Naval Financial Regulations 1956 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1959. No. 90.

 

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 3rd day of November, 1959.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations. 

Living out away from home allowance—married members.

1.—(1.) Regulation 93 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended 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 where Supplied with neither Service Accommodation nor Victuals for a period of Seventy-two Consecutive Hours or More.		Rate per day where Supplied with Service Accommodation but not Victuals for a period of Seventy-two Consecutive Hours or More.		Rate per day where Supplied with Victuals but not Service Accommodation for a period of Seventy-two Consecutive Hours or More.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Captain or higher rank......................................................................	18	9	12	0	9	9
Commander, Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank or Lieutenant-Commander......................................................................	18	0	12	0	9	0
Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank—
With not less than eight years’ pay seniority......................................................................	18	0	12	0	9	0
With less than eight years’ pay seniority......................................................................	17	0	12	0	8	0
Lieutenant, Lieutenant (S.D.) or equivalent rank or officer of lower rank...................................................................	17	0	12	0	8	0
Chief Petty Officer or lower rating......................................................................	16	0	12	0	7	0

(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the fourth day of July, 1958.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 5th November, 1959.

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, Nos. 27, 32, 68 and 77; 1958, Nos. 25, 45 and 76; and 1959, No. 66.

4911/59.—Price 3d. 9/16.7.1959.

Repeal of regulation 122.

2. Regulation 122 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Service funerals.

3. Regulation 137 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

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

“(b)a deceased member of the Citizen Naval Forces whose death—

(i) occurred while he was appointed for full time service with the Permanent Naval Forces;

(ii) occurred while he was called up for continuous full time war service or during a period for which he was undergoing continuous training; or

(iii) is directly attributable to his service in the Naval Forces;”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2.) the word “and”;

(c) by adding after paragraph (c) in sub-regulation (2.) the following word and paragraph:—

“; and (d)members of the escort party if the attendance of an escort is approved by the Naval Board,”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “paragraph (a), paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of”.

Travel by air.

4. Regulation 188 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the word “air”, the words “from a place within Australia to another place within Australia”;

(b)by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) When travelling on duty by air to or from a place oversea an officer shall be allowed first class accommodation and a man shall be allowed tourist class accommodation.”; and

(c) by inserting after sub-regulation (2.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) Where an officer travels on duty by air to or from a place oversea and his wife travels with him at his expense, he may, with the approval of the Naval Board, travel by tourist class accommodation and, in that event, he shall be paid the amount of the difference between the cost of the first class fare and the cost of the tourist class fare, for the journey.”.

Travel by sea.

5. Regulation 190 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulations (1.) and (2.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, when an officer travels on duty by sea to or from a place oversea, he shall be allowed the class and grade of accommodation specified, in relation to his rank or rank and pay seniority, in the following table:—

Rank and Pay Seniority.	Class of Accommodation.	Grade of Accommodation.
Captain or higher rank......................................	First......................	A
Commander or Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank.............................................................	First......................	B
Lieutenant-Commander....................................	First......................	B
Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank—
With not less than eight years’ pay seniority.	First......................	B
With less than eight years’ pay seniority.....	First......................	C
Lieutenant or Lieutenant (S.D.) or equivalent rank	First......................	C
Sub-Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant (S.D.) or equivalent rank.............................................	First......................	C
Acting Sub-Lieutenant......................................	First......................	D
Midshipman or Cadet Midshipman....................	First......................	E

“(2.) Where the grade of accommodation which an officer is allowed under the last preceding sub-regulation is not available in the ship in which the officer is directed to travel, he shall be allowed—

(a) the next lower grade than that for which he is eligible under that sub-regulation; or

(b)where that lower grade is not available, the next higher grade than that for which he is eligible under that sub-regulation.”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (5.).

Reimbursement of cost of insurance.

6. Regulation 194 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) An amount of reimbursement is not payable under this regulation to a member whose family is provided with passages to or from the oversea destination of the member under Division 6 of this Part.”.

Interpretation.

7. Regulation 232 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the definition of “child”, the following definitions:—

“‘disembarkation’ includes the leaving of an aircraft after arrival at the oversea airport;

‘embarkation’ includes the boarding of an aircraft for a journey oversea;”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (7.).

Provision of passages for families of certain married members appointed or drafted for oversea service.

8. Regulation 233 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “and is intended to be absent from Australia on that service for not less than two years” and inserting in their stead the words “and it is intended that the duration of that service at the oversea destination will be not less than twelve months”.

Family to accompany member on forward journey.

9. Regulation 234 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) Where a married member is appointed or drafted for shore service or general service oversea and it is intended that the duration of that service at the oversea destination will be less than twelve months, but, after his departure from Australia, the period of oversea service for which he is appointed or drafted is extended so that it is intended that the duration of that service at the oversea destination will be more than twelve months, the Minister may approve of the provision of passages, at the expense of the Department, for the family of the member to and from the member’s oversea destination, if it is expected that the member’s family will be able to spend not less than twelve months with the member at his oversea destination.”.

Reimbursement of member who has provided passages for family at his own expense.

10. Regulation 235 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words “the Naval Board” and inserting in their stead the words “the Minister”.

Family to accompany member on return journey.

11. Regulation 236 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “the Naval Board” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “the Minister”.

Return passages to be provided only where forward passages are provided.

12. Regulation 237 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “the Naval Board” and inserting in their stead the words “the Minister”.

Return passages not to be provided before completion by member of one year’s service.

13. Regulation 238 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words “has been absent from Australia for a period of two years” and inserting in their stead the words “has served in his oversea appointment or draft for a period of twelve months”.

Storage and transport of effects and class of accommodation during passage.

14. Regulation 239 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “port” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “place”; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(b) members of his family shall travel by such means of scheduled public transport, between such places and in such circumstances, as the Naval Board determines.”.

Removal while oversea.

15. Regulation 240 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.) after the word “family’s” the words “furniture and”; and

(b)omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) For the purposes of this regulation, a member who marries while on oversea service and whose service at the oversea destination is intended to be for a period of not less than twelve months shall be deemed to be a member whose family has been transported under this Division at the expense of the Department.”.

16. Regulation 241 of the Naval Financial Regulations is omitted and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Insurance of furniture and effects during transport.

“241. Where a member—

(a)insures his and his family’s effects against loss or damage during transport referred to in paragraph (c) of regulation 239 of these Regulations; or

(b)insures his and his family’s furniture or effects against loss or damage during transport referred to in regulation 240 or 243 of these Regulations,

he may, upon compliance with such conditions as the Naval Board determines, be reimbursed so much of the cost of the insurance as the Naval Board determines.”.

Inclusion of certain members as married members.

17. Regulation 242 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words “the Naval Board” and inserting in their stead the words “the Minister”.

Transport of furniture to Australia.

18. Regulation 243 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting in sub-regulation (2.), after the word “purchased”, the word “necessary”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.).

Second Schedule.

19. The Second Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting, after the words—

“Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 240.”,

the words—

“Regulation 241.”.

 

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