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

STATUTORY RULES.

1934. No. 141.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1934.*

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 1903-1934.

Dated this seventh day of November, 1934.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ARCHDALE PARKHILL

Minister of State for Defence

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

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

Amendment.

1. Regulation 24a is amended by the addition of the following sub-regulation (iv):—

“(iv) An allowance at a rate not exceeding £6 per annum may be paid on the approval of the Military Board to any member whose rate of pay under these Regulations does not exceed £250 per annum provided that the allowance so payable when added to the pay of the member shall not exceed the rate of pay prescribed for his present rank or appointment as at the 30th June, 1934. Any allowance granted under this sub-regulation shall cease to be paid on and after the first day of July, 1935”.

2. Sub-regulation (i) of regulation 68 is repealed and the following sub-regulation substituted:—

“(i) An allowance in lieu of uniform, not exceeding the amounts herein prescribed, may be paid to members on first appointment to the following positions:—

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(a) Warrant Officer of the Australian Instructional Corps.........................	10
(b) Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officer of the Australian Survey Corps ....................................................................................................	10
(c) Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Engineers, Australian Army Service Corps (Permanent), and Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Permanent) ..................................................................................	5

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 8th November, 1934.

4632.—Price 3d.

The rates of allowances prescribed by this regulation shall be subject to deduction by or under the Financial Emergency Act 1931-1934 in the same manner as they would have been so subject had the regulation been in force at the time of commencement of that Act”

3.Regulation 137 is repealed and the following regulation substituted: —

“137. A medical or veterinary officer in civil, practice may be paid an allowance of £1 for each day of his attendance at a camp of continuous training or a bivouac for which—

(a)he is eligible to receive pay under regulation 101; or

(b) the issue to him of pay has been authorized under regulation 112;

This allowance is intended to meet part of the cost of providing a locum tenens and it is to be additional to the ordinary pay and allowance of rank. Before payment of this allowance is made a certificate shall be furnished, by the officer claiming the allowance, to the effect that a locum tenens was employed by him during his absence at camp or bivouac”.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.