Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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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
Dated this thirty-first day of October, 1923.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E.K. BOWDEN,
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1920, No. 248, as amended to present date.)
1. Regulation 33 is amended as from 1st July, 1923, by omitting sub-regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(4) The following daily rates of Active Pay shall apply to Officers serving in the Schoolmaster Branch:—
Rate per diem. | |||
£ | |||
| 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 0 | 13 | 6 |
| 0 | 19 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 1 | 16 | 0” |
2.Regulation 34 is amended by inserting after the words “Time prior to” in the second line of sub-regulation (5) the words “and in”.
3. Regulation 35 is amended as follows:—
(1) By omitting from sub-regulation (2) as from 1st July, 1923, the words “Schoolmaster on confirmation” and inserting in their stead the words “Probationary Schoolmaster on appointment”.
(2) By inserting in sub-regulation (2) as from 1st July, 1923, after the words “Petty Officer or other rating on promotion to Acting Mate or Acting Mate (E)—£50” but on a separate line the words “Acting Mate and Acting Mate (E) on confirmation—£50”.
(3) By omitting sub-regulation (5) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(5) (i) A rating whose engagement in the Royal Navy expires whilst on loan to the Royal Australian Navy, and who engages for a period in the Royal Australian Navy, service being continuous, shall not receive any free issue of kit on effecting such engagement.
(ii) A former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, or Royal Fleet Reserve, who engages in the Royal Australian Navy within six months of discharge, shall not receive any free issue of kit on engagement except in special circumstances, with the approval of the Naval Board.
(iii) A former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, or Royal Fleet Reserve, who engages in the Royal Australian Navy, after an interval of not less than six months, for a period of more than three years, shall be issued on engagement, with the full free kit as approved by the Naval Board.
(iv) A person entered from shore for three years or less, including a former rating of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, or Royal Fleet Reserve, discharged more than six months prior to re-entry, shall receive a gratuity or a free issue of articles of kit not exceeding half the value of a full kit, as may be approved by the Naval Board.”
4. Regulation 36 is amended as from 1st July, 1923, by omitting sub-regulation (51).
5. Regulation 37, sub-regulation (8), is amended as follows:—
(1) By adding at the end of paragraph (d) the following sub-paragraph—
Rate per diem.
“(iii) Warrant Officers’ Naval, Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Torpedo, Mining and Whitehead Torpedo Stores—
To Officer in charge of all descriptions of above stores......................................... 1 0”
(2) By adding at the end of paragraph (e) the following sub-paragraph—
“(iii) Warrant Officers’ Naval, Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Torpedo, Mining and Whitehead Torpedo Stores—
To Officer in charge of all descriptions of above stores.......................................... 0 6”
(3) By inserting in paragraph (
“Warrant Officers’ Naval, Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Torpedo, Mining and Whitehead Torpedo Stores—
To Officer in charge of all descriptions of above stores.............................. 1 0”
(4) By adding at the end of
paragraph (
“Warrant Officers’ Naval, Naval Ordnance, Naval Ordnance Torpedo, Mining and Whitehead Torpedo Stores—
To Officer in charge of all descriptions of above stores ...................... 0 6”
6. Regulation 39, sub-regulation
(6) is amended by inserting after the word “
7. Regulation 74 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—
“(28) Where a warrant is issued chargeable to the Department, the cost of booking a seat, if necessary, shall be included in the warrant.”
8. Regulation 74d is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation:—
“(1a) Flag Officers, Commodores, and Officers in Command, appointed in the United Kingdom to the Royal Australian Navy, who join their ships at Ports in Australia, may be allowed free conveyance to Australia of combined baggage and mess stores in accordance with the scale prescribed in King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.”
9. Regulation 108 is amended as follows:—
(i) By omitting sub-regulation (1) as from 30th November, 1919, and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1)
Furlough .—When a person has continued in the service of the Commonwealth under the provisions of the Defence or Naval Defence Acts for at least twenty years, the Naval Board may grant him leave of absence for a period not exceeding one month and a half on full pay, or three months on half pay, in respect of each completed five years of continuous service.Provided that such person shall not be granted leave of absence to exceed a continuous period of twelve months at any one time.
Provided further that in the case of any person being appointed to or enlisting in the Naval Forces after 30th November, 1919, the service which shall be taken into account for the purposes of this regulation shall not include any service in a temporary capacity.”
(2) By inserting after the word “time” in the tenth line of sub-regulation (1) as from the 24th September, 1922, the words “and that service in the Permanent Naval Forces on loan from the Royal Navy shall not be counted as service qualifying for such leave of absence”.
(3) By omitting sub-regulation (3) as from 30th November, 1919, and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—
“(3)
Furlough on Retirement .—When a person who has continued in the service of the Commonwealth for at least twenty years is retiring, the Naval Board may authorize payment to him upon retirement of a sum equivalent to the amount of pay that would have been received by him during such leave of absence as would immediately prior to retirement have been granted to him under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.(4)
Furlough Due at Death. —Upon the death of a person who at the date of his death was eligible under this regulation for grant of leave of absence, the Naval Board may authorize payment to the dependants of the member of a sum equivalent to the amount of pay which would, under this regulation, have been granted to the person had he retired immediately prior to the date of his death.(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation—
(
a ) There shall not be granted under this regulation, in respect of the service of any person, leave of absence or pay on retirement or death exceeding in the whole twelve months on full pay or its equivalent;(
b ) Except upon the retirement of a person who had attained the prescribed age of retirement, leave of absence for recreation shall not be granted under regulation 140 of the Naval Forces Regulations in respect of the year in which leave of absence granted under this regulation commences, and, if leave of absence for recreation has been granted in the year in which leave of absence granted under this regulation commences, it shall be regarded as part of the period of leave of absence granted under this regulation: provided that the total period of leave of absence for recreation, which may under this paragraph be withheld or regarded as portion of the period of leave of absence granted under this regulation during any person’s period of service, shall not exceed the period of absence for re-creation which may be granted in respect of one year of service; and(
c ) The official conduct record of a person shall be taken into consideration in determining whetherthe whole or any portion of the leave of absence or pay provided in this regulation may be granted,”
10. Regulation 109 is amended as follows:—
(i) By omitting sub-regulation (1) as from 30th November, 1919, and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1)
Extended Leave .—The Naval Board may grant to any person whose period of service is less than twenty years who is ineligible for furlough under the last preceding regulation immediately prior to his retirement from the service on or subsequent to his attaining the prescribed age for retirement, leave of absence on full pay for a period not exceeding that appropriate to his service, as specified in the following scale:—Service of sixteen years and less than twenty years—five months.
Service of twelve years and less than sixteen years—four months.
Service of eight years and less than twelve years—three months.
Service of four years and less than eight years—two months.”
(ii) By inserting after sub-regulation (1) as from 15th March, 1923, the following sub-regulation:—
“(1a) Except as provided in sub-regulation (4) of this regulation, a person shall not be eligible for the grant of extended leave under this regulation unless he has completed twelve years’ service.”
(iii) By omitting sub-regulation (2) as from 30th November, 1919, and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—
“(2)
Payment in Lieu of Extended, Leave .—In lieu of leave in accordance with sub-regulation (1) of this regulation, the Naval Board may authorize payment to a person eligible for leave in pursuance of this regulation upon his retirement from the service of a sum equivalent to the pay for a period of leave not exceeding that which the person could have been granted under this regulation.(3) When a person who has not attained the prescribed age for retirement is invalided from the service after less than twenty years’ service, and the cause of such invaliding is permanent and is not due to misconduct or to causes within his own control, the Naval Board may authorize payment to the person of a sum equivalent to the pay for a period of leave not exceeding that for which, had he attained the prescribed age for retirement, he would have been eligible under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.
(4) In the event of the death of a person before he has completed twenty years’ service and either before or after he has attained the prescribed age for retirement, the Naval Board may authorize payment to the dependants of the person of a sum equivalent to the pay for the period of leave which the member would have received had he been eligible for, and granted leave of absence under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.
(5) The official conduct record of a person shall be taken into consideration in determining whether the whole or portion of his leave of absence or pay provided in this regulation may be granted.”
(iv) By renumbering sub-regulation (3), sub-regulation (6).
11. Regulation 116 is repealed.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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