Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1933. No. 82.

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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-first day of June, 1933.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Air Force Regulations.

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

(Seventeenth Amendment.)

1. Regulation 2 is amended by omitting the figures “632” and inserting in their stead the figures and letter “632a”.

2.Regulation 71 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Appointment of aides-de-camp.

“71.—(1.) Officers of the Permanent Air Force, not exceeding three in number, may be appointed as aides-de-camp to the Governor-General for gallantry and distinguished service in the field or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth.

(2.) To be eligible for appointment under the last preceding sub-regulation officers shall, during their tenure of office, be in the Active Force and of permanent substantive rank not below that of squadron leader or higher than that of group captain.

(3.) The Governor-General may approve of officers of the Citizen Air Force, not exceeding two in number, accepting appointment as aides-de-camp on the personal staff of a Governor of a State.

(4.) Every appointment under this regulation shall be for three years, but in exceptional circumstances officers may be reappointed for an additional term of two years.”

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation as from the 11th day of April, 1933.

3. Regulation 151 is amended by inserting after paragraph (h) the following new paragraph:—

“(i)uniform upkeep allowance:”.

4. Regulation 231 is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) the word “punishment”.

1626.—Price 3d.

5. Regulation 234 is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (7.) the words “punishment drill after the expiration of ten days from the date of the award of confinement to barracks or camp” and inserting in their stead the words “extra drill which shall be limited to one hour a day and shall include some form of useful instruction”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (9.).

6. Regulation 519 is amended by omitting the word “Twenty” and inserting in its stead the word “Forty”.

Medical attendance for Air Cadets proceeding to join Royal Air Force.

7. After regulation 626, the following new regulation is inserted:—

“626a. An air cadet trained for the Royal Air Force may receive medical attendance in accordance with regulation 616 from a ship’s surgeon while travelling by boat from Australia to join his Royal Air Force unit. Payment shall be limited to the amount which a ship’s surgeon is authorized to charge.”

Medical attendance involving liability of third parties.

8. After retaliation 632, the following new regulation is inserted:—

“632a.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, where a member of the Permanent Air Force who has been granted medical attendance under these Regulations recovers or receives damages from a third party, the Air Board may require the member to pay to the Secretary of the Department of Defence, either in a lump sum or in such instalments as the Air Board directs, the whole or any portion of the cost of the medical attendance granted under these Regulations and thereupon the amount so directed to be paid shall be a debt due to the Commonwealth.

(2.) If any member—

(a) fails or refuses to pay the amount directed by the Air Board to be paid in pursuance of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation; or

(b) requests that the amount be deducted from any moneys from time to time becoming due to him as a member of the Permanent Air Force,

the Air Board may direct that the amount be deducted in a lump sum or by instalments from any moneys from time to time becoming due to the member or may cause such other action to be taken for the recovery of the amount as the Air Board deems fit.”

9. Regulation 677 is amended by inserting after paragraph (h) the following new paragraph:—

“(i) uniform upkeep allowance:”.

10. Regulation 679 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) The compensation awarded under this regulation shall be an amount equivalent to three years’ pay of the member’s rank in the same branch or mustering in the Permanent Air Force. No claim for compensation shall be considered unless it be made within twelve months after the death of the member.”

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation as from the twenty-ninth day of March, 1933.

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