removal is or would have been effected at public expense.
"(3.) The rate at which education allowance is payable is Eighty pounds for the period in each calendar year commencing on the first day of January during which the school at which the child is attending holds classes of instruction for pupils.
"(4.) Where the member or his child is receiving assistance from the Government of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth to meet the cost of the education of the child, whether by way of scholarship, payment of fees, reduction of accommodation costs by reason of subsidy, or otherwise, the education allowance otherwise payable to the member in accordance with this regulation may be reduced or disallowed as the Air Board determines.
"(5.) Education allowance is not payable in respect of a child attending day school unless the child, in order to continue in attendance at a particular school, is for that purpose left in the care of another person for a period of three months or more.
"635. In this Division, 'service' means such service as the Air Board approves and may include, in the case of a member who dies or whose appointment is terminated on medical grounds, a period which the Air Board determines shall be deemed to be a period of service.
"636.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines a gratuity may be paid to an officer of the medical branch, who is a qualified medical practitioner, in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force under a short-service commission—
(
a ) before the fourteenth day of December, 1959, at the rate of One hundred and twenty-five pounds per annum; and(
b ) after the thirteenth day of December, 1959, at the rate of Two hundred pounds per annum.
"(2.) A gratuity is not paid to an officer referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force which commences immediately after completion of a continuous period of service of eight years under a short-service commission.
"637.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a gratuity at the rate of One hundred and twenty-five pounds per annum may be paid to an officer of the medical branch, who is a qualified dental practitioner, in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force under a short-service commission.
"(2.) A gratuity is not paid to an officer referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation, in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force which commences immediately after completion of a continuous period of service of eight years under a short-service commission.
"638.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a gratuity at the rate of Fifty pounds per annum may be paid to an officer of the Permanent Air Force, not being an officer of the medical branch or of the Women's Service or an officer who is serving on loan from the Public Service of the Commonwealth or of a State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth, in respect of service under a short-service commission.
"(2.) Where an officer referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation is requested to serve on the Reserve after completion of his service in the Permanent Air Force and does not agree to so serve, the gratuity which may be paid to him shall be at the rate of Thirty pounds per annum.
"639. Subject to such conditions as the Air
Board determines, an airman of the Permanent Air Force, who is not a
contributor for the purposes of the
(
a ) if he completes the term of the short-service commission—(i) in respect of service as an airman—in accordance with regulation 642; and
(ii) in respect of service as an officer—in accordance with regulation 638; or
(
b ) if he does not complete the term of the short-service commission—(i) in respect of service as an officer—in accordance with regulation 638; or
(ii) in respect of service (including service as an officer) —in accordance with regulation 642, whichever is the greater.
"640. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a gratuity may be paid to an officer of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force under a short-service commission—
(
a ) before the fourteenth day of December, 1959, at the rate of Tenpence per day; and(
b ) after the thirteenth day of December, 1959, at the rate of Twenty-five pounds per annum.
"641. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a gratuity at the rate of Twenty-five pounds per annum may be paid to an officer of the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force under a short-service commission after the thirteenth day of December, 1959.
"642.—(1.) Subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a gratuity may be paid to an airman of the Permanent Air Force who is not a contributor for the purposes of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1959—
(
a ) in respect of the first twelve years of his service at the rate of Thirty pounds per annum for each year of his service; and(
b ) in respect of service which commences after completion of the first twelve years of his service—(i) before the fourteenth day of December, 1959, at the rate of Thirty pounds per annum; and
(ii) after the thirteenth day of December, 1959, at the rate of Fifty pounds per annum.
"(2.) Where an airman is requested to serve on the Reserve after completion of his service in the Permanent Air Force, and does not agree to so serve, the gratuity which may be paid in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation shall be reduced by an amount of Two hundred pounds.
"643. Subject to such conditions as the Air Board determines, a gratuity may be paid to an airwoman of the Permanent Air Force—
(
a ) in respect of the first twelve years of service, at the rate of Fifteen pounds per annum; and(
b ) in respect of service which commences after completion of the first twelve years of service, at the rate of Twenty-five pounds per annum.
"644. Subject to the provisions of this Division, the Air Board may approve payment of a gratuity in respect of service in the Permanent Air Force of a member who is deceased and may determine the person to Whom such gratuity may be paid.".
"(2a.) The
expenditure from public funds for the provision of a funeral of a person
referred to in paragraph (
"(3.) When a funeral is provided at public expense under this regulation, the fares of a near relative of the deceased person and the fares of one other person may, with the approval of the Air Board, be paid from public funds for the journey from their places of residence to the place of the funeral and return.".
"(2.) The person who incurs the expense of a funeral for a deceased member under this regulation may be reimbursed the expenses incurred but not exceeding Sixty pounds.".
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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