Financial and Allowance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 123.

 

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 fourteenth day of July, 1920.

R.M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

GRANVILLE RYRIE,

for Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Financial and Allowance Regulations.

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

(1) Regulation 275 is repealed, and the following regulation made in lieu thereof:—

275. When any member is in a civil gaol as a prisoner, or awaiting trial either for a civil or military offence, or as a deserter, charges for his subsistence shall not be paid from Defence Votes, but are a charge to the State Government under section 120 of the Constitution which provides that every State shall make provision for the detention in its prisons of persons accused or convicted of offences against the laws of the Commonwealth”.

(2) Regulation 301: Sub-paragraph (a) (iii) is amended to read as follows:—

(iii) In other localities, medical attendance will be given by the Area Medical Officers to members of the Permanent Forces living within a two-mile radius of the Area Medical Officer’s residence. Members living outside a two-mile radius will be required to make their own arrangements for medical attendance and such members may be paid in respect thereof an allowance at the rate of £1 per annum payable half-yearly in arrear. Cases requiring hospital treatment will be reported to the District Principal Medical Officer”.

(3) Regulation 301: Sub-paragraph (e) is amended by deleting the words “at a rate not exceeding 10s. per family per annum or in very special cases not exceeding £1 per family per annum” and substituting the following words in lieu thereof:—

“at rates not exceeding the following scale:—

Single Members......................................................... 10s. p.a.

Married Member and Wife......................................... 15s. p.a.

Married Member with Wife and

Children............................................................. 20s. p.a.”

 

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