Naval Financial Regulations 1926 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1944. No. 102.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1941 AND THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1934.*

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 Defence Act 1903-1941 and the Naval Defence Act 1910-1934.

Dated this fifth day of July, 1944.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Norman C. Makin.

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations. 

Active pay.

1. Regulation 23a of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following words and figures:—

Electrical Mechanic and Ordnance Mechanic.

s.	d.
“Electrical Mechanic and Ordnance Mechanic—
5th Class.......................................................................................	10	5
Acting 4th Class............................................................................	12	8
4th Class.......................................................................................	12	8
3rd Class.......................................................................................	13	6
2nd Class......................................................................................	14	0”

Allowances to Officers.

2.—(1) Regulation 45 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-regulation (5) the following sub-regulation:—

“(5a) The following allowances shall be paid in time of war only, subject to prior approval of the Naval Board, after appointment to sea-going ships for navigating

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1944.—Seventy-fourth amendment.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 198, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, Nos. 23, 59 and 102; 1928, Nos. 18, 49, 87 and 138; 1929, Nos. 35, 64, 90 and 136; 1930, Nos. 30, 88 and 153; 1931, Nos. 52 and 97; 1932, Nos. 32, 33, 78 and 89; 1933, Nos. 5, 50, 100 and 130; 1934, Nos. 32, 44, 58, 108 and 118; 1935. Nos. 6, 27, 86, 110 and 135; 1936, Nos. 40, 70, 77, 118 and 159; 1937, Nos. 5, 51 and 80; 1938, Nos. 17, 47, 66, 92, 116 and 121; 1939, Nos. 28, 53, 70, 71 and 131; 1940, Nos. 3, 124, 209, 225 and 254; 1941, Nos. 22, 89, 152, 285 and 308; 1942, Nos. 27, 95, 116, 117, 284, 336 and 544; 1943, No. 217; and 1944, Nos. 10 and 37.

3721.—Price 3d. 13/22.6.1944.

 

duties in lieu of, and while continuing to remain available for appointment as, Specialists in navigating duties—

(a) Navigating (*) Allowance—

(i) on completion of four months’ sea service on navigating duties and on recommendation of Commanding Officer  ...............................................................  2 0

(ii) on completion of four months’ sea service on navigating duties after award of the allowance prescribed in sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph and on recommendation of Commanding Officer ...................................................  2 6

(b) Navigating ( *) Allowance—on completion of three years’ sea service on navigating duties and on recommendation of Commanding Officer. ...........................................................  4 0”;

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (13c) the following sub-regulation:—

“(13d) The following allowances shall be paid in time of war only, subject to prior approval of the Naval Board, after appointment to sea-going ships for navigating duties in lieu of, and while continuing to remain available for appointment as, Specialists in navigating duties—

(a) Navigating (*) Allowance—

(i) on completion of four months’ sea service on navigating duties and on recommendation of Commanding Officer  ............................................................... 2 0

(ii) on completion of four months’ sea service on navigating duties after award of the allowance prescribed in sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph and on recommendation of Commanding Officer ...................................................  2 6

(b) Navigating ( *) Allowance—on completion of three years’ sea service on navigating duties and on recommendation of Commanding Officer ............................................................  4  0”;

(c) by inserting after sub-regulation (20) the following sub-regulation:—

“(20a) The following allowances shall be paid in time of war only, subject to prior approval of the Naval Board, when specifically appointed to sea-going ships for

 

navigating duties in lieu of Specialists in navigating duties—

(a) Navigating (*) Allowance—

(i) on completion of four months’ sea service on navigating duties and on recommendation of Commanding Officer  ............................................................... 2 0

(ii) on completion of four months’ sea service on navigating duties after award of the allowance prescribed in sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph and on recommendation of Commanding Officer ...................................................  2 6

(b) Navigating ( *) Allowance—on completion of three years’ sea service on navigating duties and on recommendation of Commanding Officer.............................................................  4  0”;

and

(d) by inserting after sub-regulation (40) the following sub-regulation:—

“(40a) Senior Allowance—Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (35) and (37) of this regulation, Senior Allowance, in time of war, shall be payable at the following rates to an Engineer Officer when senior of a ship allowed an Engineer Commander (without alternative):—

Rate per diem.
s.	d.
(a) In ships complemented for Lieutenant Commander (E)............	2	0
(b) In ships complemented for Lieutenant (E)...............................	1	0.”.

(2) An officer who, during the period from and including the thirtieth day of October, 1942, to the date on which this regulation takes effect, performed navigating duties in lieu of a Specialist in navigating duties, may be paid, subject to his compliance with the conditions prescribed in the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by this regulation, the appropriate rate of Navigating (*) or Navigating ( *) Allowance in respect of the period during which he performed those duties.

Payment of deferred pay.

3. Regulation 51 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (11), before the words “Deferred Pay” (first occurring), the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation,”; and

 

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(12.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding sub-regulation, deferred pay and interest on accumulated deferred pay may be credited to a Medical Officer to whom that sub-regulation applies, who has not at his credit—

£
(i) in the case of a Surgeon Commander..............................	4,500
(ii) in the case of a Surgeon Captain....................................	6,500

until the amount at his credit reaches £4,500 or £6,500, as the case may be, and any such officer may, in the event of deferred pay having ceased to be credited to him prior to the date on which this sub-regulation takes effect, be credited with—

(a) the amount of deferred pay and interest thereon with which he would have been credited but for the operation of the last preceding sub-regulation, and

(b) deferred pay and interest on accumulated deferred pay as from the date on which this sub-regulation takes effect,

until the amount at his credit reaches the appropriate sum specified in this sub-regulation:

Provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount at the credit of any officer to whom this sub-regulation applies, any deferred pay which has been paid to him prior to the date of commencement of this sub-regulation, together with compound interest thereon at the prescribed rate calculated from the date of payment to the end of the month immediately preceding the date on which the amount at his credit is to be determined, shall be deemed to be included.”.

Definition of pay.

4.—(1) Regulation 141 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting, in sub-regulation (1), after the first paragraph, the following paragraph:—

“In the case of an Officer whose credits of deferred pay ceased prior to retirement from the Active List, deferred pay at the rate which was applicable immediately prior to cessation of credit shall be included when calculating pay in respect of the period of furlough or extended leave which had accrued at the date of such cessation,”.

(2) The amendment effected by sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the twenty-fifth day of June, 1943.

 

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