Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 269.

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 second day of October, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

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(1) Regulation 7 is repealed and the following regulation made in lieu thereof:—

“7. A monthly schedule of expenditure incurred by each Commandant, under the authority contained in regulation 5, clauses (b) to (f), inclusive, and not provided for by the Regulations, shall, after being signed by the Commandant, be forwarded to Head-quarters not later than the 7th day of each month.”

(2) Regulation 243 is amended as follows:—

(a) The words “active service within the Commonwealth” are deleted and the words “on war service within the Commonwealth necessitating residence in camp” are substituted in lieu thereof.

(b) In paragraph (2) next after the words “Staff tours” are inserted the words “war service”.

(c) After paragraph (3) is inserted the following:—

“(4) In the case of active operations in the field, a special scale of rations, dependent on the climate, and circumstances, will be fixed by the Quartermaster-General, but the above scale will, as far as possible, be adopted as a guide.”

  

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