Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 153

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 second day of August 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

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 December 1978.

Transitional

2. Notwithstanding the amendments effected by these Regulations, where the rate at which vehicle allowance would, but for this regulation, have been payable to a member under regulation 108 of the Military Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations in respect of travel undertaken at any time during the period commencing on 22 December 1978 and ending at the expiration of the day immediately preceding the date on which these Regulations are notified in the Gazette is less than the rate at which vehicle allowance would have been payable to him under regulation 108 of the Military Financial Regulations in respect of that travel if these Regulations had not been made, that member is entitled to be paid, in respect of that travel, vehicle allowance at the last-mentioned rate.

Vehicle allowance

3. Regulation 108 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following table:

 

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Engine capacity of motor vehicle not being a motor vehicle powered by a rotary engine	Engine capacity of motor vehicle powered by a rotary engine	Rate of allowance per kilometre
1	More than 4,000 cubic centimetres	More than 2,000 cubic centimetres	18.1 cents
2	More than 2,000 cubic centimetres but not more than 4,000 cubic centimetres	More than 1,000 cubic centimetres but not more than 2,000 cubic centimetres	14.2 cents
3	More than 1,500 cubic centimetres but not more than 2,000 cubic centimetres	More than 750 cubic centimetres but not more than 1,000 cubic centimetres	12.8 cents
4	1,500 cubic centimetres or less	750 cubic centimetres or less	11.3 cents

(b) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) “ascertained in accordance with the table in sub-regulation (2)” after “kilometre”;

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (5); and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (7) “during a period of 12 months or another period approved by the Minister and the Minister is satisfied that the amount of vehicle allowance that, but for this sub-regulation, would be payable to the member in respect of the period is insufficient to meet the expenses reasonably incurred by the member in travelling in the vehicle on duty during the period,” and substituting “and the Minister is satisfied that the amount of vehicle allowance that, but for this sub-regulation, would be payable to the member is insufficient to meet the expenses reasonably incurred by the member in travelling in the vehicle on duty,”.

Rotary engines

4. Regulation 108aa of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “In this regulation” and substituting “For the purposes of regulation 108”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) “in the table in sub-regulation 108 (2)” after “reference” (first occurring); and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (3).

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 August 1979.

NOTES—continued

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