Statutory Rules
1981 No. 551
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Military
Financial Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, THE
MINISTER OF STATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES acting for and on behalf of the
Minister of State for Defence, hereby make the following Interim Determination
under section 12 of the Defence Amendment
Act 1979.
Dated
15 March 1981.
KEVIN NEWMAN
Minister of State for
Administrative Services for and on behalf of the
Minister of State for
Defence
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Repeal
1. Regulations 36, 41, 70,
75, 80, 81, 92, 205 and 239 of the Military Financial Regulations are repealed.
Person
to whom gratuity payable on death of married member
2. Regulation 71 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “,
66 or 69”.
Method
of travel
3. Regulation 76 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1).
Vehicle
allowance
4. Regulation 108 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended—
(a)
by omitting from column 4 of the table in sub-regulation (2)—
(i)
“18.1” and substituting “20.3”;
(ii)
“15.5” and substituting “17.7”;
(iii)
“14.4” and substituting “16.0”; and
(iv)
“13.3 “and substituting “14.3”;
(b)
by omitting from sub-regulation (3a)
“in accordance with sub-regulation 76 (1)”; and
(c)
by omitting sub-regulation (8) and substituting the following sub-regulation:
“(8)
In this regulation, a reference to a member travelling on duty shall be read as
including a reference to a member travelling in circumstances where the cost of
the travel is to be borne by the Department.”
Insurance
of furniture or effects where member dies
5. Regulation 125 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (e) “$300.00”
and substituting “$500.00”.
Insurance
of household effects (including furniture)
6. Regulation 149 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended—
(a)
by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “short or intermediate term duty or a
member of the family of a member who dies while so posted” and substituting “short
term duty”;
(b)
by inserting in sub-regulation (3) “intermediate or” after “oversea on”; and
(c)
by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) “$15,000” and substituting
“$25,000”.
Allowance
on sale of vehicle
7. Regulation 149aof the
Military Financial Regulations is amended—
(a)
by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1a)
“$200” and substituting “$300”; and
(b)
by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1a)
“$400” and substituting “$600”.
Oversea
living out allowance
8. Regulation 156 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (b) of
sub-regulation (3) “under the Defence Force (Furlough) Regulations” after “furlough”.
Oversea
living in allowance
9. Regulation 157 of the
Military Financial Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (b) of
sub-regulation (3) “under the Defence Force (Furlough) Regulations” after “furlough”.
Application
10. The Military Financial
Regulations as amended by paragraph (a) of clause 4 apply in relation to travel
on duty by a member in his own vehicle on or after 5 December 1980.
11. The Military Financial
Regulations as amended by clause 5 apply in relation to the cost of insurance
cover taken out by a member of a deceased member’s family on or after 12
December 1980.
12. Subject to clause 14,
the Military Financial Regulations as amended—
(a)
by paragraph 6 (b) apply in relation to the cost of insurance cover taken out
by a member on or after 28 October 1980; and
(b)
by paragraph 6 (c) apply in relation to the cost of insurance cover taken out
by a member on or after 12 December 1980.
13. The Military Financial
Regulations as amended by clause 7 apply in relation to the sale of a member’s
motor vehicle on or after 6 November 1980.
Transitional
14. The amount payable
under sub-regulation 149 (3) of the Military Financial Regulations to a member
posted oversea on intermediate term duty during the period commencing on 28
October 1980 and ending on the day before the day on which this Interim Determination
is notified in the Gazette, is the
amount payable to him under sub-regulation 149 (3) as amended by paragraphs 6
(b) and 6 (c), less the amount payable to him under sub-regulation 149 (2) of
the Military Financial Regulations.
NOTES
1.
Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia
Gazette on 2 April 1981.
2.
Statutory Rules 1966 No. 35 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1981 No.
27 and see also