Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 89.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1918.

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 1910-1918, to come into operation forthwith, unless otherwise specified herein.

Dated this thirty-first day of August, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 198, as amended to this date)

(Twentieth amendment.)

1. Regulation 33 is amended, as from 1st July, 1932, by omitting sub-regulations (3), (4) and (5), and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(3) (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this sub-regulation, a former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Fleet Reserve or Royal Australian Fleet Reserve who, within five years of discharge therefrom, engages in the Royal Australian Navy, shall not receive any free issue of kit on engagement. In such cases, the Commanding Officer may, if considered desirable, approve of an advance payment of Kit Upkeep Allowance not exceeding a total amount of one year’s allowance. In the event of the member’s discharge within twelve months of entry, any consequent overpayment shall he recovered from his Deferred Pay.

(b) A former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Fleet Reserve or Royal Australian Fleet Reserve who, within five years of discharge therefrom, engages in the Royal Australian Navy in a rating which involves a change in the class of uniform previously worn by him, may be supplied gratuitously with any articles included in the compulsory kit of his new rating which are not in the compulsory kit of the rating he last held.

2424.—Price. 3d.

 

(c). A former rating of the Royal Navy or Royal Fleet Reserve who, within five years of his discharge therefrom, engages in the Royal Australian Navy, may be granted a free issue of the following:––

2 No. Hammocks.

1 Set Clews and Lanyards.

1 No. Lashing, Hammock.

1 No. Kit Bag.

1 No. Sun Helmet.

2 No. Singlets, Tropical.

2 Pairs Shorts, Tropical.

In cases where the engagement is for a period of three years or less, these articles are to be treated as loaned articles to be maintained from Kit Upkeep Allowance, provided that, in the event of the rating re-engaging to complete a total period of at least five years’ continuous service, such articles may be permanently retained by him.

(4) When a former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Fleet Reserve or Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, after an interval of not less than five years from the date of his discharge therefrom, engages in the Royal Australian Navy for a period of more than three years, he may, on engagement, be supplied gratuitously with the kit of the rating in which he is entered, in accordance with the scale approved by the Naval Board.

(5) A person entered in the Royal Australian Navy from shore for a period of three years or less (including a former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Fleet Reserve or Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, discharged therefrom, more than five years prior to his re-entry) may receive a gratuity or a free issue of articles of kit not exceeding one-half of the value of the kit of the rating in which he is entered, in accordance with the scale approved by the Naval Board.”

2. Regulation 65, sub-regulation (1), is amended by adding the following proviso:—

“Provided further that no payment shall be made under this sub-regulation in respect of any period prior to the date upon which a member makes written application to his Commanding Officer for payment of the allowance, unless such application is made within two months of the date upon which the member becomes eligible for the allowance.”

 

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