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

STATUTORY RULES.

1930. No. 115.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1927.

I, THE person administering the Government 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, excepting Regulations 138 and 326 to 332, which shall come into operation as from 1st February, 1930.

Dated this third day of October, 1930.

SOMERS

Administering the Government of the

Commonwealth of Australia.

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. E. GREEN

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Militant Forces and Senior Cadets.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 211, as amended to this date.)

Amendments.

1. Regulations 138 and 326 to 332 and headings thereto are cancelled and the following regulations and heading substituted therefor:—

“Scale of Allowances Payable to Officers of the Australian Army Medical Service.

138.—(1.) Subject to these regulations, allowances may be paid to officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps (whether on the Active List or in the Reserve of Officers) for duties performed by them according to the following scale:—

Duties.		Allowances.
(a)	Attendance as a member of a medical board, for each medical board attended	£2	2	0
(b)	Medical examination of a member of the Military Forces or Senior Cadets by a “ specialist ” including the writing of a report of the examination or the issue of a medical certificate—for each examination	£1	1	0
(c)	X-ray examination and report for each examination.	Such amount, not less than 10s. 6d. and not exceeding £1 1s. which in the opinion of the D.G.M.S. or his representative is a proper allowance for the work performed.

 

Duties.	Allowances.
(d)	Attendance at a camp of training, school of instruction on medical duty, or at a dental centre on dental duty:—
(i) For each day on which the duration of duty, exclusive of travelling, is three hours or more or the attendance entails travelling a total distance of 6 miles or more.	One day’s pay of rank under Regulation 101.
(ii) For each day on which the duration of duty, exclusive of travelling, is less than three hours and the total distance travelled is less than 6 miles.	One half-day’s pay of rank under Regulation 101.
(e)	Attendance for conducting medical or dental examinations of candidates for appointment to the Permanent Forces:—
(i) For each day on which the duration of attendance, exclusive of travelling, is three hours or more.	One day’s pay of rank under Regulation 101.
(ii) For each day on which the duration of attendance, exclusive of travelling, is less than three hours.	One half-day’s pay of rank under Regulation 101.
(f)	Medical examination of candidates for enlistment, re-engagement, first appointment to or promotion in commissioned rank in the Militia Forces—for each examination	2s.						6d.
(g)	Special medical examination of a member of the Military Forces, Air Force or Cadets, including a written report of the examination—for each examination................	10s.						6d.
(h)	Medical inspection of a member of the Permanent Military Forces in country areas when authorized by D.G.M.S. or his representative—for each inspection.................	2s.						6d.
(i)	Medical attendance on a member of the Militia Forces or Cadets for injury sustained or illness contracted on duty and ascribable to military service—per visit...........
		7s.							6d.
(j)	Medical attendance in accordance with regulations 81 to 85 :—
(i) On a member of the Permanent Military Forces or of the Royal Australian Air Force and his wife and family resident within a metropolitan area—for each member per annum..............................................
	£1						6				0
(ii) On a member of the Permanent Military Forces or of the Royal Australian Air Force and his wife and family resident in a country area—for each member per annum..............................................................
	£1		12				0

 

 (2.) No officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps who holds an appointment for which he is paid otherwise than under this regulation shall be entitled to receive any allowance referred to in this regulation if the duties corresponding to such allowance form part of the duties of his appointment.

(3.) When an officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps is not available to perform any duty mentioned in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation, a qualified civilian practitioner may be employed to perform the duty and may be paid the allowance authorized by that regulation as if he held the rank of Captain, and may in addition be paid the field allowance prescribed for that rank when the duty necessitates his attendance at a camp or school of continuous training and his messing at the officers’ mess in circumstances involving payment of field allowance if he were an officer.”

2. Regulations 313, 314, 315 and 316 are cancelled and the following regulations substituted therefor:—

“313. Subject to the provision by Parliament of funds for the purpose and to the conditions of these regulations each unit of the Militia Forces may be credited in the District Accounts Office for each financial year with an allowance at the rate of two shillings for each member upon the strength of the unit but not exceeding the establishment of the unit. The allowance thus arrived at shall be applied as may be approved by Formation, &c., Commanders in accordance with general instructions from Army Headquarters to the provision for prizes for Artillery, Musketry and Skill at Arms and to the payment of entrance fees for teams in Service matches at State Rifle Association and Militia Forces Rifle Clubs’ Union meetings provided that such entrance fees shall not absorb more than 20 per cent. of the respective credits.

314. A unit’s allowance under the preceding regulation in any financial year shall be reduced by the value of—

(a) any prizes not competed for and awarded before 31st May in that year, and

(b) any prizes which though competed for and awarded before 31st May in a previous financial year were not claimed for by the unit before 23rd June in such previous financial year ”.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.