Naval Financial Regulations 1956 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1961 No. 5.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1952.*

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 1910-1952.

Dated this 10th day of January, 1961

DUNROSSIL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Navy.

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations. 

Rate of travelling allowance in Australia.

1. Regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Rank or Rating and Pay Seniority.	Rate per day for first twenty-one days’ residence in a Capital City.			Rate per day for first twenty-one days’ residence in a place other than a Capital City.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Commodore  ...................................................... Captain	4	10	0	3	3	0
Commander ........................................................................ Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank	4	4	0	3	3	0
Lieutenant-Commander........................................................	3	18	0	3	3	0
Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank..................
With not less than eight years’ pay seniority......................	3	18	0	3	3	0
With less than eight years’ pay seniority............................	3	18	0	2	18	0
Lieutenant...........................................................................	3	18	0	2	18	0
Lieutenant (S.D.) or equivalent rank or lower rank.................	3	18	0	2	12	0
Chief Petty Officer or lower rating........................................	3	18	0	2	12	0

and

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 12th January 1961.

Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended by Statutory Rules 1957,

 Nos. 27, 32, 68 and 77; 1958, Nos. 25, 45 and 76; 1959, Nos. 66 and 90; and 1960, Nos. 53 and

9512/60.—Price 3d.  10/9.12.1960.

 

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(5.) If a member on detached duty resides continuously for twenty-one days in the same place, travelling allowance is not payable after the conclusion of that period except with the approval of the Naval Board and at such rates and subject to such conditions as the Naval Board approves.”.

2. Regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Reduction of amount when subsistence or accommodation is provided.

“203.—(1.) Where a member to whom travelling allowance is payable under this Part is provided with Service victuals without charge the member shall be paid—

(a) an amount equal to the amount paid by him for quarters or, if, in the opinion of the Naval Board, the amount so paid by him is not reasonable, such amount as the Naval Board considers to be reasonable; and

(b) an allowance to cover incidental expenses at the rate applicable to the member under this regulation.

“(2.) Where a member to whom travelling allowance is payable under this Part is provided with Service accommodation without charge, the member shall be paid—

(a) an amount equal to the amount paid by him for rations or, if, in the opinion of the Naval Board the amount so paid by him is not reasonable, such amount as the Naval Board considers to be reasonable; and

(b) an allowance to cover incidental expenses at the rate applicable to the member under this regulation.

“(3.) Where a member to whom travelling allowance is payable under this part travels by rail or sea and the fare paid includes all necessary subsistence during the course of the journey, the member shall be paid an allowance to cover incidental expenses at the rate applicable to the member under this regulation.

“(4.) Where a member to whom travelling allowance is payable under this Part travels by civil aircraft on a journey involving a stop overnight en route and the fare paid includes all necessary subsistence and accommodation during the journey, the member shall be paid an allowance to cover incidental expenses at the rate applicable to the member under this regulation.

“(5.) Nothing in this regulation affects the rate of travelling allowance payable under regulation 201 of these Regulations to a member who travels on a civil aircraft on a journey that does not involve a stop overnight en route.

 

 “(6.) The rate of the allowance applicable to a member under this regulation to cover incidental expenses is that specified according to the rank or rating of the member or his rank and pay seniority in the following table:—

Rank or Rating and Pay Seniority.	Rate per day for residence in a Capital City.		Rate per day for residence in a place other than a Capital City.
s.	d.	s.	d.
Commodore .......................................................... Captain	15	0	11	0
Commander ........................................................................ Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank	14	0	11	0
Lieutenant-Commander........................................................	13	0	11	0
Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank—
With not less than eight years’ pay seniority........................	13	0	11	0
With less than eight years’ pay seniority.............................	13	0	10	0
Lieutenant ..........................................................................	13	0	10	0
Lieutenant (S.D.) or equivalent rank or lower rank ................	13	0	9	0
Chief Petty Officer or lower rating .......................................	13	0	9	0

“(7.) An allowance under the preceding provisions of this regulation is not payable to a member after the conclusion of twenty-one days’ residence in the same place except with the approval of the Naval Board and at such rates and subject to such conditions as the Naval Board approves.”.

Second Schedule.

3. The Second Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after the word and figures “Regulation 196” the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 201.

Sub-regulation (7.) of regulation 203.”.

Existing rates to apply if member elects.

4.—(1.) Notwithstanding the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by these Regulations, a member who is in receipt of travelling allowance at the date of commencement of these Regulations, by reason of his absence from his normal place of residence, may elect in writing to continue to receive, during that absence, travelling allowance in accordance with the rates, and subject to the conditions, prescribed by the Naval Financial Regulations as in force immediately before that date, and, in that case, travelling allowance shall, during that absence, continue to be paid to the member in accordance with those rates and subject to those conditions.

(2.) An election is not effective for the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation unless it is made within seven days after the member ceases to be so absent.

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