Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 239

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of November 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS 

Allowances payable in respect of authorized journey

1. Regulation 98 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting “ (7) ” from sub-regulation (1) and substituting “ (6) ”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “ journey.” and substituting “ journey—”; and

(c) by omitting “ (7) ” from sub-regulation (3) and substituting “ (6) ”.

2. The Military Financial Regulations are amended by repealing the following regulation:

Mess fees allowance for services at Woomera and Maralinga

“ 103. Where a member visits the Weapons Research Establishment at Woomera or the Army Establishment at Maralinga and is provided with rations and quarters at a mess, an allowance of an amount equivalent to the amount of any obligatory mess fees incurred by the member during that visit is payable to him, subject to such conditions as are approved by the Minister.”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 December 1977.

Statutory Rules 1966, No. 35 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Military Financial Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1977, No. 3 and see also Statutory Rules 1977, Nos. 3, 13, 36, 90, 102, 140 and 141.

 

3. Regulation 107 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Meal allowance

“ 107. (1) Where, in accordance with a direction given by a proper Service authority, a member travels on duty and his journey includes the period of a meal but does not necessitate his absence overnight from his normal place of residence—

(a) if the fare paid for the journey does not include payment for that meal; and

(b) if he is not provided with that meal at the expense of the Commonwealth,

the member shall be paid an amount by way of meal allowance in respect of that period.

“ (2) The rates at which meal allowance is payable to a member are—

(a) for breakfast—$2.35;

(b) for lunch—$2.35; and

(c) for dinner—$3.30.

“ (3) For the purposes of this regulation, the period of a meal is the period specified in sub-regulation 98 (7) in respect of that meal.

“ (4) Sub-regulation 98 (8) applies in respect of a journey referred to in sub-regulation (1) as if it were an authorized journey.”.

Vehicle allowance

4. Regulation 108 of the Military Financial Regulations