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

STATUTORY RULES.

1914. No. 39.

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PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth—Regulations 72a and 74—Amendment.

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 Act 1903-12 should come into immediate operation and further, should be taken to have come into operation on and fromthe first day of January, 1914, and make the Regulation to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this thirtieth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. D. MILLEN.

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FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Amendments.

Regulation 72 (c)—

In paragraph (a),after “Staff Sergeant (Orderly Room)” insert—

Rank or Appointment.	B.A.C.A.
	Rates of pay consolidated per Annum.
Staff Sergeant (Master Tailor)..........................................................	£183

Specialists and Special Duty Pay.

Regulation 74, which reads—

“74. The following shall be the rates of extra pay for Specialists and for special duty, in accordance with the Establishment authorized by the Military Board:—

Appointment.	Rate.
District Gunners ...........................................................................	6d. per diem
Limber Gunners ...........................................................................	6d. per diem
Gun Layers...................................................................................	3d. per diem
Gun Layers (automatic and rocking bar sights)...............................	1s. per diem
Range Takers ...............................................................................	3d. per diem
Signallers ....................................................................................	3d. per diem
Telephonists.................................................................................	3d. per diem
Storeman, School of Gunnery .......................................................	At 6d. and 1s. per diem

 

Specialists and Special Duty Pay—continued.

Appointment.	Rate.
Clerks, 1st class ........................................................	6s. per week
Clerks, 2nd class ........................................................	6d. per diem
Musicians .................................................................	6d. per diem
Mounted Orderlies.....................................................	1s.per diem
Carters......................................................................	At 6d. and 1s. per diem
Master Cooks ...........................................................	6d. per diem
Shoeing Smith (Gunner) ............................................	1s. per diem
Carpenter (Gunner) ...................................................	1s. per diem
Gymnastic Instructor..................................................	ls. per diem
Boiler Attendant (Gunner) .........................................	6d. per diem
Schoolmaster.............................................................	6s.per week

Note.—Not more than half of each of these appointments shall be held by Non-commissioned Officers and no Non-commissioned Officer above the rank of Corporal shall be eligible for any of them, “except that of Schoolmaster, which may be held by a Sergeant.”

is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

“74. The following shall be the rates of extra pay for Specialists and for special duty, in accordant with the Establishment authorized by the Military Board:—

Appointment.	Rate.
District Gunners.............................................................	6d. per diem
Limber Gunners.............................................................	6d. per diem
Gun Layers....................................................................	3d. per diem
Gun layers (automatic and rocking bar sights) ..................	1s. per diem
Range Takers.................................................................	3d. per diem
Signallers ......................................................................	3d. per diem
Telephonists ..................................................................	3d. per diem
Storeman .......................................................................	6s. per week
Storeman .......................................................................	1s. per diem and 6d. per diem
Clerks, 1st class .............................................................	6s. per week
Clerks, 2nd class.............................................................	6d. per diem
Musicians.......................................................................	6d. per diem
Mounted Orderlies..........................................................	1s. per diem
Carters...........................................................................	At 6d. and 1s. per diem
Carters...........................................................................	At £12 per annum
Carpenter (Gunner) ........................................................	1s. per diem
Gymnastics Instructor ....................................................	1s. per diem
Boiler Attendant (Gunner) ..............................................	6d. per diem
Schoolmaster .................................................................	s (6s.). per week
Assistant Tailor .............................................................	9s. per week
Cook, School of Gunnery ...............................................	1s. per diem
Lampman for Gas Plant at Thursday Island........................	1s. per diem

Note.—Not more than half of each of these appointments shall be held by Non-commissioned Officers, and no Non-commissioned Officer above the rank of Corporal shall be eligible for any of them, “except that of Schoolmaster, which may be held by Sergeant.”

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