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

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 201.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.

I, SIR WALTER EDWARD DAVIDSON, Deputy of 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 as from 1st February, 1918.

Dated this thirty-first day of July, 1918.

W. E. DAVIDSON,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of the Financial and Allowance Regulations.

1. Sub-regulation (c) of regulation 196 of the Financial and Allowance Regulations is amended by deleting the words commencing with “After two weeks’ residence” and ending with “approval of the Military Board”: To take effect as from 19th June, 1918.

2. The Financial and Allowance Regulations are amended by inserting, after regulation 353, the following regulation:—

Pay and allowances of persons classified as non-efficient.

“353a. (1) Subject to this regulation no pay or allowances shall be payable to any person who is liable to render service under Part XII. of the Act in respect of any additional period of training served in any one year, under the provisions of Regulation 825 of the Australian Military Regulations 1916, in order to enable him to become efficient.

“(2) An allowance may be paid to a person serving in accordance with sub-regulation (1) of this regulation, in respect of each day’s attendance at a camp of continuous training attended for the purpose of making good any deficiency due to failure to attend a prescribed camp of continuous training in any previous year as follows:—

(a) For wife (living at home), 1s. 3d. per diem.

(b) For each child under 14 years of age and dependent upon the trainee for support, 7½d. per diem.

(c) For the mother of the trainee if she is entirely dependent upon his earnings, 1s. 3d. per diem:

Provided that the total allowance payable to any person under this sub-regulation shall not exceed 8s. per day:

Provided further that no allowance shall be granted under this regulation to any person who has not completed the whole period of continuous training required under regulation 825 of the Australian Military Regulations 1916 to enable him to become efficient.

“(3) Every claim for an allowance under this regulation shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration made by the claimant and indorsed by the Commanding Officer.”

  

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