Naval Establishments Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1921. No. 66.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1918.

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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1918 to come into operation on and from 1st December, 1920.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of March, 1921.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. H. LAIRD-SMITH,

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS REGULATIONS.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 243, as amended to present date.)

1. Regulations 67 and 68 are repealed, and the following regulations are respectively inserted in their stead:—

Travelling Allowances.

“67. The following shall be the scale of travelling allowances:—

Salary.		Allowance.		Allowance after One Week’s Residence in the same Place.		Allowance after Two Weeks’ Residence in the same Place.			Hourly Rate.
From.	To.
Per Day.		Per Day.		Per Week.
£	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1,000 and over....		22	6	20	0	3	10	0
751	999	20	0	18	0
601	750	18	6	10	6	3	2	6
501	600	16	0	14	0	2	15	0
310	500	13	6	11	6	2	5	0	1/24th of the Daily Allowance, or 1/168th of the Weekly Allowance
Under 310		11	0	9	6	1	15	0
Employees—Total Daily Pay.
12s. 7d. and over		11	0	9	6	1	15	0
12s. 6d. and under		10	0	8	6

68. Unless specially approved by the Naval Board, no allowances, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred, shall be paid in any case where the person is not required to be absent from his Head-Quarters overnight.”

2. After regulation 69, the following regulation is inserted:—

“70. (1) Where a person is provided with subsistence and lodging, the Naval Board shall determine what Travelling Allowance, if any, shall be granted, but any allowance granted shall not exceed one-quarter of the amount allowable under the ordinary scale of Travelling Allowance.

(2) Where a person provided with subsistence without lodging, or with lodging without subsistence, the Naval Board may, if considered desirable, reduce the rate of Travelling Allowance payable under Regulation 67, but, the; allowance shall not be reduced by more than one-third where lodging only is provided, nor more than two-thirds where subsistence only is provided.”

3. Regulation 71 is amended by omitting the words “For journeys occupying less than one-fourth of a day, actual expenses only shall be allowed.”

 

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