Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 137.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1941.*

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 Air Force Act 1923-1941.

Dated this eighteenth day of June, 1941.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. McEWEN

Minister of State for Air.

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Amendments of the Air Force Regulations.  

1.—(1.) After regulation 46 of the Air Force Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Officers serving under short service commissions—extension of liability to service in Active Force in time of war.

“46a. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, an officer serving under a short service commission the period of whose liability thereunder to serve in the Active Force expires in time of war shall continue to be liable to serve in that Force for the duration of the war and twelve months thereafter, followed by a period of at least four years’ service in the Reserve.”.

(2.) This Regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation as on and from the third day of September, 1939:

Provided that this regulation shall not be construed to impose upon any officer the period of whose liability under a short service commission to serve in the Active Force expired on or after the third day of September, 1939, and prior to the date upon which this regulation is notified in the Gazette, a liability to continue to serve in the Active Force or the Reserve for a period greater than four years from the date of such expiry or the duration of the war, whichever period is the greater.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 19th June, 1941.

  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; and 1941, Nos. 68 and 106.—Fifty-first amendment.

2775.—Price 3d.

Transfers between branches.

2.—(1.) Regulation 57 of the Air Force Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“57. The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Air Board, transfer an officer from one branch to another upon such terms as to rank and seniority, upon such rates of pay and allowances and subject to such conditions as the Governor-General, upon the recommendation of the Air Board, directs or determines:

Provided that—

(a) an officer shall not be transferred from the Permanent Air Force to the Citizen Air Force or from the Citizen Air Force to the Permanent Air Force without his consent; and

(b) in the absence of any direction to the contrary, an officer transferred under this regulation shall take seniority in the branch to which he is transferred as from the date of transfer.”.

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of June, 1940.

Reasons for discharge.

3. Regulation 115 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph:—

“(ga) Having made a false statement on his Medical History Sheet;”.

Active pay—Rates.

4.—(1.) Regulation 547 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by inserting, at the end of the table headed “(b) Equipment Branch.” in sub-regulation (1.), the following words and figures:—

“Group Captain—
On appointment..............................................................................	2 0 0
Annual increments in active pay of 1s. per diem after each year’s service in this substantive rank up to a maximum of £2 5s. per diem	”.

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of September, 1940.

Deferred pay—Rates.

5.—(1.) Regulation 548 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by inserting, at the end of the table headed “(b) Equipment Branch.” in sub-regulation (1.), the following words and figures:—

“Group Captain—
On appointment..............................................................................	6 0
After five years in substantive rank ................................................	7 0”.

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of September, 1940.

Rates of pay of airmen of the Permanent Air Force.

6.—(1.) Regulation 553 of the Air Force Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the words “mustering of”, the words “aerodrome control non-commissioned officer,”;

(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the words “electrical fitter,”, the words “electrical mechanic,”;

(c) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the words “instrument maker,”, the words “link trainer instructor, meteorological assistant,”;

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “flight mechanic (primary),” and “flight rigger (primary),”;

(e) by inserting in sub-regulation (3.), after the words “boiler attendant,”, the word “caterer,”;

(f) by inserting in sub-regulation (3.), after the words “motor boat crew,”, the words “meteorological charter,”;

(g) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “or clerk (stores)” and inserting in their stead the words “, clerk (stores) or teleprinter operator”.

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of February, 1941.

Plain clothes allowance.

7.—(1.) Regulation 577 of the Air Force Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the word “Permanent”; and

(b) by omitting the words “thirty shillings”, and inserting in their stead the words “forty shillings”.

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of March, 1941.

Private conveyance—use of, on official duty.

8.—(1.) Regulation 606 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) from sub-regulation (1.), and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

s.	d.	s.	d.
“(a) Motor truck, 1-ton capacity or over..................................	0	7	0	5
(b) Motor car over 12 horse-power.......................................	0	6	0	4
(c) Motor car over 8 horse-power and not exceeding 12 horse-power	0	5	0	3
(d) Motor car 8 horse-power or under ..................................	0	4½	0	2½
(e) Motor cycle with side-car................................................	0	3½	0	2
(f) Motor cycle....................................................................	0	2½	0	1½
(fa)The rate of allowance payable in respect of the use of a motor truck other than a truck of a type included within the description of paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation shall be ½d.per mile above the rate prescribed by this regulation for a car of similar horse-power.”..................

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of October, 1940.

Private conveyance—use of, instead of public conveyance.

9.—(1.) Regulation 607 of the Air Force Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the figure and words “2d. per mile” and inserting in their stead the figures and words “2½d. per mile”; and

(b) by omitting from that sub-paragraph the figures and words “1½d. per mile” and inserting in their stead the figure and words “2d. per mile”.

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of October, 1940.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.