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

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 248.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1912.

Financial and Allowance Regulations (Provisional) for the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth.

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 NavalDefence Act 1910-1912 should come into immediate operation, and further, should be taken to have come into operation on and from the dates specified therein, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this fifteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. JENSEN.

 

Financial and Allowance Regulations (Provisional) for the Naval

Forces of the Commonwealth.

Amendments.

Regulation 1—

Cancel, as from 1st August, 1915, definition of “Minister” and substitute the following in lieu thereof:—

“‘Minister’ means the Minister of State administering the Naval Defence Act 1910-1912.”

Regulation 42 (1.).—

After “Engineer-Lieutenant Commander over 6 years” add, as from 1st July, 1914, the following:—

Rank.	Seniority in Rank.	Active Pay.					Deferred Pay.					Total.
		Year of 365 days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.
£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Surgeon......	Over 6 years..	305	0	0	20	0	91	5	0	5	0	456	5	0

After “Engineer Commander over 6 years” add the following as from 1st July, 1914:—

Rank.	Seniority in Rank.	Active Pay.					Deferred Pay.					Total.
		Year of 365 days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.
£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Staff Surgeon....	Over 6 years..	547	16	6	30	0	136	17	6	7	6	684	7	6

C.14386.—Price 3d.

 

After “Fleet Paymaster over 10 years” add, as from 1st July, 1914, the following

Rank.	Seniority in Rank.	Active Pay.					Deferred Pay.					Total.
		Year of 365 days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.
£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Fleet Surgeon....	On promotion	584	0	0	32	0	146	0	0	8	0	730	0	0

After “Fleet Paymaster over 12 years” add the following as from 1st July, 1914:—

Rank.	Seniority in Rank.	Active Pay.					Deferred Pay.					Total.
		Year of 365 days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.
£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Fleet Surgeon......	Over 2 years..........	620	10	0	34	0	155	2	6	8	0	775	12	6

After “Engineer Captain on promotion” add, as from 1st July, 1914, the following:—

Rank.	Seniority in Rank.	Active Pay.					Deferred Pay.					Total.
		Year of 365 days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.
£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Fleet Surgeon......	Over 4 years..........	657	0	0	36	0	164	5	0	9	0	821	5	0

After “Midshipman on promotion” add the following as from 1st July, 1914:—

Rank.	Seniority in Rank.	Active Pay.					Deferred Pay.					Total.
		Year of 365 days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.			One Day.		Year of 365 Days.
£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Mate or Mate (E)..............	On promotion	200	16	0	11	0	50	3	0	2	9	250	18	9

Regulation 42 (III.)—

Add the following, as from 1st July, 1914, as follows:—

Per diem.
s.	d.
(x.). Messing Allowance........................................................................	2	0
Payable to Mates, Mates (E), and to Lieutenants and Engineer-Lieutenants promoted from Warrant rank.

 

Regulation 42 (VI.). Special Allowances—Warrant Officers, &c.—

Cancel—

Per diem.		Per annum.
s.	d.	£	s.	d.
“(c) (iii.). Physical Training Allowance	1	6	..	27	7	6”
and substitute the following in lieu thereof as from 1st November, 1915:—

 

Per diem.		Per annum.
“(c) (iii.).Physical Training Allowance..............................	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
	1	0	..	18	5	0

Regulation 43 (V.). Miscellaneous Allowances (Petty Officers and Men)—

Cancel all reference to—	Per diem
s.	d.
Bugler Pay........................................................................................................	0	2
and insert the following in lieu thereof as from 1st July, 1913:—
Per diem
Bugler Pay—	s.	d.
Open to Boys, Ordinary Seamen and Able Seamen. To be paid while the rating actually remains qualified...................................................................................	0	2

Add at end of Regulation the following, as from 1st July, 1914:—

Per diem
Store Allowance—	s.	d.
Payable in Ships whose complement does not include a Carpenter, to Chief Shipwright or, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, to any experienced Carpenter rating	0	6

Regulation 31—

Cancel (III.), “Naval Dockyard Account,” and substitute the following in lieu thereof, as from 1st July, 1915:—

“(III.). Naval Dockyard Account—

The purpose of this Trust Fund is defined as follows:—Payment for labour, material, and all other expenditure at the Commonwealth Naval Dockyard.”

 

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