STATUTORY
RULES
1932. No. 59.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1927.
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice
of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under
the Defence Act 1903-1927, to come
into operation forthwith.
Dated
this twenty-second day of June, 1932.
ISAAC
A. ISAACS
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
G.
F. PEARCE.
Minister
of State for Defence
Financial
and Allowance
Regulations
for the Australian
Military Forces and Senior Cadets.
(Statutory
Rules 1926, No. 211, as amended to this date.)
Amendments.
1.
Regulation 72 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—
“72.—(a) An officer or warrant officer of the
Permanent Forces if required by the Formation, &c., Commander to be mounted
for military duty upon an occasion when Government horses are not available may
provide a horse for such occasion and may be paid an allowance therefor of ten
shillings for each whole day or six shillings for each half day. Payment of the
allowance shall be dependent on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that
a suitable horse has been supplied and used by the member for authorized
military duty. If the member is the owner of the horse so provided the
allowance may be increased to fifteen shillings for a whole day or ten
shillings for a half day. Provided further that the total of the amounts so
paid to a member shall not exceed thirty pounds in each financial year.
(b) In cases in which a member would be
eligible for the allowance of ten shillings for a whole day or six shillings
for a half day as provided in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation but in which the hiring of a suitable horse has
involved payment at rates greater than these he may upon production of receipts
for the hiring be reimbursed the actual cost thereof not exceeding fifteen
shillings for a whole day or ten shillings for a half day.
(c)
Veterinary or shoeing charges shall not be paid by the Defence Department for
horses provided under this regulation.
(d) The allowances prescribed by this
regulation shall be subject to reduction by or under the Financial Emergency Act 1931 in the same manner as they would have
been so subject had the regulation been in force at the time of the
commencement of that Act.”
2.
Regulation 73 is cancelled.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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