Naval Financial Regulations 1926 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 70.

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REGULATIONS UNDER 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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1934.

Dated this thirteenth day of May, 1936.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations. 

Application of Financial Emergency Act.

1. The rates of pay, fees or allowances prescribed by the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations shall be subject to adjustment by or under the Financial Emergency Act 1931-1935 in the same manner as they would have been so subject had those Regulations as so amended been in force on the twenty-seventh day of October, 1933.

2. Regulation 22 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Schoolmaster Branch.

“22. The following shall be the daily rates of Active Pay of Officers serving in the Schoolmaster Branch:—

Rate per diem.
£	s.	d.
Schoolmaster Candidate..........................................................................	0	12	0
Probationary Schoolmaster......................................................................	0	12	6
Schoolmaster (after one year from entry, or on confirmation if later)..........	0	13	0
After two years from entry...............................................................	0	13	6
and thence by annual increments of 6d. per diem to........................	1	5	0
Provided that advancement of a Schoolmaster beyond a rate of 17s. per diem shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Naval Board.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1936.

  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, No. 40.

1780.—9/24.4.1936.—Price 3d.

 

Senior Master—
Officers serving in such rank prior to commencement of this regulation—
On promotion..........................................................................................	1	3	0
and thence by annual increments of 6d. per diem to...............................	1	8	0
Officers promoted to such rank on or after the date of commencement of this regulation—
Such rate as the officer would be entitled to as a Schoolmaster according to the time served from date of entry, with an addition of	0	3	0
Headmaster (Lieutenant)— On promotion..............................................................................................	1	8	0
After three years..........................................................................................	1	9	0
After six years.............................................................................................	1	10	0
Headmaster (Lieutenant Commander)— On promotion..............................................................................................	1	12	0
After three years..........................................................................................	1	16	0”

Increments.

3. Regulation 25 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by adding the following sub-regulation:—

“(4) In the case of a Surgeon Lieutenant the time served prior to entry in an approved civil hospital which has been allowed to count towards seniority shall be allowed as time served towards the period of three years necessary to qualify for increment of pay as Surgeon Lieutenant.”

4. Regulation 41 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Marriage Allowance—Rates of.

“41. (1) Subject to such conditions as may be determined from time to time by the Naval Board, a member may be credited with Marriage Allowance in accordance with the appropriate scale hereunder; provided that the Naval Board may, at their discretion, reduce the amount of the allowance to which a member may otherwise be entitled under the appropriate scale, or may disallow the whole of such allowance in any case.

SCALE 1.—WARRANT OFFICERS AND OFFICERS PROMOTED THEREFROM (OTHER THAN OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOLMASTER BRANCH).

Rank and Seniority.	Rate of allowance per diem.
	Married members.						Widowers.
	Wife only.		Wife and one child.		Wife and two or more children.		One child.		Two or more children.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Warrant Officer—
Under 6 years’ seniority............	2	6	3	3	4	0	1	9	2	6
Of 6 years’ seniority and over	2	6	3	3	3	3	1	9	1	9
Commissioned Officer from Warrant rank—
Under 3 years’ seniority .........	2	0	2	0	2	0	Nil		Nil
Of 3 years’ and under 9 years’ seniority......................................	1	0	1	0	1	0	Nil		Nil

SCALE 2.—OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOLMASTER BRANCH.

Service or Seniority.	Rate of allowance per diem.
	Marred members.						Widowers.
	Wife only.		Wife and one child.		Wife and two or more children.		One child.		Two or more children.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Schoolmaster—
Under 6 years’ service from entry...............	2	6	3	3	4	0	1	9	2	6
Of 6 years’ and under 7 years’ service from entry...............................................................	2	6	3	3	3	6	1	9	2	0
Of 7 years’ and under 15 years’ service from entry...............................................................	2	6	3	3	3	3	1	9	1	9
Of 15 years’ and under 16 years’ service from entry...............................................................	2	0	2	9	2	9	1	3	1	3
Of 16 years’ and under 17 years’ service from entry...............................................................	2	0	2	3	2	3	0	9	0	9
Of 17 years’ and under 18 years’ service from entry...............................................................	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	0	6
Of 18 years’ and under 19 years’ service from entry...............................................................	1	6	1	6	1	6	Nil		Nil
Of 19 years’ and under 24 years’ service from entry...............................................................	1	0	1	0	1	0	Nil		Nil
Of 24 years’ and under 25 years’ service from entry...............................................................	0	6	0	6	0	6	Nil		Nil
Senior Master—
Prior to attaining 3 years’ seniority or 18 years’ service, from entry, whichever is the earlier...............................................................	2	0	2	0	2	0	Nil		Nil
Upon attaining 3 years’ but less than 4 years’ seniority, or 18 years’ but less than 19 years’ service from entry, whichever is the earlier...............................................................	1	6	1	6	1	6	Nil		Nil
Upon attaining 4 years’ but less than 9 years’ seniority, or 19 years’ but less than 24 years’ service from entry, whichever is the earlier...............................................................	1	0	1	0	1	0	Nil		Nil
Upon attaining 9 years’ but less than 10 years’ seniority, or 24 years’ but less than 25 years’ service from entry, whichever is the earlier...............................................................	0	6	0	6	0	6	Nil		Nil

SCALE 3.—PETTY OFFICERS AND MEN.

Number of Children.	Rate of allowance per diem.
	Married Members.		Widowers.
s.	d.	s.	d.
0..........................................................................................	2	0	Nil
1..........................................................................................	2	9	1	9
2..........................................................................................	3	6	2	6
3..........................................................................................	4	3	3	3
4..........................................................................................	5	0	4	0
5..........................................................................................	5	9	4	9
6 or more.............................................................................	6	6	5	6

(2) For the purpose of this regulation the term children shall mean children of the member (including step-children and children legally adopted by him) who are under the age of sixteen years and are fully maintained by him.”

Allowance of officers.

5. Regulation 45 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by–

(a) omitting sub-regulations (26) and (27);

(b) omitting from sub-regulation (28) the words “excluding Flagships”; and

(c) inserting at the end of sub-regulation (28) the following:—“provided that the rate of Entertaining Allowance payable to a Flag Captain shall be 5s. 0d. per diem”.

Deferred pay.

6.Regulation 51, sub-regulation (9), of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the following “paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 57” and inserting in its stead the following:—“regulation 59”.

7. Regulation 64 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Rates of pay.

“64.—(1) The following consolidated rates of Active Pay shall apply to—

(a) Officers of the Auxiliary List of the Permanent Naval Forces, and to—

(b) All other persons appointed to or engaged in the capacity stated for permanent duty in the Auxiliary Services:—

Rank or Relative Rank or Rating or Appointment.	Minimum Rate.	Maximum Rate.	Increments.
£	£
Officers and petty officers.
Captain......................................	826	…
Commander.............................	706	784	Three annual increments of £26
Lieutenant Commander.........	576	680	Four annual increments of £26
Lieutenant.................................	475	550	Three annual increments of £25
Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank....................................	390	450	Four annual increments of £15
Warrant Officer........................	325	375	Two annual increments of £15 and one of £20
Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance..............................................	900	1,050	Three annual increments of £50
Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance..............................................	800	900	Four annual increments of £25
Chief Petty Officer..................	261	319	Three annual increments of £13 and one biennial increment of £19
Petty Officer ............................	241	…
Boatmen.
Boatman—
First Class...........................	248	…
Second Class......................	241	…
Third Class.........................	215	…
Fourth Class.......................	209	…
Dockyard police.
Naval Dockyard Police Sub-Inspector..............................................	325	400	Two annual increments of £15, one of £20, and one long service increment of £25 after ten years’ service as Sub-Inspector
Sergeant—
First Class...........................	274	319	Two annual increments of £13, and one biennial increment of £19
Sergeant—
Second Class......................	258	266	One biennial increment of £8
Constable............................	209	248	One annual increment of £6, one of £26, and one long service increment of £7 after three years on £241

Pay shall be inclusive of all allowances except where otherwise prescribed in these Regulations.

(2) Except as may be provided otherwise in this regulation, the commencing rate of pay on appointment to the Auxiliary Services shall be the minimum rate of the rank, rating class or appointment prescribed in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.

(3) In the case of an appointment to the Auxiliary Services of an officer or a Chief Petty Officer with previous service in the Permanent Naval Force (Seagoing), each completed year served on full pay on the active list of such force (not including acting time) in the rank or rating to which appointed in the Auxiliary Services may be allowed to count for purposes of determining the commencing rate of pay as if such time had been served in the Auxiliary Services.

(4) In the case of appointment to the Naval Dockyard Police, the commencing rate of pay shall be determined in accordance with the following scale:—

Substantive Rating last held in Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going).	Rate of pay on appointment to Naval Dockyard Police.
£
Chief Petty Officer, Acting Chief Petty Officer, Petty Officer, Acting Petty Officer, or equivalent rating.....................................................................................................	241
Leading Seaman, Acting Leading Seaman, or equivalent rating ....................	215
Able Seaman or equivalent rating................................................................	209

(5) A person engaged as Constable in the Naval Dockyard Police without prior service in the Permanent Naval Force (Sea-going) shall receive on first appointment the minimum rate of pay for Constable prescribed in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.

(6) Increments of pay prescribed shall be payable only on the approval of the Naval Board and shall be subject to such conditions as the Naval Board may determine.

(7) Time for the purpose of determining increments of pay shall commence to accrue from the date of appointment to the Auxiliary Services.

(8) No increment shall be granted to a member at a shorter interval than prescribed.

(9) ‘Acting’ time served in a rank or rating shall not count for purposes of increments of pay”.

Increments.

8. Regulation 66 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Leave due on transfer.

9. Regulation 69 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

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