Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1966 No. 162

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1965.*

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 1903-1965.

Dated this eighteenth day of November, 1966.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

MALCOLM FRASER

Minister of State for the Army.

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Amendments of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) REGULATIONS.

Delegations.

1. Regulation 5 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead he following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) A power or function delegated by the Minister or the Military Board under this regulation may be exercised or performed by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation.”.

Pay.

2.—(1.) Regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Rank and length of service in the rank	Rate per day
Brigadier—	$
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	11.76
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	12.31
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	12.86
Colonel—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	9.57
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	10.12
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	10.66
Lieutenant-Colonel—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	7.65
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	7.92
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	8.34

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on, 1966.

Statutory Rules 1966 No. 105.

13591/66.—Price 10c (1s.) 5/9.11.1966

Rank and length of service in the rank	Rate per day
Major—	$
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	6.28
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	6.55
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	6.83
Captain—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	4.71
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	4.91
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank but less than 3 years’ service in the rank	5.12
With not less than 3 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	5.32
Lieutenant .....................................................................................................................	4.50
Second Lieutenant—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	4.02
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	4.16
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	4.29

(2.) Regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is further amended by omitting sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(2.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, the rate of pay of a member (not being a member who is a tradesman entitled to pay at a rate specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation or is an apprentice) holding a rank specified in the following table is the rate of pay specified, in relation to his rank and his length of service in his rank, in that table:—

Rank and length of service in the rank	Rate per day
Warrant Officer, Class I.—	$
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	4.02
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank ..........................................................	4.16
Warrant Officer, Class II.—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank	3.75
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank	3.88
Staff Sergeant—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	3.34
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	3.47
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	3.61
Sergeant—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	2.92
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	3.06
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	3.20
Corporal—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	2.51
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	2.65
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	2.79
Lance-Corporal—
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	1.97
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank ..........................................................	2.10

Rank and length of service in the rank	Rate per day
Private—	$
With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ................................................................	0.49
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank	0.60
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank but less than 3 years’ service in the rank	0.71
With not less than 3 years’ service in the rank but less than 4 years’ service in the rank	1.14
With not less than 4 years’ service in the rank but less than 5 years’ service in the rank	1.25
With not less than 5 years’ service in the rank but less than 6 years’ service in the rank	1.36
With not less than 6 years’ service in the rank but less than 7 years’ service in the rank	1.47
With not less than 7 years’ service in the rank but less than 8 years’ service in the rank	1.58
With not less than 8 years’ service in the rank but less than 9 years’ service in the rank	1.69
With not less than 9 years’ service in the rank ..........................................................	1.83

“ (3.) The rate of pay of a member who is a tradesman is—

(a) if he holds the rank of lance-corporal or private, has served for not less than 4 years and has attained a standard of proficiency determined by the Military Board for the purposes of this paragraph—the rate of pay specified in the third column of the following table in relation to the rank held by the member and the member’s length of service; or

(b)if he is not a tradesman referred to in the last preceding paragraph but holds the rank of private, has served for not less than 2 years and has attained a standard of proficiency determined by the Military Board for the purposes of this paragraph—the rate of pay specified in the second column of the following table in relation to the rank held by the member and the member’s length of service.

First column	Second column	Third column
Rank and length of service	Rate per day	Rate per day
Lance-Corporal—	$	$
With not less than 4 years’ service...........................................................	..	2.38
Private—
With not less than 2 years’ service but less than 3 years’ service............	0.82	..
With not less than 3 years’ service but less than 4 years’ service............	1.25	..
With not less than 4 years’ service but less than 5 years’ service............	1.36	2.10
With not less than 5 years’ service but less than 6 years’ service............	1.47	2.17
With not less than 6 years’ service but less than 7 years’ service With not less than 7 years’ service but less than 8 years’ service............	1.58	2.24
	1.69	2.31
With not less than 8 years’ service but less than 9 years’ service............	1.80	2.31
With not less than 9 years’ service...........................................................	1.94	2.31”.

3. After regulation 19 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Family needs allowance.

“19a.—(1.) Subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, an allowance, called ‘family needs allowance’, is payable to a member who is posted for service in a locality determined by the Military Board to be a locality to which this regulation applies.

“(2.) Family needs allowance is payable to a member—

(a) from and including the day on which he arrives in a locality to which this regulation applies to and including the day immediately before the day on which he ceases to reside in that locality; and

(b)at the appropriate rate determined by the Military Board.

“(3.) The Military Board shall determine the rate or rates at which family needs allowance is to be payable to members serving in a locality to which this regulation applies and may determine different rates of the allowance according to different family circumstances of members.”.

The Schedule.

4.The Schedule to the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word and figures—

“Regulation 19”

the word and figures—

“Regulation 19a”.

Transitional.

5.—(1.) There is payable to a member in receipt of pay in respect of the period from and including the first day of July, 1966, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations or a part of that period, by virtue of this regulation—

(a) if the member was not entitled to payment of special allowance under sub-regulation (8.) of regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations in respect of that period or that part of the period—an amount equal to the amount by which the pay payable to him in respect of that period or the part of that period is less than the pay that would have been payable to him in respect of that period or the part of that period if he had been entitled to pay at the appropriate rate provided for in the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by these Regulations; or

(b)if the member was entitled to special allowance under that sub-regulation in respect of that period or the part of that period —an amount equal to the amount by which the sum of the amounts payable to him by way of pay and special allowance in respect of that period or the part of that period is less than the sum of the amounts that would have been payable to him by way of pay and special allowance (if any) in respect of that period or the part of that period if he had been entitled to pay at the rate provided for in the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by these Regulations and had been entitled to special allowance (if

any) at the appropriate rate determined by the Military Board for the purposes of that sub-regulation on the day on which these Regulations came into operation.

(2.) For the purpose of calculating the amount that a member would have been entitled to in respect of pay for the period referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation or a part of that period, the first determinations made by the Military Board for the purposes of sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by these Regulations shall be deemed to have been in force during that period or that part of that period.

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra