Naval Financial Regulations 1912 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 284.

REGULATION 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 made the following Regulation under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of December, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. J. RUSSELL,

for Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1912, No. 18.)

Regulation 44(I.) of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“44(I.)—(1.) Deferred pay in accordance with the scale set forth in the next succeeding regulation shall be allowed to accumulate to the credit of every officer and man entered for service in the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going).

“(2.) Payment of deferred pay shall be subject to the following conditions:—

(a) No person entered after the 1st July, 1918, who is—

(i) discharged ‘Run’;

(ii) dismissed from His Majesty’s Service with disgrace;

(iii) dismissed from His Majesty’s Service;

(iv) discharged from the Service as ‘Services no longer required’ on account of misconduct; or

(v) discharged ‘at own request’ whether ‘free’, ‘by purchase’, ‘by resignation’ or ‘voluntary retirement’;

(b) An officer trained in the Royal Australian Naval College shall not, until he has completed twelve years’ service after attaining the age of eighteen years, be entitled to deferred pay, but in special cases the Naval Board may, on completion by the officer of seven years’ service from the date of his being promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant, approve of the payment to the officer of the whole or portion of the deferred pay accumulated to the credit of the officer;

 

(c) Officers, other than those trained in the Royal Australian Naval College, shall not be entitled to payment of deferred pay until the completion of seven years’ service on full pay, and subsequent payments shall not be made until the expiration of seven years from the date of the last preceding payment or until final discharge from the active list of the Sea-going Forces whichever first happens;

(d) A petty officer or man shall not be entitled to payment of deferred pay until he has completed the engagement into which he has entered, and subsequent payments shall not be made until the completion of each period of re-engagement or until transfer to the Royal Australian Naval Auxiliary Service.

“(3.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation—

(a) in the event of the death of a member of the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) whilst serving the full amount of deferred pay accumulated to the credit of the member, together with interest thereon, shall be payable into his estate;

(b) in the event of such a member being invalided from the Service for causes beyond his control the full amount of deferred pay accumulated to his credit, together with interest thereon, shall be paid to him on discharge;

(c) in special cases the Naval Board may authorize the payment to the member of such part of the deferred pay accumulated to the credit of the member, together with interest thereon, as the Board thinks expedient, although the member concerned may not be entitled to payment in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation; and

(d) persons entered or re-engaged prior to the 1st July, 1918, shall for the periods of engagement or re-engagement so entered into, unless they elect to be subject to the conditions of payment of deferred pay provided by this regulation, be subject to the regulations relating to deferred pay in force at the date of the engagement or re-engagement.

“(4.) Contributions by the Commonwealth towards pension rights of officers and men lent from the Royal Navy shall be deducted from amounts credited to those officers and men on account of deferred pay.

“(5.) Deferred pay shall not be credited in any of the following circumstances:—

(a) during imprisonment or detention (either summarily or by court martial)

(b) during imprisonment following conviction by a civil court;

(c) during confinement in cells; or

(d) during sick leave granted without pay.

“(6) In every case where active pay is drawn, deferred pay allowed shall be credited. Mulcts for leave-breaking or deductions on account of being in 2nd Class for conduct, and sick leave granted on reduced pay shall not affect deferred pay.”.

  

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