Financial and Allowance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 5.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1918.

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 1903–1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eighth day of January, 1920.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

GEO. H. WISE,

for Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Financial and Allowance Regulations.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets are amended as follows:—

(1) In regulation 136—

(a) the words “shall be credited” are amended to read “may be credited”;

(b)the words “or such portion thereof as is approved by the Minister” are inserted next after the words “Corps Contingent Allowance”.

To take effect as from 1st July, 1919.

(2) In regulation 137—

(a) Paragraph (1) is amended by adding the words “The expenditure on cleaning of Orderly Room or Drill Hall shall not without the approval of the Commandant exceed 40s. per quarter”.

(b) Paragraph (4) is amended by adding the words “The expenditure on cleaning of Arms in store together with other equipment of a Squadron, Battery, or Company shall not without the approval of the Commandant exceed 30s. per quarter”.

(3) Sub-paragraph (i)of regulation 166 is amended to read as follows:—

(i)Notwithstanding the issue of any “Establishments” of units, all members of the Militia Forces may be paid according to their rank in cases where such establishment is exceeded, but, in the case of ranks higher than that of private, no further promotion to such rank shall

be made until such supernumeraries are absorbed, and if the excess be—

(i) In the commissioned ranks.—No further appointments as officers will be made unless the total authorized establishment of officers of the unit will not be exceeded thereby, and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of lieutenant, any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank will not be filled until such excess officer has been absorbed.

(ii) In the rank of warrant officer, or of non-commissioned officer of or above the rank of sergeant (exclusive of farrier-sergeant, collarmaker-sergeant, saddler-sergeant, wheeler-sergeant, and armourer-sergeant).—No further appointment or promotion to these ranks will be made unless the total establishments of such ranks will not be exceeded thereby; and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of sergeant, any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank will not be filled until such excess warrant or non-commissioned officer has been absorbed.

(iii) In the rank of non-commissioned officer below the rank of sergeant.—No further appointments or promotions will be made to the rank in which the excess exists unless the total establishment of the non-commissioned officer ranks below the rank of sergeant will not be exceeded thereby.

The amendment of this regulation as made by Statutory Rules 1919, No. 268, is cancelled.

(4) Regulation 337 is amended by adding the following paragraph:—

“Provided further than an Area Officer in Charge of two Areas, also Officers performing the combined duties of Citizen Force Adjutant, Quartermaster, and Area Officer may be paid an allowance at the rate of £250 per annum, this allowance to include horse allowance and all other allowances except travelling, and to be subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament, and provided also that such Officers shall receive no Militia Pay for the period during which appointments as above are held.”

To take effect as from 13th January, 1916.

(5) Sub-regulation (b)of regulation 356 is amended by adding next after the words “in which payment is made” the words “or such portion thereof as is approved by the Minister”.

To take effect as from 1st July, 1919.

(6) Sub-regulation 2 of regulation 360 is repealed and the following sub-regulation made in lieu thereof:—

“2. Provided however that in cases where the Training Area includes training localities, the visiting of which would necessitate the Area Medical Officer’s absence from his place of residence for more than 24 hours, the persons liable for medical examination in such localities will not be considered portion of ‘those allotted’ to the Area Medical Officer for examination and local medical practitioners, who will be paid at the rate of 2s. 6d. for each examination, may be employed to conduct such examinations, or travelling allowance at the rates laid down in regulation 196 may be paid to the Area Medical Officer in addition to provision of Rail or Steamer Warrants to enable him to visit and examine such trainees if the allowance and transportation expenses do not exceed the cost of engaging local medical practitioners.

If in any area the Area Medical Officer does not examine the whole of those allotted to him, local medical practitioners may be employed to examine the remainder of those so allotted, at the rate of 2s. 6d. for each examination, and any sums so paid shall be deducted from the Area Medical Officer’s allowance.”

 

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