Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 208

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1971.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1971.

Dated this sixteenth day of October, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LANCE BARNARD

Minister of State for the Navy.

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations 

Entertaining allowance.

1. Regulation 21 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the table in sub-regulation (1) the words—

“ Commodore Superintendant of Training..................................................................... Commodore............................................................... 1.00 ”,

and substituting the words—

“ Commanding Officer, H.M.A.S. CERBERUS........... Commodore or Captain 1.00 ”.

Transport allowance.

2. Regulation 196a of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (9) and (10) and substituting the following sub-regulations:—

“ (9) Subject to sub-regulation (10), the rates in accordance with which transport allowance is payable to a member under this regulation are the same as the rates of mileage allowance that would be applicable to the member in accordance with regulation 196 if the member—

(a) had been given approval to use his motor vehicle when travelling on duty where the use of that vehicle would result in greater efficiency or greater saving to the Department than would be the case if any other means of conveyance were used; and

(b) was travelling on duty in his motor vehicle.

“ (10) From an amount of transport allowance payable to a member in accordance with this regulation there shall be deducted, as representing a contribution by the member, an amount at the rate of Three cents per mile but not exceeding Sixty cents in respect of a day or Three dollars in respect of a week.”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 25 October 1973.

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1973, No. 81, and see also Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 81, 106, 170 and 178. See also the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 132, 201 and 203).

Rate or travelling allowance within Australia.

3. Regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:—

Rate per day
Rank or rating	First 21 days’ residence in a capital city	First 21 days’ residence in a place other than a capital city
$	$
Commodore or higher rank................................................................	28.00	20.00
Any lower rank or any rating.............................................................	19.65	14.75

Reduction of amount where substance or accommodation is provided.

4. Regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (6) the words “ The rate of ” and substituting the words “ Subject to sub-regulation (6a), the rate of ”;

(b) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (6) and substituting the following table:—

Rank or rating	Rate per day
$
Commodore or higher rank	2.70
Any lower rank or any rating	2.40

and

(c) by inserting after sub-regulation (6) the following sub-regulations:—

“ (6a) Subject to sub-regulation (6b), where a member is attending a course at the Administrative Staff College, Mount Eliza, the rate of the allowance to cover incidental expenses applicable to the member in respect of a period—

(a) during which the member travels between his normal place of residence and that College or between that College and his normal place of residence during a period when his attendance at that College is not required for the purposes of that course; and

(b) spent at the College during that course,

is Two dollars seventy cents per day.

“ (6b) The rate specified in sub-regulation (6a) does not apply to a member in respect of a period during which he—

(a) travels to the Administrative Staff College, Mount Eliza, on commencing a course at that College; or

(b) travels from that college on completing that course.”.

Application of amendments of regulations 201 and 203.

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