Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1913. No. 83.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.

Addition to C.M. Regulation 475.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1912 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

 

REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Addition.

After Regulation 475 add new Regulations:—

475a. (1) The Governor-General may, upon the recommendation of the Military Board, grant to any officer or soldier of satisfactory service who is not eligible for the furlough prescribed in Regulation 475, prior to his retirement from the Service on or subsequent to his attaining the age of 60 years, leave of absence with full pay, as follows:—

Service of 16 years and under 20 years.......................................	5 months.
Service of 12 years and under 16 years.......................................	4 months.
Service of 8 years and under 12 years.........................................	3 months.
Service of 4 years and under 8 years..........................................	2 months.
Service of less than 4 years........................................................	1 months.

(2) Or, in lieu of such leave, the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Military Board, grant to the officer or soldier a sum equivalent to the pay for such period of leave, or, in the event

   

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of the death of any officer or soldier who was eligible for but had not been granted the leave prescribed herein, may authorize payment to the dependents of such deceased officer or soldier of a sum equivalent to the pay of such officer or soldier for the period of leave which he could have been granted under this Regulation.

(3) Commandants in forwarding a recommendation on behalf of a soldier under (1) and (2) foregoing will attach a copy of the regimental conduct-sheet of such soldier, and certify that he has fulfilled the conditions entitling him to be awarded not less than a “very good” character on discharge.

475b. When any person has been transferred or appointed from any position of a permanent nature in the service of a State or the Commonwealth to the Permanent Military Forces, such service shall, for the purposes of leave or grant under the provisions of Regulations 475 and 475a, be reckoned as if it had been service in the Permanent Military Forces.

 

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