Naval Establishments Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1964. No. 103.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1952.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1952.

Dated this thirteenth day of August, 1964.

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Navy.

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AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS REGULATIONS. 

1. Regulation 77 of the Naval Establishments Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Allowance payable where meals or lodging provided.

“77. Where, during a period in respect of which travelling allowance would, but for this regulation, be payable to an officer or employee under regulation 75 of these Regulations—

(a) the officer or employee is provided, at the expense of the Commonwealth—

  (i) with both meals and lodging;

 (ii) with meals only, not being meals provided while he is travelling on a journey; or

(iii) with lodging only,

the officer or employee shall not be paid travelling allowance under regulation 75 of these Regulations in respect of that period but shall be paid—

(iv) an amount equal to the amount (if any) expended by the officer or employee on meals or lodging during that period or, if the Naval Board is satisfied that the amount so expended is not reasonable in the circumstances, such amount as the Naval Board considers reasonable; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20th August, 1964.

  Statutory Rules 1936, No. 107, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Establishments Regulations see Footnote   to Statutory Rules 1964, No. 2 and see also Statutory Rules 1964, Nos. 2, 20 and 98.

5667/64.—PRICE 9D. 10/24.6.1964.

(v) such amount in respect of incidental expenses incurred by the officer or employee during that period as the Naval Board determines; or

(b)the officer or employee is travelling on a journey extending overnight and the fare paid in respect of the journey includes payment both for his meals during the journey and for sleeping accommodation provided for him during the journey, the officer or employee shall not be paid travelling allowance under Regulation 75 of these Regulations in respect of that period but shall be paid such amount in respect of incidental expenses incurred by him during that period as the Naval Board determines.”.

2. Regulations 82 and 83 of the Naval Establishments Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Method of travel.

“82.—(1.) The Naval Board may, by writing, direct the means by which an officer, employee or the wife or family of an officer or employee the cost of whose conveyance is payable by the Commonwealth shall travel.

“(2.) A direction under the last preceding sub-regulation may specify different means of travel for different classes of officers or employees and different means of travel, for different types of journeys.

“(3.) The Naval Board may, notwithstanding a direction under the last preceding sub-regulation, specify the means by which a particular officer or employee shall travel on a particular journey.

Class of travelling accommodation to be provided.

“83.—(1.) Except as provided by the next succeeding sub-regulation, an officer or employee who occupies a position in respect of which the salary or maximum salary specified in the table in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 43 of these Regulations does not exceed £1,070 per annum, the cost of whose conveyance is payable by the Commonwealth shall, if the travelling accommodation provided in the train, ship, aircraft or other means by which the officer or employee is directed to travel is divided into two classes, be provided with travelling accommodation in the lower class accommodation or, if more than two classes of accommodation are provided, the class of accommodation that is the second highest class of accommodation.

“(2.) An officer or employee—

(a) who is a female;

(b) who travels by ship on the coast of Queensland, the coast of Western Australia or the coast of the Northern Territory;

(c) who travels by train—

 (i) on a journey north of latitude 22 degrees south; or

(ii) on a journey north of the Tropic of Capricorn having duration exceeding ten hours;

(d) who travels accompanied by his wife or family;

(e) who satisfies the Naval Board that special circumstances exist that justify the officer or employee being exempted from the application of the last preceding sub-regulation; or

(f) who is an officer or employee other than an officer or employee referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation,

shall be provided with the highest class of accommodation provided in the train, ship, aircraft or other means by which the officer or employee is directed to travel.

“(3.) Where the cost of conveyance of a wife or family of an officer or employee is payable by the Commonwealth, the wife or family shall be provided with the highest class of accommodation provided in the train, ship, aircraft or other means of travel.”.

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By Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.