STATUTORY
RULES.
1961.
No. 33.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE
NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1952.*
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of 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
6th
day
of
March ,1961.
DALLAS BROOKS
Administrator.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Navy.
Amendments
of the Naval Financial Regulations.
Cadet Midshipman,
normal entry, in first year of training.
1. Regulation 28 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting
from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Five shillings” and inserting in their
stead the words “Ten shillings”; and
(b) by omitting
from sub-regulation (4.) the word “Sixpence” and inserting in its stead the
words “One shilling”.
Cadet
Captains allowance.
2. Regulation 30 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
“Cadet Captain—One
shilling and sixpence per week.
Senior Cadet
Captain—Two shillings per week.
Chief Cadet Captain—Two
shillings and sixpence per week.” and inserting in their stead the words—
“Cadet Captain—Three
shillings per week.
Senior Cadet
Captain—Four shillings per week.
Chief Cadet
Captain—Five shillings per week.”.
Men—General
Scale of active pay.
3. Regulation 31 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.)
the following sub-regulation:—
“(1a.) A
Junior Recruit under the age of seventeen years shall be allowed to draw only
such part of his pay as his Commanding Officer approves and the remainder of
the pay shall be credited to him in his pay account until he attains the age of
seventeen years.”.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on
9th March ,
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; 1960, No. 53; and
1961, Nos. 5, 12 and 24.
6883/60.—Price 3d. 10/15.2.1961.
4. Regulation 43 of the Naval Financial Regulations is
repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Engineroom
Watchkeeping Certificate allowance.
“43. An
allowance, called ‘Engineroom Watchkeeping
Certificate allowance’, is payable at the rate of One shilling per day—
(a) to a man holding the
rating of Engineroom Artificer, Fourth Class, Mechanician, First Class, or a
higher rating, who is qualified to take charge of a watch in the engineroom of
a ship;
(b) to a man holding the
rating of Aircraft Artificer, Third Class, or a higher rating, who was
transferred from the rating of Engineroom Artificer, Third Class, or a higher
rating, before the thirtieth day of May, 1952, and who was qualified for an
Engineroom Watchkeeping Certificate or a Unit Watchkeeping Certificate before
the date of his transfer; and
(c) to a Petty Officer
Engineering Mechanic in possession of an Engineroom Watchkeeping Certificate or
a Unit Watchkeeping Certificate, for any period, not being a period for which
he is in hospital or sick on shore, during which he is allocated for Watchkeeping
duties.”.
Higher
qualification allowance.
5. Regulation 70 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-paragraphs (v) and (vi)
of paragraph (a) and inserting in their stead the following sub-paragraphs:—
“(v) Tactical Communication
Instructor;
(vi) Radio Communication
Instructor; or
(vii) Radio (Special) Instructor;
and”.
Prizes
for Cadet Midshipmen, Junior Recruits, Junior Musicians and Apprentices.
6. Regulation 144 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.)
the following sub-regulation:—
“(1a.) Prizes of such value as the Naval
Board determines shall be awarded each year to the Junior Recruits who
respectively qualify for those prizes in competition at the passing out
examinations of the Royal Australian Navy Junior Recruits Training Establishment.”.
Uniform
allowance.
7. Regulation 178 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (a)
the following paragraph:—
“(aa)
a Junior Recruit;”.
Replacement
of uniform kit— Junior Recruit, Recruit (Junior Musician), Junior Musician and
Apprentice.
8. Regulation 180 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “being” the
words “a Junior Recruit under the age of seventeen years,”.
Travel
on termination of service.
9. Regulation 193 of the
Naval Financial Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from
sub-regulations (1.) and (2.) the words “Subject to sub-regulation (3a.)” and inserting in their stead the
words “Subject to the succeeding provisions”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulations
(1.), (2.) and (3a.) the words
“otherwise than at his own request”; and
(c) by adding at the end
thereof the following sub-regulation:—
“(5.) A
member shall not be transported at the expense of the Department under this
regulation where he—
(a)
is discharged at his own request before he has completed 20 years continuous
service;
(b)
is discharged ‘fraudulent entry’;
(c)
is discharged on disciplinary grounds; or
(d) is invalided from the
Service for causes within his own control.”.
10. Regulation 233 of the Naval
Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its
stead:—
Provision
of passages for families of certain married members appointed or drafted for
oversea service.
“233. Subject to the
succeeding provisions of this Division, 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—
(a) if the destination is
Malaya, Singapore or Hong Kong—will be not less than two years; or
(b)
in any other case—will be not less than twelve months, his family shall, if the
Minister approves, be provided, at the expense of the Department, with passages
to and from the oversea destination of the member.
Schedule.
11. The Fifth Schedule to the Naval
Financial Regulations is amended Fifth by omitting from the Table the words and
figures—
“Recruit (Junior Musician) and Junior Musician—
|
Under
sixteen years of age ...................................................................................................................
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
Of
the age of sixteen years ...................................................................................................................
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
Of
the age of seventeen years ...................................................................................................................
| 1
| 7
| 10
|
Of
the age of eighteen years ...................................................................................................................
| 1
| 12
| 11”
|
and inserting in their stead the words and figures—
“Junior Recruit—
|
Under
sixteen years of age ....................................................................................................................
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
Of
the age of sixteen years ....................................................................................................................
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
Of
the age of seventeen years ....................................................................................................................
| 1
| 7
| 10
|
“Recruit (Junior Musician) and Junior Musician—
|
Under
sixteen years of age ....................................................................................................................
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
Of
the age of sixteen years ....................................................................................................................
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
Of
the age of seventeen years ....................................................................................................................
| 1
| 7
| 10
|
Of
the age of eighteen years ....................................................................................................................
| 1
| 12
| 11”
|
By
Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth
Government Printer, Canberra