Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 47

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 19031

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-third day of March 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. E. McLEAY

Minister of State for Administrative Services for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Defence

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AMENDMENTS OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS2

Education allowance

1. Regulation 131 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2a) “330” and “1300” and substituting “320” and “1430”respectively;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2a) “510” and “1470” and substituting “500” and “1575”respectively;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (2a) “790” and substituting “800”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (2b)“100” and “1460” and substituting “115” and “1475” respectively.

Child education allowance

2. Regulation 159 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2a) “330” and “1300” and substituting “320” and “1430” respectively;

 

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2a) “510” and “1470” and substituting “500” and “1575” respectively;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (2a) “790” and substituting “800”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (2b) “100” and “1460” and substituting “115” and “1475” respectively.

Application

3. (1) Education allowance is payable in accordance with the provisions of regulation 131 of the Military Financial Regulations, as amended by regulation 1, in respect of the attendance of a child at a school during the year that commenced on 1 January 1978 and during any subsequent year.

(2) Child education allowance is payable in accordance with the provisions of regulation 159 of the Military Financial Regulations, as amended by regulation 2, in respect of the attendance of a child at a school during the year that commenced on 1 January 1978 and during any subsequent year.

Adjustment in certain cases

4. In respect of education allowance or child education allowance payable to a member in respect of the attendance of a child at a school during the period that commenced on 1 January 1978 and ends on a day that is—

(a) where these Regulations come into operation on a day that is part of a school term for that school—the last day of that school term; or

(b) in any other case—the last day of the immediately preceding school term,

the amount of education allowance or child education allowance payable to the member is the greater of the following amounts:

(c) the amount payable to the member under the Military Financial Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations;

(d) the amount payable to the member under the Military Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 March 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1966 No. 35 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 7 and see also