Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1972 No. 197

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1970.*

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 1903-1970.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of November, 1972.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

BOB KATTER

Minister of State for the Army.

 

Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations 

Parts.

1. Regulation 4 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Part IX.—Medical and Dental Treatment (Regulations 259-263).” and inserting in their stead the words—

“Part IX.—Medical and Dental Treatment (Regulations 259-262).”.

Good conduct increments.

2.—(1.) Regulation 13 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following subregulation:—

“(2.) A good conduct increment and a further good conduct increment are each payable at the rate of Fourteen cents per day.”.

(2.) Good conduct increments and further good conduct increments are payable to female members of the Permanent Military Forces at the rate specified in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 13 of the Military Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation in respect of service on and after the first day of January, 1972.

Parachutists’ allowance.

3. Regulation 34 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “an army parachute unit” and inserting in their stead the words “a parachute unit”; and

(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (7.), after the words “mean a unit”, the words “of the Defence Force or otherwise”.

Woomera allowance.

4. Regulation 43 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(a) a member who is posted for service in the Woomera Area;

(b) a member who, having been posted for service in the Woomera Area, has served in that area in the course of performing the duties of his posting; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.

Statutory Rules 1966, No. 35, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 58, 87, 129 and 151; 1967, Nos., 24, 34, 111, 145 and 163; 1968, Nos. 49, 50, 62, 63, 111 and 154; 1969, Nos. 6, 15, 53, 67, 97, 112, 118, 131, 132 and 169; 1970, Nos. 5, 46, 76, 102, 133, 157 and 175; 1971, Nos. 8, 45, 79, 98, 113, 131, 155 and 164; and 1972, Nos. 25, 80, 127, 135, 145.

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(c) a member who, not having been posted for service in the Woomera Area, serves or has served in the Woomera Area for a continuous period exceeding thirty days.”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) For the purpose of this regulation—

(a) a member shall be taken to be posted for service in the Woomera Area if his headquarters, for the purpose of performing the duties of his posting, is distant not more than fifty miles, measured in a straight line, from the Woomera Post Office; and

(b) a member shall be taken to serve in the Woomera Area while he performs duties at a place distant not more than fifty miles, measured in a straight line, from the Woomera Post Office.”.

Meal allowance.

5. Regulation 107 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in their stead the following word and paragraph:—

“; and (c) for an evening meal—One dollar eighty cents.”.

Rates of pay for members who do not hold a senior appointment.

6.—(1.) Regulation 190 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (7.) the words “The rate” and inserting in their stead the words “Subject to sub-regulation (11a.) of this regulation, the rate”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (11.) the word “Where” and inserting in its stead the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where”; and

(c) by inserting after sub-regulation (11.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(11a.) Where—

(a) immediately before the date on which an officer was commissioned as an officer, the officer was serving in the Citizen Military Forces and held the rank of Sergeant or a higher rank; and

(b) the daily rate of active pay that was applicable to him immediately before that date is higher than the daily rate of active pay that, but for this sub-regulation, would be applicable to him under sub-regulation (1.), (7.) or (8.) of this regulation, as the case may be,

the rate of pay applicable to him is that higher rate.

“(11b.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not affect the operation of sub-regulations (9.) and (10.) of this regulation in relation to an officer to whom the last preceding sub-regulation applies.”.

(2.) Where the amount of pay that would have been payable to a member of the Citizen Military Forces in respect of service from and including the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971 to and including the day immediately before the commencement of this regulation if the amendments of regulation 190 of the Military Financial Regulations effected by the last preceding sub-regulation had come into operation on that first-mentioned date exceeds the amount of pay paid or payable but for this sub-regulation to the member in respect of his service during that period, the member is entitled to be paid, as additional pay, an amount equal to the excess.

 

Cadet under-officer—camp allowance.

7. Regulation 228 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, a cadet under-officer may, in respect of an attendance at the annual camp of continuous training of his unit, or at a military school or course, that is of a duration of not less than seven consecutive days, be paid an allowance, called‘ camp allowance’—

(a) if the camp, school or course is held at a place in the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea—at the rate of Twelve cents per day; or

(b) in any other case—at the rate of Thirty cents per day.”.

Rates of payment to medical and dental officers.

8. Regulation 263 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed.

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