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

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 200.

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 seventeenth day of December, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. K. BOWDEN,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

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

(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 82, as amended to this date.)

Amendments.

After regulation 85 insert new heading and regulation as follows:—

A. “9a. Dental Attendance—Permanent Forces.

86. Members of the Permanent Forces will be afforded dental treatment in accordance with the conditions specified below:—

(i) Treatment necessary to maintain dental efficiency will be allowed at the public expense, and will be of a conservative nature directed towards the prevention of the necessity for artificial dentures.

The treatment will be limited to—

(a) Extraction.

(b) Prophylaxis.

(c) Fillings (root, and amalgam and cement).

(d) Porcelain crowns which may, subject to the approval of the Senior Dental Officer be fitted in suitable eases of fracture or extensive decay of incisor or canine teeth, except in cases where the loss of teeth necessitates the provision of an artificial denture.

(e) Dentures—vulcanite—as prescribed in paragraph (ii).

(ii) Dentures will he supplied only under the following conditions:—

(a) A member of the Permanent Forces who, with not less than five years’ service incurs such loss of teeth as would cause his discharge as an invalid, may be provided with an initial supply of artificial dentures at the public expense if, in the opinion of the

C.19211.—Price. 8d.

 

Senior Dental Officer, he will thereby be rendered efficient. Except as indicated below, any renewals or repairs which may subsequently become necessary will be provided at the member’s own expense.

(b) A member who, as the result of (i) injury received whilst on duty, otherwise than through his own fault, or (ii) disease directly attributable to military service, incurs loss of teeth, may be provided at the public expense with artificial teeth and. such, subsequent removals or repairs thereto as may be necessary. Where, however, the damage to or loss of a denture, originally supplied to such a member from public funds, is due to culpable neglect on his part, he will be placed under stoppages for the cost of the repairs, or of the new denture with which it is necessary to supply him.

(iii) Dental treatment at the public expense does not include treatment involving precious metals.

(iv) Dental treatment specified herein will be provided by officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve (Dental Service), in accordance with scale of fees approved by the Military Board, provided that the Military Board may approve of a dental centre being established wherever practicable.

(v) In localities where no dental officer is available civilian practitioners may be employed on the recommendation of the Senior Dental Officer and approval of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services in accordance with scale of fees applicable to dental officers.”

B. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 253 is amended as follows:—

Delete the words: “Nurses and civilian subordinates of the Commonwealth Military Forces”

and insert in lieu thereof the following:—

“and Nurses of the Australian Military Forces, civilian officers and employees of the Defence Department”.

Delete the words “at the rate of one per head”

and substitute “at the rate of one for each such person in authorized attendance at the Camp”.

In scale of provisions before the word “biscuit”, insert the word “army”.

Delete “1.32 oz. pepper” and substitute “ oz. pepper.”

 

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