Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1963. No. 18

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  twentieth

day of  February , 1963.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of State for the Navy.

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations.  

Submarine pay—officers.

1. Regulation 27 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Rank.	Rate per Day.
s.	d.
Midshipman .............................................................................................................	6	0
Acting Sub-Lieutenant ..............................................................................................	10	0
Sub-Lieutenant .........................................................................................................	10	0
Lieutenant ................................................................................................................	12	0
Lieutenant-Commander .............................................................................................	12	0
Commander ..............................................................................................................	12	0

Winch Operator’s flying pay.

2. Regulation 76a of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the words “,not being a period for which the allowances provided for by the next succeeding regulation are payable to him”.

Underwater Control (Air) allowances.

3. After regulation 76a of the Naval Financial Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“76b. Subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines—

(a)an allowance, called ‘flying pay (U.C. (Air))’, at the rate of Three shillings and sixpence per day; and

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 25th February, 1963.

  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; 1960, No. 53; 1961, Nos. 5, 12, 24, 33, 45, 78, 90, 96, 130 and 143; and 1962, Nos. 10, 19, 22, 32, 86, 96 and 107.

11576/62.—Price 5d. 9/16.1.1963.

(b)an allowance, called ‘special qualification allowance’, at the rate of Four shillings per day,

is payable to a man who is qualified for Underwater Control (Air) duties in respect of a period during which he is drafted to an Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron for such duties.”.

Submarine pay.

4. Regulation 77 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Rating.	Rate per Day.
s.	d.
Chief Petty Officer ....................................................................................................	10	0
Petty Officer .............................................................................................................	8	0
Leading Seaman or lower rating .................................................................................	6	0

Oversea living out allowance.

5. Regulation 96 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from the second column of Table B in sub-regulation (5.) the figures “1 17 2”, “1 14 8” and “1 12 9” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the figures “202”, “1 18 6” and “1 16 4”, respectively; and

(b)by omitting from the second column of Table B in sub-regulation (6.) the figures “1 13 0”, “1 10 6” and “1 8 7” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the figures “1 16 0”, “1 14 4” and “1 12 2”, respectively.

Outlay allowance.

6. Regulation 97a of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“97a.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, an allowance, called ‘outlay allowance’, is payable to a member appointed or drafted to the United Kingdom on long term duty or intermediate term duty.

“(2.) The amount of outlay allowance payable under the last preceding sub-regulation to a member appointed or drafted to the United Kingdom on long term duty is the amount specified, according to the intended period of the member’s appointment or draft to the United Kingdom, and to his marital status and his living conditions, in the following table:—

Intended period of duty in the United Kingdom.	Married member accompanied by his family.		Member, other than a married member, or a married member unaccompanied by his family.
	Living out.	Living in.	Living out.	Living in.
£	£	£	£
Not less than twelve months but less than two years ................................	106	60	50	35
Not less than two years but less than three years .....................................	183	90	75	45
Not less than three years .....................	213	120	85	55

“(3.) The amount of outlay allowance payable under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation to a member appointed or drafted to the United Kingdom on intermediate term duty shall be an amount determined by the Naval Board.

“(4.) The amounts of outlay allowance referred to in the last two preceding sub-regulations may be paid in such portions, at such times and subject to such conditions, as the Naval Board may determine.”.

District allowance.

7. Regulation 107 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (9a.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(9a.) Where a member is absent from duty for a continuous period commencing immediately after the conclusion of a period of service in an isolated district in respect of which district allowance was payable to him under this regulation, district allowance continues to be payable to him, at the rate at which it was payable to him immediately before the conclusion of that period of service, in respect of that continuous period of absence from duty or in respect of a period equal to the period of recreation leave due to him at the conclusion of that period of service, whichever is the shorter period.

“(9b.) A member is absent from duty for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation during any period during which he is—

(a) on recreation leave;

(b) on sick leave; or

(c) in hospital,

and not otherwise.”.

Woomera allowance.

8. Regulation 108 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (7.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(7a.) Where a member who was appointed or drafted for service at the Weapons Research Establishment, Woomera, is absent from duty for a continuous period commencing immediately after the conclusion of a period of service at that Establishment in respect of which Woomera allowance was payable to him under this regulation, Woomera allowance continues to be payable to him in respect of that continuous period of absence from duty or in respect of a period equal to the period of recreation leave due to him at the conclusion of that period of service, whichever is the shorter period.

“(7b.) A member is absent from duty for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation during any period during which he is—

(a) on recreation leave;

(b) on sick leave; or

(c) in hospital,

and not otherwise.”.

Antarctic allowance.

9. Regulation 110 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“110.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, an allowance, called ‘Antarctic allowance’, is payable to—

(a)a member who is appointed or drafted for duty with the Antarctic Division of the Department of External Affairs and

proceeds on an Antarctic expedition that is under the Control of that Division; and

(b)a member serving as a member of the crew of a ship Of the Royal Australian Navy that proceeds to the Antarctic whilst accompanying or transporting an Antarctic expedition,

in respect of the actual period of the member’s Antarctic service.

“(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the rate of Antarctic allowance payable to a member referred to in paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-regulation is—

(a)where the expected period of the member’s Antarctic service is not less than twelve months—

(i) in the case of a married member—Fifteen shillings per day; or

(ii) in the case of a member other than a married member —Twelve shillings and sixpence per day; or

(b)where the expected period of the member’s Antarctic service is less than twelve months—

(i) while the member is travelling south of latitude forty-five degrees South in a ship other than a ship of the Royal Australian Navy—Eight shillings and ninepence per day; or

(ii) in any other case—Six shillings and threepence per day.

“(3.) Where—

(a)Antarctic allowance is payable under this regulation to a member referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation;

(b)the expected period of the member’s Antarctic service is less than twelve months; and

(c) the actual period of the member’s Antarctic service is twelve months or more than twelve months,

the rate of Antarctic allowance payable to the member is the rate at which that allowance would have been payable to him if the expected period of his Antarctic service had been more than twelve months.

“(4.) The rate of Antarctic allowance payable to a member referred to in paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation is Six shillings and threepence per day.

“(5.) Where a member is absent from duty for a continuous period commencing immediately after the conclusion of a period of service in respect of which Antarctic allowance was payable to him under this regulation, Antarctic allowance continues to be payable to him, at the rate at which it was payable to him immediately before his arrival at the first port of call in Australia on return from the Antarctic, in respect of that continuous period of absence from duty or in respect of a period equal to the period of recreation leave due to him at the conclusion of that period of service, whichever is the shorter period,

“(6.) A member is absent from duty for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation during any period during which he is—

(a) on recreation leave;

(b) on sick leave; or

(c) in hospital,

and not otherwise.

“(7.) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)the actual period of a member’s Antarctic service shall be taken to be the period from and including the date of his departure from the last port of call in Australia before proceeding to the Antarctic to and including the date immediately preceding the date of his arrival at the first port of call in Australia on return from the Antarctic; and

(b)the expected period of a member’s Antarctic service shall be taken to be the period that, in accordance with the expected movements of the member while proceeding on an Antarctic expedition, is, in the opinion of the Naval Board, expected to elapse from and including the date of his departure from the last port of call in Australia before proceeding to the Antarctic to and including the date Immediately preceding the date of his arrival at the first port of call in Australia on return from the Antarctic”.

Gratuities not payable in certain cases.

10. Regulation 159 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “A gratuity” (first occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a gratuity”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b)the words “short commission” and inserting in their stead the words “short service commission”;

(c) by omitting from paragraphs (b) and (d)the words “short term commission” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “short service commission”; and

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

“ (2.) Nothing in paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-regulation prevents a gratuity from being payable under this Division to a member, including a member of the Women’s Service—

(a) who is an officer to whom section 56a of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1959, or of that Act as amended from time to time, applies; and

(b)who retires before completing his or her short service commission or an extension of that short service commission.”.

Oversea outfit allowance.

11. Regulation 177 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“177.—(1.) Where a member is ordered to proceed oversea—

(a) for a period of duty in an oversea country the duration of which is intended to be six months or less;

(b)on intermediate term duty for service ashore in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaya or Hong Kong; or

(c) on long term duty for service ashore in Singapore, Malaya or Hong Kong,

he shall, subject to the approval of the Naval Board, be paid an allowance, called ‘oversea outfit allowance’, for the purpose of wholly or partially reimbursing him for expenses necessarily incurred by him in purchasing travelling equipment or additional clothing for himself and, where members of his family have been granted passages at the expense of the Department to his destination, for those members of his family.

“(2.) The amount of oversea outfit allowance payable under the last preceding sub-regulation shall be an amount determined by the Naval Board.”.

Second Schedule.

12. The Second Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the word and figures “Regulation 76a.” the word and figures “Regulation 76b.”;

(b) by omitting the words and figures “Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 97a.” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “Sub-regulations (3.) and (4.) of regulation 97a.”; and

(c) by omitting the words and figures “Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 177.” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “Sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 177.”.

Application of amendments relating to Underwater Control (Air) allowances

13. The amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations made by regulations 2 and 3, and by paragraph (a) of regulation 12, of these Regulations apply in relation to a man qualified for Underwater Control (Air) duties who has been drafted, on or after the sixth day of June, 1962, to an Antisubmarine Helicopter Squadron for such duties.

Rates of oversea living out allowance payable to certain members.

14. Where a member has received or receives oversea living out allowance (whether payable under the Naval Financial Regulations or otherwise) in respect of the period, or of a part of the period, commencing on the first day of January, 1961, and ending on the day immediately preceding the commencement of these Regulations, being oversea living out allowance calculated at the rate payable to a married member occupying a house in the United Kingdom elsewhere than London, Edinburgh, Manchester or Belfast, an additional allowance is payable to the member in respect of that period or that part of that period, as the case may be, at a rate equal to the difference between the rate at which that allowance was so calculated and the rate prescribed in relation to such a married member in Table B in sub-regulation (5.) or Table B in sub-regulation (6.), as the case may be, of regulation 96 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by regulation 5 of these Regulations.

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