Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1934. No. 122.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923.

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, to come into operation forthwith, except as otherwise provided.

Dated this twenty sixth day of September, 1934.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Air Force Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 161, amended to this date.)

(Twenty-fourth Amendment.)

1. Regulation 16 is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (2.) the following new sub-regulations:—

“(3.) It shall not be necessary, under or by reason of any law of a Territory or State, for any person to obtain or have any licence or permission to carry or convey, by any means whatsoever—

(a)members of the Air Force engaged in, or for the purpose of engaging in, or returning from, the performance of their duties as such members, or for the purpose of attending or returning from any parade, practice, competition, or engagement in connexion with their air-force training; or

(b)property belonging to the Commonwealth and appropriated to the use of the Air Force, or belonging to members of the Air Force and used by them for any purpose mentioned in this sub-regulation.

(4.) It shall be lawful, notwithstanding any law of a Territory or State, for any person to send or cause to be sent or conveyed, by any means whatsoever, any persons or property described in paragraph (a) or (b) of the last preceding sub-regulation.”

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2. Regulation 500 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “are quartered” and inserting in their stead the words “is quartered”.

3. Regulation 508 is amended:—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the word “not”;

(b)by inserting in sub-regulation (6.) after the word “fire” the word “only”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the words “persons separated from the crowd” and inserting in their stead the words “those who can be seen to be implicated in the disturbance”.

4. After regulation 510 the following new regulation is inserted:—

Application of this Part when Air Force employed by Commonwealth on own initiative.

“511. The provisions of this Part of these Regulations shall be applied as far as possible in the employment of the Air Force by the Commonwealth, on its own initiative, for the protection of its servants or property, or the safeguarding of its interests.”

5. After regulation 546 the following new regulations are inserted:—

Pay and allowances subject to adjustment according to coat of living.

“546a.—(1.) The rates of active pay and allowances in lieu of lodging fuel and light and rations set out in Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5, of this Part of these Regulations shall be subject to cost of living adjustments as set out in the next succeeding sub-regulation.

(2.) Where the Commonwealth Statistician notifies in the Gazette the retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth for the twelve months preceding the first day of January in any year commencing with the twelve months preceding the first day of January, 1933, the total pay and allowances of each member of the Permanent Air Force payable in pursuance of the provisions of regulations 547, 553, 557, 558, 559 and 566 shall be varied in accordance with the reduction or increase prescribed as follows:—

When the index number comes between	Reduction per annum.	Increase per annum.
£	£
1889 and 1936 both inclusive..................	..	33
1841 „ 1888 „ „ ...................	..	27
1793 „ 1840 „ „ ...................	..	21
1745 „ 1792 „ „ ...................	..	15
1672 „ 1744 „ „ ...................	..	9
1624 „ 1671 „ „ ...................	..	3
1576 „ 1623 „ „ ...................	3	..
1528 „ 1575 „ „ ...................	9	..
1480 „ 1527 „ „ ...................	15	..
1432 „ 1479 „ „ ...................	21	..
1384 ,, 1431 „ „ ...................	27	..
1336 „ 1383 „ „ ...................	33	..

(3.) Any variation made in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation shall take effect on the first day of July next following the day of notification in the Gazette of the index number and shall continue in force for a period of twelve months.

(4.) In this regulation “index number” means the Harvester-all-items index number (“D” series) published in the Gazette by the Commonwealth Statistician as being the retail price index number ascertained in respect of food, groceries, housing (rent of houses of 4 or 5 rooms only), clothing and miscellaneous expenditure combined.

Allowance to offset cost of living reduction.

546b.—(1.) An allowance at a rate not exceeding fourpence per day may be paid on the approval of the Air Board to any member whose rate of active pay and single rates of lodging, fuel and light plus ration allowance under these Regulations does not exceed 13s. 9d. per day:

Provided that the total pay and allowances payable under this regulation shall not exceed the amount which the member would receive if the scale of pay and allowances operative on the thirtieth day of June, 1934, were still in force.

(2.) Any allowance granted under the last preceding sub-regulation shall cease to be paid on and after the first day of July, 1935.”

6. Regulation 586 is amended by omitting the figures “605” and inserting in their stead the figures “608”.

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