National Security (Military Forces) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 135

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REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, in and over the Commonwealth, of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the National Security Act 1939-1940.

Dated this 1842 day of March, 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

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Amendment of the National Security (Military Forces) Regulations.

After regulation 10 of the National Security (Military Forces) Regulations, the following regulations are added:—

Power to suspend, vary and cancel, allotments under the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations.

“11. If in any case special circumstances exist or arise which, in the opinion of a prescribed authority under the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations, justify such a course, the prescribed authority may, in respect of any allotment of pay made by any person included in the definition of ‘member’ in those Regulations—

(a) suspend the payment of the allotment or any part thereof,

(b) vary the rate of allotment, or

(c) cancel the allotment.

Allotments under War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations.

“12.—(1.) Where any person included in the definition of ‘member’ in the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations has made an allotment of pay in relation to which dependants allowance is payable under those Regulations and the allotment was in force on

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1942.

 Statutory Rules 1941, No. 1, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 10, 202, 294, 295 and

94.—25/19.1.1942.—Price 3d.

the seventh day of November, 1941, the person shall be deemed to have increased the allotment—

(a) by fourpence per day in the case of a matron-in-chief, principal matron, matron, sister, staff masseuse, staff nurse or masseuse; and

(b) by sixpence per day in the case of other members,

as on and from that date:

Provided that the Minister of State for the Army or a prescribed authority under those Regulations may direct that this sub-regulation shall not apply in respect of any member—

(a) if the only dependants of the member are children, and the allotment in force on that date was less than five shillings in the case of an officer or three shillings in the case of a soldier; or

(b) if in any case special circumstances exist or occur which, in the opinion of the Minister or the prescribed authority, as the case may be, justify such a course.

(2.) Where a member to whom sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation applies has made more than one allotment, the amount of the increase shall be deemed to have been allotted to such one or more of the allottees as a prescribed authority under those Regulations directs.”.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.