Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 158.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1934.*

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 1903–1934.

Dated this Second day of December, 1936.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Military Financial Regulations. 

1. Regulation 97 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Private hospitals.

“97. A member of the Permanent Military Forces requiring hospital treatment may be admitted to a private hospital, and the cost of his treatment may be reimbursed to him up to an amount not exceeding the amount of fees which would have been charged had he been treated in a public or departmental hospital: Provided that when immediate admission to a hospital is necessitated by injury or illness attributable to military duty, and admission to a public or departmental hospital is not practicable, the whole cost of treatment in a private hospital may be borne by the Department if so approved by the Military Board.”

Compensation for Permanent Military Forces.

2. Regulation 113 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (ii) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(ii) Subject to regulation 112, the maximum amount mentioned in this regulation shall be—

(a) if the member is not a soldier of the Corps of Staff Cadets, three years’ pay at the rate of pay which he received immediately prior to his death, retirement, or discharge, as the case may be; or

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on    , 1936.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 83, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935. Nos. 102 and 123; and 1936, Nos. 1, 32, 62, 75, 98. 111, 122, and 144.

5746.—20/27.10.1936.—Price 3d.

(b) if the member is a soldier of the Corps of Staff Cadets, three years’ pay at the rate of pay prescribed for the rank or grade in the Permanent Forces shown in the following table opposite his class in the Corps of Staff Cadets:—

Class in Corps of Staff Cadets.	Rank or grade for computation of compensation.
1st Class......................	Lieutenant, Australian Staff Corps (1st sub-division).
2nd Class....................	First grade of non-commissioned officer (Category “A”).
3rd Class.....................	First grade of non-commissioned officer (Category “C”).
4th Class.....................	Gunner.”

Service overseas.

3. Regulation 139 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “may” the words “, upon his return to Australia and resumption of duty as an officer of the Militia Forces,”.

Specialists’ pay.

4. Regulation 154 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (c), next after the word “field”, the words “or fortress”.

Daily scales.

5. Regulation 232 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (ii) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(ii) For the purpose of calculating fractional parts of a day’s forage, a ration shall be considered to consist of four equal feeds of oats, chaff and bran or their equivalents, viz., “morning”, “midday”, “evening” and “night” feeds. Any hay shall be considered part of the “night” feed. A full day’s ration of forage shall cover the period from midnight to midnight, any other feed before or after such full day being requisitioned as a fraction of a ration.”

6. Regulation 247 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Issues of fuel and light for camps, schools, &c.

“247. For all Militia Force camps and schools or courses of instruction, for other schools and courses held in hutments or under canvas, and for other camps held under canvas, the scales of fuel and light shall be—

Fuel.—6 lb. of fuel wood in not less than 1-ft. billets per day for each officer, soldier and civilian on the ration strength. If other fuel is drawn in lieu, the value of the fuel so drawn shall not exceed the value of the fuel wood that may be drawn as above.

Light.—Oil, 2 pints (or candles, 14 oz.) per week for each lamp or lantern authorized. Wick, 4½ inches per gallon of oil.”

Special fuel issues.

7. Regulation 248 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended in paragraph (c) by deleting the words “Militia Force”.

 

By Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.