Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 164

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1915.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth—Addition—Part 21.

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 1903-1915 to come into operation on and from the first day of September, 1916.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

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 MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Addition.

At the end of Part XX., after Regulation 335, add:—

PART XXI.

UNIVERSAL TRAINING REGULATIONS.

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PHYSICAL TRAINING STAFF.

336. (1)The annual rates of pay shall be as follows:—

Rates of pay.

Chief Instructor—Honorary Major.................................................................................	£450 to £550
Instructor—Honorary Captain.........................................................................................	£325 to £400
Assistant Instructor—Honorary Lieutenant....................................................................	£250 to £300

Annual rate of increment £25, subject to approval of the Minister.

Travelling allowance.

(2) These rates of pay shall be inclusive of all allowances except “Travelling,” which may be granted at the rates laid down for military officers of corresponding ranks.

AREA OFFICERS.

Area officers’ allowances.

337.Officers of the Militia Forces temporarily appointed as “Area Officers” will receive no militia pay during appointment, but will be granted an allowance at the rate of £150 to £180 per annum.

This allowance will include “horse” and all other allowances except “travelling,” and is subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament.

Increments.

Subject to provision being made by Parliament, the Minister may approve of an increment being granted at the rate of £30 per annum, after three years’ satisfactory service as an Area Officer, on a certificate from the District Commandant that the duties have been performed in an efficient manner.

PROVOST STAFF.

338. The annual rates of pay shall be as follows:—

Pay.

Assistant Provost-Marshal ................................................................................................	£312
Provost Sergeant-Major.....................................................................................................	204
Provost Sergeant ...............................................................................................................	156

C.16028—Price 5d.

These rates of pay shall be inclusive of all allowances except “Travelling,” which may be granted at the rates laid down for members of the Military Forces of corresponding rank.

MILITIA FORCES.

Pay.

Pay.

339. The rates of pay for all ranks of the Militia Forces shall be as set out in the next following Regulation. (C)

340.  Rates of Pay for Militia Forces.

Rank.		Artillery and Engineers—25 Days per Annum.						Other Arms—16 Days per Annum.
		Rate per Whole Day.			Amount per Annum.			Rate per Whole Day.			Amount per Annum.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d	£	s.	d
Colonel or Brigadier....................................................................		2	5	0	56	5	0	2	5	0	36	0	0
Lieutenant-Colonel......................................................................		1	17	6	46	17	6	1	17	6	30	0	0
Major ..........................................................................................		1	10	0	37	10	0	1	10	0	24	0	0
Captain.........................................................................................		1	2	6	28	2	6	1	2	6	18	0	0
Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant..........................................................		0	15	0	18	15	0	0	15	0	12	0	0
Adjutant.......................................................................................		...	...	...	60	0	0
Adjutant, Army Medical Corps...................................................		18	0	0
Quartermaster, at rate of corresponding rank
Brigade Bandmaster....................................................................		50	0	0
Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major Quartermaster-Sergeant, Warrant Officer		0	12	0	15	0	0	0	12	0	9	12	0
Squadron, Battery, Troop, or Company Sergeant-Major, Farrier Quartermaster-Sergeant, Colour-Sergeant, Staff-Sergeant, Sergeant Cook.......................................................................		0	11	0	13	15	0	0	11	0	8	16	0
Squadron, Battery, Troop, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, Orderly-room-Sergeant, Farrier, Collarmarker, Wheeler, or Saddler Sergeant...................................................................		0	10	6	13	2	6	0	10	6	8	8	0
Sergeant, Pioneer, Signalling, Transport, Armourer, or Band Sergeant, Sergeant Trumpeter...............................................................		0	10	0	12	10	0	0	10	0	8	0	0
Corporal, Armourer, Band, Shoeing-smith, Signalling, or Pay and Orderly-room Corporal.........................................................		0	9	0	11	5	0	0	9	0	7	4	0
2nd Corporal, Bombardier...........................................................		0	8	6	10	12	6	0	8	6	6	16	0
Shoeing-smith, Driver	Trained Soldiers....................	0	5	0	6	5	0	0	5	0	4	0	0
	Recruits.................................	0	3	0	3	15	0	0	3	0	2	8	0
Acting Bombardier, Lance - Corporal, Gunner, Sapper, Private, Bandsman, Collarmaker, Saddler, Wheeler, Trumpeter, Bugler, Drummer, Cook, Batman, Stretcher-bearer	Trained Soldiers.................... Recruits.................................	0 0	4 3	0 0	5 3	0 15	0 0	0 0	4 3	0 0	3 2	4 8	0 0
Half-day parades shall be paid for at one-half and night drills at one-quarter of the above rates.

Instructions.

(c) Members of the Militia Forces commissioned prior to 1st July 1912, receive pay under regulations made by virtue of the powers given by section 124 (1) (d) of the Act. (See Financial and Allowance Regulations, 122-134.)

Officers of Militia Forces called up for administrative or instructional duty during the present war.

341. Officers of the Militia Forces called up for administrative or instructional duty during the present war shall while so called up, be paid at the following rates, provided that for special appointments special rates may be approved by the Minister:—

Lieutenant...................................	£250 per annum.
Captain........................................	£375 per annum.
Major..........................................	£475 per annum.
Lieut.-Colonel..............................	£575 per annum.
Colonel .......................................	£575 per annum.

This regulation shall not affect the right of any officer to receive the pay as prescribed by Regulation 340 for his ordinary duties connected with the training, &c., of his unit, provided that he shall not receive any such pay for any day, or portion of a day, during which he receives pay under this Regulation.

342. Officers of the Citizen Forces performing intelligence duties in Military Districts, or officers specially appointed to carry out such work, shall, during the period of the present war, be graded as under, and be paid according; to grade irrespective of rank:—

Grade I.—£475.

Grade II.—£375.

Grade III.—£275.

Specialists’ pay.

343. (1) Specialists’ pay of £2 per annum will be paid—

(a) To each qualified Signaller below the rank of 2nd Corporal borne on the authorized establishment of a Signal Unit, or as Regimental Signaller of Light Horse and Infantry Units.

(b) To each qualified “Specialist” of the Field and Garrison Artillery not exceeding the following:—

In each Head-quarters of a Field Artillery Brigade, 4 Signallers, 2 Range Takers. In each Battery of Field Artillery, 8 Gun Layers, 4 Signallers or Telephonists, 4 Range Takers. In each Company of Garrison Artillery, 4 Gun Layers, 4 Telephonists, 3 Range Takers.

A Specialist becoming non-effective during a year will not draw Specialists’ pay for that year.

Special duty pay—cooks.

(2) A special duty pay of 6s. may be paid to each soldier below the rank of 2nd Corporal or Bombardier borne on the authorized establishment as “Cook” for each day’s attendance at the Camp of Training of the unit to which he belongs, on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that his duties have been efficiently carried out.

Payment for provision of motor cycles and bicycles.

(3) Payment for the provision of motor cycles and bicycles will be made annually in accordance with the following scale to members borne on the authorized establishment of a Signal Unit or as Regimental Signallers of Light Horse and Infantry Units using privately-owned machines in the Government Service, the owners of such machines to be responsible for all damages and repairs, and that machines are kept in good order and fit for service at all times.

Motor Cycles.—At the rate of 5s. per diem for each day on which the motor cycle (within the approved establishment of such machines) is used in the Government Service, provided that the total amount paid for each motor cycle does not exceed £5 per annum.

Bicycles.—At the rate of 2s. per diem for each day on which the bicycle (within the approved establishment of such machines) is used in the Government Service, provided that the total amount paid for each bicycle does not exceed £2 per annum.

Rates for recruits—when increased.

344. The rate of pay for all trainees during the first twelve months of their service shall be as prescribed for recruits, and from the 1st July, subsequent to their being classified as “Efficient” shall be at the rate of 4s. per diem.

Provided that any trainee promoted to a rank higher than that of private, gunner, driver, lance-corporal, acting bombardier, &c., during his first year of training may be paid at the rate prescribed for the rank to which promoted.

Pay issuable only for compulsory or alternative drills.

345. (1) Except as provided by Financial and Allowance Regulations 126 and 129 pay shall not be issuable in any year in excess of the total amount per annum set out in Regulation 340, unless in very exceptional circumstances, which must be proved to the satisfaction of the Military Board and approved by the Minister.

(2) The pay for the number of days prescribed for the Annual Camp of Continuous Training shall be set aside from the total amount provided, and shall not be available for any parade or drill other than continuous training. This amount shall be issuable only for attendance at the Camp of Training for the unit to which the officer or soldier belongs, or for attendance at another camp within the year to make good absence with leave from the ordinary camp, and shall not be issuable for any camp attended to make good absence without leave.

(3) The remaining portion of the total amount shall, subject to paragraph (1) of this Regulation, be available for compulsory or alternative parades attended, but pay shall not be issuable for any other parade attended to make good deficiencies caused by absence without leave.

Payment, when made.

346. With the exception of officers who were serving in the Militia, Forces on 30th June, 1912, the payment of pay of Militia Forces shall be made in arrear and as follows:—

On the last day of Camp of Continuous Training, the amount of pay earned at such camp (provided that for Camps of seventeen days an interim payment may be made), and at the end of the financial year, the remainder of the amount earned in that financial year.

Pay of Officers and Non-commissioned Officers.

347.The higher rates of pay allotted to Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers, although calculated on the number of Parades attended, are intended to include remuneration for the duties of the rank, varying from year to year, in connexion with attendance at Schools of Instruction, Staff or Regimental Tours, Classes, and Administrative Work of Units.

Report of Commanding Officers.

348. The Commanding Officers will report annually, before the last issue of pay, to District Commandants that the Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of their units have performed all duties required of them during the year satisfactorily, except

stating names and reasons), and will, at the same time, withhold 20 per cent. of the annual pay of the members so excepted, pending the decision of the District Commandant, and such sums so withheld shall not be payable to the members concerned unless authorized by the District Commandant.

Regimental Staffs.

349.In the case of members of Regimental and other Staffs, who are on leave of absence for more than one month, a proportionate part of the annual rate of pay shall be deducted for the period of absence, to be computed at one-twelfth of the annual rate for each month of absence after deducting the pay allocated for the period of continuous training.

Establishments.

350. Notwithstanding the issue of any “Establishments” of units, all members of the Militia Forces may be paid according to their rank in cases where such establishment is exceeded, but, in the case of ranks higher than that of Private, no further promotion to such rank shall be made until such Supernumeraries are absorbed and if the excess be:—

(a) In the commissioned ranks	No further appointments as Officers will be made unless, the total authorized establishment of Officers of the unit will not be exceeded thereby, and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of Lieutenant any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank will not be filled until such excess Officer has been absorbed.
(b)In the rank of Warrant Officer, or of Non-commissioned Officer of or above the rank of Sergeant (exclusive of Farrier-Sergeant, Collarmaker-Sergeant, Saddler-Sergeant, Wheeler-Sergeant and Armourer-Sergeant)	No further appointment or promotion to these ranks will be made unless the total establishments of such ranks will not be exceeded thereby; and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of Sergeant, any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank will not be filled until such excess Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer has been absorbed.
(c) In the rank of N.C.O. below the rank of Sergeant	No further appointments or promotions will be made to the rank in which the excess exists unless the total establishment of the N.C.O. ranks below the rank of Sergeant will not be exceeded thereby.

Men voluntarily enlisted.

351. In the case of members voluntarily enlisted under A.M. Regulation 1183, pay shall be issuable only to such numbers as are authorized by the Military Board, and provided for by Parliament.

Members temporarily abroad.

352. Members of any unit or of the Unattached List of the Militia Forces, temporarily absent abroad, may be permitted to attend for training with other units of the British Dominions, and may be paid accordingly, not exceeding the rates herein provided, as arranged by the Military Board.

No pay for periods in detention.

353. No pay shall be made to members for periods during which they are detained under Section 135 of the Act.

Allowances.

Separation Allowance.

354. An additional allowance shall be paid to a married member receiving less than 8s. per diem for each day’s attendance at the Annual Camp of Training as follows:—

(a) For wife (living at home).....................  1s. 3d. per diem.

(b) For each child .....................................  7½d. per diem.

A similar allowance as in (a) shall be paid to a soldier who is the sole support of a widowed mother or of a mother who is entirely dependent upon his earnings.

The allowance under (b)shall be limited to each child under fourteen years of age who is dependent upon his father for support.

Provided, however, that these allowances shall not be granted to a soldier unless he completes the period of continuous training prescribed in Section 127 of the Defence Act, viz.:—

If serving in an Artillery or Engineer unit, or in a unit of the Army Service Corps allotted to Artillery or Engineers ..............................	Not less than 17 days.
Other units ...........................................................................	Not less than 8 days.

Provided, however, that a statutory declaration by the claimant, endorsed by the Commanding Officer, shall be furnished with each claim.

Provided further that the total allowance payable under this Regulation shall not exceed—

In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 3s.—5s. per day.

In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 4s.—4s. per day.

In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 5s.—3s. per day.

Horse allowance.

355. Horse Allowance shall be issued in accordance with Financial and Allowance Regulations 131 and 132.

SENIOR CADETS.

Contingent allowances.

356. (a)In each year, an allowance, subject to provision being made by Parliament, may be credited to each Training Area.

(b)The amount to be paid shall be calculated at the rate of 2s. per member of the strength of Senior Cadets actually in training in the Training Areas on the 1st August of the financial year in which payment is made, and, in addition, a sum not exceeding £15 for each separate locality in which training is carried on. “ ”

When there is more than one locality, the list of such localities shall be submitted for the approval of the Military Board. (A)

In addition, a sum to be calculated at the rate of £5 per locality, will be made available in each Military District, and will be credited in such amounts as may be approved by the District Commandant to increase the Contingent Allowance of those areas in which it may be most needed.

Area Officers will keep a proper record of receipts and expenditure on the authorized form.

 

“ ” In Senior Cadet companies and detachments formed in educational institutions, the strength for the purpose of calculating the amount of the Contingent Allowance shall be taken on Tuesday in the week following the commencement of studies after the winter vacation.”

Instructions.

Return of localities for which payment is recommended.

(A) (1) District Commandants will forward, not later than the 30th August in each year, their recommendations for financial authority for payment of Contingent Allowance in accordance with Regulation 355 (b).

(2) The recommendation will be accompanied by a return showing the separate localities in each Area for which payment is recommended, and specifying—

(a) the principal locality of each Area, and the number of Senior Cadets in training thereat;

(b)other localities for which payment is recommended, and the number of Cadets in training thereat;

(c) localities for which payment is not required, and number of Senior Cadets in training thereat.

(3) The numbers in training will be calculated as directed in Regulation 355 (b) and note.

 

Advances at the discretion of the Authorizing Officer will be made to Area Officers to meet expenditure as may be necessary in the items mentioned below:—

Expenses incidental to parades and target practice, including marking.

Orderly Room Expenses—

Hire of temporary accommodation.

Cleaning and care of Orderly Rooms and grounds.*

Lighting and Fuel.

Water.

Printing*, stationery, advertising, postage stamps, office requisites, and furniture.

Cleaning and care of arms.*

Care and protection of stores on charge.*

Replacing losses or damage to stores and equipment which cannot be traced to individuals, and are not chargeable otherwise.*

Other incidental expenses not exceeding Five Shillings in each case.*

Recoupment will be made by the District Paymasters on receipt of vouchers duly acquitted in accordance with the Audit Act and Regulations.

Personal allowance to officers.

357. (1) An allowance (subject to provision being made by Parliament) may be paid to officers within the authorized establishments to make good the expenses necessary in the provision of rank badges, drill books, accoutrements, and all other incidental expenses.

C.O. Battalion......................................................	At the rate of £7 per annum.
O.C. Company .....................................................	At the rate of £5 per annum.
Second in command of Company...........................	At the rate of £5 per annum.
Other officers ......................................................	At the rate of £3 per annum.

(2) A pro ratâ amount, based on each complete month of service rendered, will be paid to officers (within the authorized establishment) in either of the above-named appointments, who serve for a portion of the year only.

(3) Payments, which will be made—

(a)on and after the month of February, of claims accruing during period of six months ending 31st January preceding.

(b)on and after the 1st August, of claims accruing during period of the six months ending the 31st July preceding;

will be dependent on—

(i) in the case of officers other than Battalion Commanders—

the approval of the District Commandant and the certificate of the Battalion Commander that the duties of such officers have been efficiently carried out;

(ii) in the case of Battalion Commanders—

the approval of the District Commandant.

 

* Expenditure on these items should be very small, if any. Printing should usually not be necessary. Care of the office and stores therein should not necessitate hired assistance more than once a month.

Allowance to Senior Cadet officers who attend Schools of Instruction.

358. An officer of the Senior Cadets detailed by the District Commandant to attend a School of Instruction in Infantry or Musketry Training, which has been approved for officers of the Militia Forces, and in which a vacancy exists owing to the required number of officers of the Militia Forces not being able to attend, may, if the District Commandant approves, and the necessary funds are available from the amount provided for such School of Instruction, be granted—

(a) Railway transport to and from the school.

(b) Tentage, or quarters, and subsistence whilst attending the school.

Senior Cadet officers. Attendance at camps.

359. Senior Cadet Officers who attend Camp for a period of not less than eight days may be paid the field allowance of their rank, as prescribed for officers of the Militia Forces, and shall be granted free rations.

MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND EXAMINATIONS.

Area Medical Officers. Pay. Duties.

360. (1) Subject to provision being made by Parliament, a sum of £60 per annum will be allowed for each Training Area—

(a)For all medical examinations (excluding Permanent Forces) under the Defence Act within the Area, and which include—

(i) Medical examination for those liable for training in the Junior Cadets.

(ii) Medical examination of boys liable for training in the Senior Cadets who, for local reasons, have not been previously medically examined for Senior Cadet service.

(iii) Medical examination of Junior Cadets on transfer to the Senior Cadets.

(iv) Medical examination of officers for first commissions in existing Militia Forces.

(v) Medical examination of officers of the Militia Forces for promotion.

(vi) Medical examination of recruits for units of the Militia Forces raised at places appointed for training under A.M. Regulation 693.

(vii) Medical examination of Senior Cadets on transfer to the Militia Forces.

(viii) Other medical examinations when specially required by the District Principal Medical Officer.

(b) Medical attendance on members of the Permanent Forces and their wives and families in accordance with Regulations for “Medical Attendance” excepting those attended by the Medical Officer in charge of Permanent Troops.

(c) Attendance as a member of any Medical Board on Militia Troops or Cadets within the Battalion Area.

(d)Attendance on members of the Militia Forces or Cadets residing in Area suffering from injuries contracted in the performance of military duty. Any cases, however, extending

over five visits to be dealt with, as special cases, and treated in a general Hospital where available. In cases, however, where this is not practicable, a fee at the rate of One guinea for every three visits to be allowed for visits in excess of five. (A)

Examinations at training localities by local civilian practitioners.

(2) In cases where the training area includes training localities at such a distance from the Area Medical Officer’s place of residence as to involve considerable expense or loss of time in conducting the medical examinations there by the Area Medical Officer, local civilian medical practitioners may be employed, and will be paid at the rate of 2s. 6d. for each examination.

If in any area the Area Medical Officer is unable to examine 90 per cent of those allotted to him, any sums paid or payable under this paragraph shall be deducted from the Area Medical Officer’s allowance, provided that no such deduction shall be made in respect to medical examinations conducted at places the visiting of which would necessitate the absence of the Area Medical Officer from his station for over 24 hours, nor shall the person liable for training at such centres be considered to be portion of “those allotted” to the Area Medical Officer for examination.

Examination of teachers prior to physical training school.

(3) In addition to the duties already specified, Area Medical Officers may be required to medically examine school teachers, prior to commencing a Special School of Instruction in Junior Cadet Training, for which service a payment of 2s. 6d. may be made.

In cases where it is not practicable for an Area Medical Officer to perform this duty, the examination may be conducted by a local civilian medical practitioner, provided that the cost does not exceed 2s. 6d. per head.

 

Instructions.

(A) The following additional instructions will be observed in connexion with injuries sustained by members of the Militia Forces and Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps in the performance of military duty (F.R. Regs. 180 (b) and (d) and 359 (1) (d)):—

1. Certificate showing period of incapacity will only be accepted from:—

(a)Military Medical Officers;

(b) Area Medical Officers;

(c) Such Private Medical Practitioners as have been approved by P.M.O.

Presidents of Courts of Inquiry will insure that the Certificate is attached to the proceedings, and neither accept nor base their recommendations upon Medical Certificates furnished by medical authorities not enumerated in (a), (b), or (c).

2. During Camps of Training the following procedure will be observed:—

(a)Cases requiring treatment after termination of Camp will be sent to a General Hospital (or to a Private Hospital if the patient agrees to pay difference of costs). District P. M. O. and Commanding Officer to be at once notified. Medical Certificate (A.M. Book 8) will accompany the patient.

(b) When a member is medically fit to return home, but is medically unfit to resume employment, direct the member concerned to at once report himself to the prescribed medical authority. A Medical Certificate (A.M. Book 8) to be sent, direct to District P.M.O. by prescribed medical authority. In cases where Camps are held at any considerable distance from District Head-Quarters, the Certificate will be forwarded to a Medical Officer of the Area, as directed by the P.M.O. The private address of the invalid will be indorsed on back of Certificate Form.

C.16028.—B

Examination of recruits for Militia Forces at places not appointed training localities.

(3) (a). The medical examination of recruits of units of the Militia Forces raised at localities which, are not places appointed for training A.M Regulation 893 may be carried out by a local civilian medical practitioner appointed by the Commandant, and a payment of 2s. 6d. for each, examination may be made.

(4) Any officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps will be eligible for appointment to the position of a “Medical Officer of a Training Area,” and to receive remuneration for the same, in addition, to that allowed for Australian Army Medical Corps’ duties.

(5) Civilian medical practitioners appointed to the position of “Medical Officers of Training Areas,” may be granted honorary rank in the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve.

(6) Medical Officers of Training Areas, holding honorary commissions as Captains, if they pass the qualifying examination and are within the age limits, may be granted substantive rank.

COMPENSATION—SCHOOL TEACHERS INJURED OR TEMPORARILY INCAPACITATED WHILST AT PHYSICAL TRAINING SCHOOLS.

Rate.

361. School Teachers who may be injured, or temporarily incapacitated from resuming their calling in consequence of such injury, whilst in attendance at special Schools of Instruction in Junior Cadet Training in the performance of duty, may be compensated for any loss sustained thereby in salary or wages, but such compensation shall not in any case exceed an amount of 10s. per diem.

Compensation limited.

(a) Full particulars as to any injury must be communicated to the Commandant of the District within forty-eight (48) hours after its occurrence, otherwise claims will not be considered; and the Commandant shall thereupon direct a Medical Officer of the Army Medical Corps, if possible, to report on the case. A Court of Inquiry shall be assembled to inquire into the circumstances of each case, and submit its recommendation to the Commandant. The compensation shall be limited to the period during which the teacher shall be shown to have been wholly unable to follow his or her occupation, and shall not be issuable for the day of the accident, or any Sunday, or for any period for which he or she has drawn his or her regular pay.

When not allowable.

(b)Compensation shall not be allowed to a teacher in respect of any injury sustained whilst proceeding to the place of assembly, or whilst returning home after the dismissal or the school from duty.

(c) In cases in which an injury is not reported to the District Commandant within the limits of the time prescribed by this Regulation, and the Government is subsequently called upon to pay compensation in connexion with such injury, the amount so paid by the Government may be made a charge against the officer or soldier responsible for the neglect of duty in failing to report the injury.

Applications, documents, &c, required.

(d)Applications for compensation shall be forwarded for the consideration of the Military Board, and must be supported by the following documents:—

(i) The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry (and Medical Board, if any) which reported on the case;

(ii) A certificate showing the period during which the teacher was unable to follow his or her calling. When, however, the injury is of so severe a nature as to incapacitate the teacher from following his or her employment for a period exceeding two months, a medical certificate showing the state of the case must be forwarded to the Commandant of the District at intervals of one month;

(iii) A certificate from the employer of the teacher showing the teacher’s, average weekly earnings, and that his or her pay has been, stopped during the period for which compensation is claimed;

(iv) A report from the Medical Officer who attended the individual, or examined him or her;

Practitioner’s fees,

(v) A statement of all medical expenses that are recommended to be defrayed by the Government. Only Government rates for medical attendance in each State will be recognised;

• (vi) All correspondence on the

   subject, including a certificate from the District. Paymaster that the documents are in order, and bearing the remarks and recommendations of the Commandant concerned;

(vii) No fees will be paid for certificates necessary to support claims for compensation under these Regulations.

Private hospital fees.

(e)Teachers may be treated in a private hospital, on the distinct understanding that the Department will only be liable for the payment of fees which would have been charged had the patient, been treated in an approved general hospital, except under very special circumstances, which must be approved by the Minister before any liability is incurred.

Hospitals admittance to.

(f) A teacher may be required by the Principal Medical Officer of a Military District to go into a Military or Public Hospital for treatment. Should such teacher refuse to do so, the medical expenses otherwise incurred shall not be defrayed by the Government.

D.G.M.S. to report on.

(g)The Director-General, Medical Services, shall report, on each  case submitted as above.

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