Military Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1970 No.

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 sixth day of November, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Andrew Peacock

Minister of State for the Army.

Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations 

Rate of allowance for journey.

1. Regulation 100 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “by the normal method of public transport”.

Reimbursement for loss or damage to furniture and effects.

2. Regulation 120 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2.) the word “or”; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (2.).

Insurance of baggage and effects.

3.—(1.) Regulation 149 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) the words “Four hundred dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Six hundred dollars”.

(2.) A member may be reimbursed the cost of insuring his baggage and effects during travel as if the amendment of regulation 149 of the Military Financial Regulations effected by the last preceding sub-regulation had come into operation on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1970.

Interpretation.

4. Regulation 188 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (d) of the definition of “member” the word “or”; and

(b)by adding at the end of that definition the following word and paragraph:—

“or (f) a member of the Papua and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles who is a Pacific Islander within the meaning of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations;”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1970.

  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; and 1970, Nos. 5 and 46.

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Rates of pay for members other than senior appointments.

5. Regulation 190 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) The rate of pay of a member serving in the Papua and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles is the rate of pay specified in the following table in relation to his rank and, where relevant, his age:—

Rank	Rate per day
$
Lieutenant-Colonel...........................................................................................................	8.68
Major.................................................................................................................................	7.17
Captain..............................................................................................................................	5.42
Lieutenant.........................................................................................................................	5.21
Second Lieutenant............................................................................................................	4.64
Warrant Officer, Class 1...................................................................................................	4.64
Warrant Officer, Class 2...................................................................................................	4.31
Staff Sergeant...................................................................................................................	3.82
Sergeant............................................................................................................................	3.32
Corporal............................................................................................................................	2.84
Lance Corporal..................................................................................................................	2.24
Private who has attained the age of 21 years....................................................................	0.78
Private who has not attained the age of 21 years..............................................................	0.56

Members of Citizen Military Forces attached for full-time duty to the Permanent Military Forces.

6. Regulation 220 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (3.) the words “or a member of the Papua and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles who is a Pacific Islander within the meaning of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations”.

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