Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1974 No. 256

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1973.

Dated this nineteenth day of December, 1974.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. BISHOP

Postmaster-General for and on behalf

of the Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations 

Rates of travelling allowance.

1. Regulation 99 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:—

Rank	Rate per day for residence in a capital city	Rate per day for residence in a place other than a capital city
$	$
Major-General or Brigadier ......................................................	31.50	22.50
Any lower rank .......................................................................	22.50	17.00

Reduction of allowance where rations or quarters are provided or fare includes subsistence.

2. Regulation 101 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following table:—

Rank	Rate per day
$
Major-General or Brigadier .............................................................................................	2.95
Any lower rank ..............................................................................................................	2.65

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 23 December 1974.

  Statutory Rules 1966, No. 35, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Military Financial Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1974, No. 159 and see also Statutory Rules 1974, Nos. 159 and 201. See also the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100, as amended by 1973, Nos. 132, 201, 203, 249 and 269; and 1974, Nos. 71, 77, 90, 92, 93 and 208).

Meal allowance.

3. Regulation 107 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—

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

(a) for breakfast—One dollar sixty cents;

(b) for a mid-day meal—One dollar fifty cents; and

(c) for an evening meal—Two dollars forty-five cents.”.

Senior appointments.

4. Regulation 189 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:—

Appointment	Rate per annum
$
Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board ......................................................	6,058
Commander of a Division ...............................................................................................	5,797
Commander of a Communication Zone ............................................................................	4,899
Commander of a Task Force ...........................................................................................	4,899
Chief of Staff, Headquarters, 1st Division ........................................................................	4,899
Commander of an Officer Training Group—
(a) if the rank for the appointment according to the Establishment of the Military Forces is a Brigadier ............................................................................................................	4,899
(b) in any other case ..................................................................................................	3,610
Commander, Royal Artillery in a Command—
(a) if the rank for the appointment according to the Establishment of the Military Forces is a Brigadier ............................................................................................................	4,899
(b) in any other case ..................................................................................................	3,610
Commander of a Support Group ......................................................................................	3,610
Senior Medical Officer—
Consultant Colonel C.M.F., 2nd Military District ...........................................................	4,703
Consultant Colonel C.M.F., 3rd Military District ...........................................................	4,703
Colonel Medical, 1st Division .......................................................................................	4,703
Chaplain-General—
Church of England .......................................................................................................	3,420
Roman Catholic ...........................................................................................................	3,420
Presbyterian .................................................................................................................	2,794
Methodist ....................................................................................................................	2,794
United Churches ..........................................................................................................	2,794
Senior Jewish Chaplain ................................................................................................	1,801

Rates of pay for members other than senior appointments.

5. Regulation 190 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:—

Rank	Rate per day
$
Major-General .. .. .. .. .. ..	61.46
Brigadier .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	51.83
Colonel .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	37.58
Lieutenant-Colonel .. .. .. .. .. ..	33.75
Major .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	27.69
Captain .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	20.66
Lieutenant .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	16.43
Second Lieutenant .. .. .. .. .. ..	15.39
Warrant Officer, Class 1 .. .. .. .. ..	22.27
Warrant Officer, Class 2 .. .. .. .. ..	20.11
Staff Sergeant (or relative rank) .. .. .. ..	17.00
Sergeant .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	12.89
Corporal (or relative rank) .. .. .. .. ..	10.10
Lance Corporal (or relative rank) .. .. .. ..	9.44
Private (or relative rank) .. .. .. .. ..	9.06

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

Rank	Rate per day
$
Brigadier .....................................................................................................	56.66
Colonel .......................................................................................................	50.75
Lieutenant-Colonel ......................................................................................	47.02
Major ..........................................................................................................	33.33
Captain .......................................................................................................	26.31

(c) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following table:—

Classification	Rate per day
$
Chaplain Second Class (Lieutenant-Colonel) .................................................	30.33
Chaplain Third Class (Major) .......................................................................	25.12
Chaplain Fourth Class (Captain) ...................................................................	20.66

(d) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (5) and substituting the following table:—

Rank	Rate per day
$
Colonel .......................................................................................................	30.16
Lieutenant-Colonel ......................................................................................	27.09
Major ..........................................................................................................	22.25
Captain .......................................................................................................	16.62
Lieutenant ...................................................................................................	13.23
Second Lieutenant .......................................................................................	12.41
Warrant Officer, Class 1 ...............................................................................	20.86
Warrant Officer, Class 2 ...............................................................................	19.13
Staff Sergeant ..............................................................................................	16.63
Sergeant .................................................................................................................... .	12.52
Corporal ......................................................................................................	9.90
Lance Corporal ............................................................................................	9.38
Private .........................................................................................................	9.06

and

(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (13) the words “ Seven dollars seventy-seven cents ” and substituting the words “ Eight dollars seventy-eight cents ”.

Hard-lying allowance.

6. Regulation 204 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—

“ (3) The rate at which hard-lying allowance is payable is One dollar per day.”.

Application.

7.