Army (Canteens Service) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1953. No. 58.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1952.*

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 Defence Act 1903-1952.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of June, 1953.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister State for the Army.

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Amendments of the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations.

1. Regulation 8 of the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Constitution of Board.

“8.—(1.) The Board shall consist of a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman and five other members, one of whom shall be the Director of the Canteens Service.

“(2.) The Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and one other member of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister.

“(3.) Of the three members other than the members appointed by the Minister and the Director of the Canteens Service, two shall be officers appointed to be members by the Military Board, and one shall be a person appointed to be a member by the Treasurer.”.

Director of the Canteens Service.

2. Regulation 14 of the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “an officer” and inserting in their stead the words “a person”.

3. Regulation 26 of the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Remuneration.

“26.—(1.) Except as provided by this regulation, a member of the Board or of an Advisory Committee is not entitled to be paid in respect of any services performed by him under these Regulations.

“(2.) The Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the member of the Board appointed by the Minister and the Director of the Canteens Service are entitled to be paid from the funds of the Board such remuneration for their services under these Regulations as the Minister directs.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1953.

  Statutory Rules 1951, No. 148, as amended by Statutory Rules 1953, No. 23.

1567.—Price 3d. 9/31.3.1953.

 

“(3.) Where the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the member of the Board appointed by the Minister or the Director of the Canteens Service is a member of the Military Forces, he shall not be entitled to receive pay and allowances as a member of the Military Forces for a period in respect of which he receives a remuneration in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation.

“(4.) Nothing in this regulation—

(a) prevents the reimbursement from the funds of the Board of a member of the Board or of an Advisory Committee for any out of pocket expenses which he has reasonably incurred in respect of any services performed by him under these Regulations; or

(b) except as provided by the last preceding sub-regulation, affects the right of any such member who is a member of the Military Forces to receive the pay and allowances due to him as a member of the Military Forces.”.

Authorization of former payments to Director.

4. The Director of the Canteens Service shall be deemed in respect of the period from his appointment in that capacity to the commencement of these Regulations—

(a) to have been entitled to receive such remuneration for his services in that capacity as the Minister has, from time to time, directed be paid to him; and

(b) not to have been entitled to pay and allowances as a member of the Military Forces.

 

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