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

STATUTORY RULES.

1921. No. 135.

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 Act1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-first day of July, 1921.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

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Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets, 1921.

Amendments.

(a)The following new regulation is inserted next after regulation 37 (b) with effect from 1st July, 1921:—

37a. “A Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officer granted a temporary appointment as a Quartermaster in the Permanent Forces shall be paid at a fixed consolidated rate of £350 per annum provided that a member whose pay and allowances as a Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officer would exceed this rate, may be permitted to draw the higher emoluments.”

(b)Regulation 201 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor, with effect from 1st July, 1921:—

201. (i) Motor cars shall only be hired for such official duties which cannot as efficiently be performed by the medium of normally available means of transport.

(ii) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation, an officer using his own car in lieu of a hired car on official duty which, in the ordinary course, would not necessitate the payment of travelling allowance, may be paid an allowance at the rate of nine pence per mile for each mile travelled on such official duty.

(iii) An officer using his own car on official duty which, in the ordinary course, would necessitate the payment of travelling allowance, may receive an allowance equal to the amount of rail or other fares that would be spent had the ordinary means of transport been used, and, in addition, may be paid the travelling allowances prescribed in regulation 196.

(iv) Free issues of petrol shall not be made to officers who use their own motor cars on official duty.

   

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