Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1922. No. 164.

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 NavalDefence Act 1910-1918, to come into operation on and from the dates specified herein.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of October, 1922.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. MASSY GREENE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations.

(Statutory Rules, 1920, No. 248, as amended to present date.)

1. Regulation 35 is amended, as from 1st October, 1922, by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2) Outfit Gratuities on Entry and Promotion.—An Outfit Gratuity may be paid to an Officer on first joining, or on promotion to Officer rank, or on confirmation of appointment, in accordance with the following scale:—

Rank or Branch.	Amount.
£
Officers—Medical or Dental......................................................................	50
Mate or Mate (E) on promotion to Lieutenant or Engineer-Lieutenant (if first promoted to Acting Lieutenant or Acting Engineer-Lieutenant, an Officer will receive a gratuity of £40, the balance of £10 being payable on confirmation).....................................................	50
Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank, and Warrant Officer on promotion to Lieutenant, and Senior Master promoted to Head Master..................................................	50
Schoolmaster Candidate on entry................................................................	20
Schoolmaster, on confirmation...................................................................	20
Officers of the Military Branch and Accountant Branch on promotion to the confirmed rank of Sub-Lieutenant.......................................................................................	50
Petty Officer on promotion to Warrant Officer or Acting Warrant Officer.....	50
Petty Officer or other rating on promotion to Acting Mate or Acting Mate (E)	50
Officers (all branches) appointed for temporary service on first entry............	30
Chaplains on entry.....................................................................................	30”.

 

2. Regulation 38 is amended forthwith by omitting from the first line of each of sub-regulations (35), (37) and (37a) the word “Attendant” and inserting in its stead the word “Assistant”.

3. Regulation 64 is amended, as from 1st July, 1920, by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(4) The High Cost of Living Allowance herein referred to shall be regarded as part of the member’s rate of pay for the purpose of ascertaining the pay for which the member is eligible when granted leave or furlough.

When payment of a lump sum gratuity is granted in lieu of extended leave or furlough under regulations 108 or 109, the High Cost of Living Allowance shall be included in the payment in respect of the whole period covered by the gratuity at the rate which the member was entitled to receive at date of termination of appointment.”

4. Regulation 108 is amended, as from 1st July, 1922, by inserting after sub-regulation (2) the following sub-regulation:—

“(2a) Members of the Permanent Naval Forces who served under the terms of the NavalAgreement Act 1903, and who are retired voluntarily or compulsorily in pursuance of the decision of the Government to re-organize and retrench the Department of Defence, may, for the purpose of furlough, be allowed to count service under the terms of the Naval AgreementAct 1903 as service in the service of the Commonwealth under the provisions of the Defence Act or Naval Defence Act, provided that service under the Defence Act or Naval Defence Act is continuous with service under the Naval Agreement Act 1903.”

 

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