Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE “DEFENCE ACTS 1903-1904.”
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Acts 1903-1904 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation on and from the 12th January, 1905, as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this fifth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and five—
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. W. McCAY.
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FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES.
The above Regulations are amended as follows:—
Part I., Section II.—General Instructions.
In paragraph 2 omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and insert in lieu thereof the word “Commandant.”
In paragraph 6 omit the words “to the Deputy Quartermaster-General at Head-Quarters, and subsequently to the Secretary.”
Paragraph 8.—Omit the words “submitted to the General Officer Commanding,” and insert in lieu thereof the word “forwarded.”
Paragraph 9.—Omit the words “through the General Officer Commanding.”
Paragraph 12.—Omit the words “through the General Officer Commanding.”
Paragraph 13.—Omit the words “to the General Officer Commanding.”
Part I., Section III.—District Paymasters.—Duties and General Instructions.
Paragraph 22.—Omit the words “to the General Officer Commanding.”
Paragraph 26.—Omit the words “to the General Officer Commanding.”
Paragraph 27.—Omit the words “to the General Officer Commanding, for submission, if necessary.”
Paragraph 33.—Omit the words “with the Secretary or the Chief Accountant, as may be necessary,” and substitute “with the Finance Member of the Military Board.”
Omit the words “to the Chief Staff Officer, Head-Quarters.”
Part II.—Pay of Permanent Forces.
Paragraph 58.—Omit the words “the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding.”
Paragraph 64.—Omit the words “the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Military Forces.”
C.46.—Price 3d.
Paragraph 74.—Omit the words “the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding, and.”
Paragraph 75.—Omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and substitute “Military Board.”
Part III.—Militia and Volunteer Corps.
Paragraph 84.—Omit the words “by the General Officer Commanding the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.”
Part IV.—Compensation for Injuries Received on Duty.—Militia and Volunteer Forces.
Paragraph 113.—Omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and substitute “Military Board.”
Paragraph 114.—Cancel the words “to Head-Quarters.”
Paragraph 115.—Omit the words “forwarded in due course by the General Officer Commanding,” and substitute “submitted.”
Part V.—Compensation for Injury to or Loss of Horse—Permanent, Militia, and Volunteer Forces.
Paragraph 118.–Omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and insert “Commandant.”
Paragraph 121.—Omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and insert in lieu thereof the word “Commandant.”
Part VI.—Allowances.
Paragraph 122 (6. Claims).—Omit the following words—“Head-Quarters Staff—By the Deputy Quartermaster-General, or such other Staff Officer as may be deputed by the General Officer Commanding.”
Paragraph 123.—Omit the words “Courts of Inquiry or.”
Omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and insert in lieu thereof the word “Commandant.”
Paragraph 160.—Omit the word “General.”
Part X.—Leave of Absence—Permanent Forces.
Paragraph 209.—Omit the words “General Officer Commanding,” and insert the word “Commandant.”
Part XI—Sale of Stores.
Paragraph 214.—Omit the words “through the General Officer Commanding.”
Part XII.—Fuel and Light.
Paragraph 217.—Omit the words “Head-Quarters for the approval of the General Officer Commanding,” and insert in lieu thereof “the Military Board.”
Part VI.—Allowances.—Section I.—Travelling Allowances.
Paragraph 122.—Insert after the
scale of Travelling Allowances, and before sub-paragraph (
Inspector-General.—The Officer holding the position of Inspector-General will be allowed 30s. for the first twenty-four hours of absence; and 25s. for each complete period of twenty-four hours subsequent to the first twenty-four hours after departure from any one place, and prior to departure to any other place. Such allowance to cover all expenses (including cab hire, payments for excess luggage, &c.) except rail, steam-boat, and coach fares. One twenty-fourth of daily rate will be allowed for each hour when the journey is not completed in the same day.
By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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