Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 307

INTERIM DETERMINATION UNDER THE DEFENCE AMENDMENT ACT 19791

 

I, the Minister of State for Defence, hereby make the following Interim Determination under section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979.

Dated this nineteenth day of December 1979.

 

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence

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AMENDMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (SALARIES) REGULATIONS2

Hard lying allowance

1. Regulation 20 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “prescribed voyage”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “(4) and (5)” and substituting “(2a) and (4)”;

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “undertake a prescribed voyage in a harbour vessel or in a sea-going ship in respect of the duration of that voyage.” and substituting “stay on board a Defence Force harbour vessel or seagoing ship for a continuous period of 72 hours or more.”;

(d) by inserting after sub-regulation (2) the following sub-regulation:

“(2a) Where a member has stayed on board a Defence Force harbour vessel or sea-going ship for a continuous period of 72 hours or more and, during the course of a sea voyage, is accommodated ashore at an intermediate port of call, the member shall be deemed not to have ceased to stay on board that vessel or ship while he is so accommodated.”;

(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “$1.00 per day” and substituting “$1.90 for each completed 24 hour period”;

(f) by omitting sub-regulation (4) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(4) Hard lying allowance is not payable to a member who:

 

(a) holds a rank specified in Schedule 1 or a higher rank; or

(b) is entitled, in respect of a stay on board a Defence Force harbour vessel or sea-going ship, to:

(i) sea-going allowance in accordance with regulation 13;

(ii) submarine allowance in accordance with regulation 15;

(iii) an allowance payable in respect of service in the Antarctic in accordance with regulation 110 of the Naval Financial Regulations, or a determination made under the Military Financial Regulations; or

(iv) travelling allowance in accordance with regulation 200, 202, or 204 of the Naval Financial Regulations, regulation 98, 100 or 102 of the Military Financial Regulations, or regulation 579, 581 or 583 of the Air Force Regulations.”; and

(g) by omitting sub-regulation (5).

Application

2. The Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations, as amended by paragraphs (a) to (e) and (g) of clause 1, apply in relation to a stay on board a Defence Force harbour vessel or a sea-going ship—

(a) in the case of a member of the Air Force who, during that stay, was not a member referred to in paragraph (f) of clause 1, on or after 7 June 1979; and

(b) in the case of a member of the Army or Navy who, during that stay, was not a member referred to in paragraph (f) of clause 1, on or after 8 June 1979.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 January 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1973 No. 100 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 4 and see also