Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1971 No. 158(a)

Parts.

1. Regulation 3 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Division 2.—Citizen Naval Forces (Regulations 258-259f).”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Division 2.—Citizen Naval Forces (Regulations 258-259e).”.

Interpretation.

2. Regulation 4 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “man” in sub-regulation (1.) the words “Chief Petty Officer” and inserting in their stead the words “Warrant Officer”.

(g) Made under the Naval Defence Act 1910–1971 on 26 November 1971; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 2 December 1971.

Officer’s rate of active pay.

3. Regulation 9 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting paragraph (f) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(f) an officer of the Naval Police,”;
(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Subject to sub-regulation (6.) of this regulation, where” and inserting in their stead the word “Where”;
(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where” and inserting in their stead the word “Where”; and
(d)by omitting sub-regulations (6.), (7.) and (8.).

4. Regulations 31 and 32 of the Naval Financial Regulations are repealed and the following regulations are inserted in their stead:—

Pay of men holding the rating Leading Seaman or a lower rating.

“31.—(1.) The daily rate of active pay of a man holding a rating specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations is the rate specified in that Schedule in relation to his rating and the pay level appropriate to the class of men in which he is included.

“(2.) The daily rate of active pay of a man who holds the rating of Recruit is Six dollars forty-six cents.

“(3.) The daily rate of active pay of a man who holds the rating of Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman, Second Class, is—

(a)if he has less than six months’ pay seniority—the rate specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to a man who holds the rating of Able Seaman and is included in a class of men in respect of whom pay level 1 is the appropriate pay level; or
(b)in any other case—the rate specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to a man who holds the rating of Able Seaman and is included in a class of men in respect of whom pay level 2 is the appropriate pay level.

“(4.) For the purpose of this regulation, a class of men may be constituted by the men—

(a)of a particular Branch;
(b)included in a particular Category of a particular Branch;
(c) having particular service in a rating and included in a particular Category of a particular Branch;
(d)holding a particular rating and included in a particular Category of a particular Branch; or
(e)having particular qualifications, holding a particular rating and included in a particular Category of a particular Branch,

but not otherwise.

“(5.) The Naval Board shall, by instrument of general application, determine the classes of men holding a rating specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations to which the pay levels referred to in that Schedule are appropriate.

“(6.) In determining, under the last preceding sub-regulation, the classes of men to which a pay level is appropriate, the Naval Board shall have regard to—

(a)the relativities among employment classifications recommended by the First and Second Reports of the Committee appointed in October, 1970, to enquire into financial terms and conditions of service for male and female members of the regular armed forces; and
(b)the nature of the duties and responsibilities of men having an employment classification and the nature of the duties and responsibilities of men having other employment classifications.

“(7.) An instrument, made by the Naval Board under sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation, determining the pay level that is appropriate to a class of men for the purpose of this regulation may be expressed to have taken effect from a day after the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971, being a day not earlier than two years before the day on which it is made and, if it is expressed to have taken effect from a day other than the day on which it is made, men are entitled to be paid active pay as if it has been made on the day on which it is expressed to have taken effect, it had come into force immediately it had been made and the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by the Statutory Rule by which this regulation is inserted in those Regulations had come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971.

“(8.) Where—

(a)a man is transferred to a particular Branch or to a particular Category of a particular Branch;
(b) the lowest rating for men of the Branch or Category is Leading Seaman; and
(c) the rate at which active pay was payable to the man immediately before his transfer to that Branch or Category is higher than the rate at which active pay would, but for this sub-regulation, be payable to him,

the rate at which active pay is payable to him while he is a man of that Branch or Category and holds the rating of Leading Seaman is that higher rate.

Pay of men holding the rating Petty Officer or a higher rating.

“31a. —(1.) In this regulation—

(a)a reference to the rating of Chief Petty Officer shall be read as not including a reference to the rating of Artificer, First Class, Mechanician, First Class, Naval Shipwright, First Class, Sergeant, First Class or Sergeant, Second Class;
(b) ‘the commencing day’ means the date of commencement of this regulation;
(c) ‘the prescribed day’ means the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971; and
(d)‘the prescribed table’ means the table in sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation.

“(2.) The scale of rates per day in accordance with which active pay is payable to a man who holds a rating specified in the first column of the following table is the scale of rates per day specified in the second column of that table in relation to that rating in the first column.

Rating	Rate per day in dollars
1. Warrant Officer.....................................................................................................	(a) 18.04
(b) 19.00
2. Chief Petty Officer................................................................................................	(a) 16.19
(b) 17.08
3. Artificer, First Class, Mechanician, First Class or Naval Shipwright, First Class	(a) 13.52
	(b) 14.41
(c) 15.30
4. Petty Officer.........................................................................................................	(a) 8.28
(b) 9.11
(c) 9.99
(d) 10.87
(e) 11.75
(f) 12.63
(g) 13.52

“(3.) Where a man is promoted to a rating specified in the prescribed table, the rate per day at which active pay is payable to him is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations—

(a)if the man is promoted to the rating of Warrant Officer or Chief Petty Officer—the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 1 or 2, as the case may be, in the prescribed table;
(b)if the man is promoted to the rating of Petty Officer and is included in a class of men determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in the paragraph (in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table specified by the Naval Board in relation to that class of men;
(c) if the man is promoted to the rating of Artificer, First Class, Mechanician, First Class or Naval Shipwright, First Class or is promoted to the rating of Petty Officer and is not included in a class referred to in the last preceding paragraph—the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 3 or 4 (in the second column), as the case may be, in the prescribed table that is next higher than the rate at which active pay was payable to the man immediately before the promotion; or
(d)if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the man at a rate specified in a paragraph (in the second column) of the item in the prescribed table that relates to the rating to which the man is promoted higher than the rate at which active pay would be payable to the man but for this paragraph—the rate specified in that paragraph of that item.

“(4.) Where a man enlists in the Permanent Naval Forces with a rating specified in an item (in the first column) in the prescribed table, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation and to regulation 32 of these Regulations—

(a)the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of the item; or
(b)if the Naval Board approves, in accordance with the next succeeding sub-regulation, active pay being payable to the man at a rate specified in another paragraph (in the second column) of the item in the prescribed table, the rate so specified.

“(5.) The Naval Board shall have regard—

(a)in making a determination for the purpose of paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation in relation to a class of men—to the special skills required by men included in the class of men for the purpose of performing the duties of their positions and the nature of the responsibilities that they are required to exercise in performing those duties;
(b) in giving an approval for the purpose of paragraph (d)of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation in relation to a man—to the continuous full-time service rendered by the man after the prescribed day—
(i) in the Naval Forces in the rating that he holds or in a higher rating; or
(ii) in the Military Forces or the Air Force of the Commonwealth, or in the Naval Forces of another part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, in the rank that corresponds with the rating that he holds or in a higher rank; and

(c) in giving an approval for the purpose of paragraph (b)of the last preceding sub-regulation in relation to a man—
(i) to the special skills or qualifications of the man;
(ii) to any continuous full-time service of a kind referred to in the last preceding paragraph rendered by the man after the prescribed day; and
(iii) in the case of a man who is re-enlisting in the Naval Forces— to the rate at which active pay was payable to the man immediately before he ceased or last ceased to serve in the Naval Forces.

“(6.) Where a man holds the rating of Chief Petty Officer and, on the prescribed day, the man held that rating and was in receipt of active pay at a rate in excess of the rate applicable to a Chief Petty Officer who had not less than two but less than four years’ pay seniority, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 1 in the prescribed table.

“(7.) Where a man holds the rating of Chief Petty Officer and—

(a)on the prescribed day the man held that rating and was not in receipt of active pay at a rate in excess of the rate applicable to a Chief Petty Officer who had not less than two but less than four years’ pay seniority; or
(b)the man was promoted to that rating or enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating after the prescribed day but before the commencing day,

the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations, the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 2 in the prescribed table.

“(8.) Where a man holds the rating of Artificer, First Class, Mechanician, First Class or Naval Shipwright, First Class, and the man held that rating on the prescribed day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations, the rate specified in paragraph (b)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table.

“(9.) Where a man holds the rating of Petty Officer and the man held that rating on the prescribed day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations—

(a)in the case of a man who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of men determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (b)(in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table;
(b)in the case of a man who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of men determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (c) (in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table;
(c) in the case of a man who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of men determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (d)(in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table;
(d)in the case of a man who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of men determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (e)(in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table;

(e)in the case of a man who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of men determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (f) (in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table; or
(f) in the case of any other man—the rate specified in paragraph (g)(in the second column) of item 4 in the prescribed table.

“(10.) Where a man holds the rating of Artificer, First Class, Mechanician, First Class, Naval Shipwright, First Class or Petty Officer and the man was promoted to that rating or enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating after the prescribed day but before the commencing day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations—

(a) in the case of a man who was so promoted to that rating—the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 3 or 4 as the case may be (in the second column) in the prescribed table that is next higher than the rate that is to be deemed to be the rate at which active pay was payable to the man immediately before the promotion or, if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the man at a rate specified in another paragraph of that item, the rate specified in that other paragraph of that item; or
(b)in the case of a man who so enlisted with that rating—the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 3 or 4, as the case may be, in the prescribed table or, if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the man at a rate specified in another paragraph of that item, the rate specified in that other paragraph of that item.

“(11.) The Naval Board shall have regard—

(a) in making a determination for the purpose of a paragraph of sub-regulation (9.) of this regulation with respect to a class of men, being a class the members of which have specified employment classifications—
(i) to the relativities among employment classifications recommended by the First and Second Reports of the Committee appointed in October, 1970, to enquire into financial terms and conditions of service for male and female members of the regular armed forces; and
(ii) to the nature of the duties and responsibilities of men having an employment classification and the nature of the duties and responsibilities of men having other employment classifications; and
(b)in giving an approval for the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation in relation to a man—
(i) to the special skills or qualifications of the man; and
(ii) in the case of a man who re-enlisted in the Naval Forces— to the rate at which active pay was payable to him immediately before he ceased or last ceased to serve in the Naval Forces.

“(12.) For the purpose of sub-regulation (10.) of this regulation, the rate that is to be deemed to be the rate at which active pay was payable to a man immediately before his promotion is—

(a)if he held a rating specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations immediately before the promotion—the rate specified in that Schedule in relation to that rating and to the pay level appropriate, by virtue

of the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purpose of sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 31 of these Regulations, to the class of men in which he would have been included on the commencing day if he had not been so promoted; or
(b)if he held the rating of Petty Officer immediately before the promotion —the rate at which active pay would have been payable to him under sub-regulation (9.) of this regulation if this regulation and the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purpose of the paragraphs of that sub-regulation had come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971.

“(13.) Where a man is in receipt of higher duties allowance immediately before his promotion to a rating specified in the prescribed table, the rate at which active pay shall be deemed to have been payable to him for the purpose of this regulation immediately before his promotion is the rate at which active pay would have been payable to him if he had not been in receipt of higher duties allowance.

“(14.) The provisions of this regulation are subject to the provisions of regulation 32a of these Regulations.

Pay— Naval Police.

“31b.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, the daily rate of active pay of a man serving in the Naval Police who holds the rating of Constable is—

(a)if he has less than two years’ pay seniority—the rate specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to a man holding the rating of Able Seaman and included in a class of men in respect of whom pay level 3 is the appropriate pay level; or
(b)if he has not less than two years’ pay seniority—the rate specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to a man holding the rating of Leading Seaman and included in a class of men in respect of whom pay level 3 is the appropriate pay level.

“(2.) The scale of rates per day in accordance with which, or the rate at which, active pay is payable to a man serving in the Naval Police—

(a)who holds the rating of Constable, has not less than six years’ pay seniority and has the qualifications specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation; or
(b)who holds the rating of Sergeant, First Class or Sergeant, Second Class,

is the scale of rates per day, or the rate per day, specified in the second column of the following table in relation to that rating in the first column.

Rating	Rate per day in dollars
1. Sergeant, First Class..............................................................................................	(a) 18.04
2. Sergeant, Second Class..........................................................................................	(a) 16.19
	(b) 17.08
3. Constable..............................................................................................................	(a) 9.99
(b) 10.87
(c) 11.75
(d) 12.63
(e) 13.52

“(3.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, the qualifications are—

(a) that the Constable has passed, while serving in another branch of the Naval Forces before he was transferred to, or enlisted in, the the Naval Police, the examination qualifying him for promotion to the rating of Petty Officer and had no subsequent break in service in the Naval Forces of over five years; or
(b)that he passed the examination conducted, before the date of commencement of this regulation, by the Naval Board for the purpose of regulation 36 of the Naval Financial Regulations or the examination conducted, on or after that date, by the Naval Board for the purpose of this regulation.

“(4.) Where a man serving in the Naval Police is promoted to a rating specified in item 1 or 2 (in the first column) in the prescribed table, the rate per day at which active pay is payable to him is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations, the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of that item.

“(5.) Where a man enlists in the Naval Forces with a rating specified in item 1 or 2 (in the first column) in the prescribed table, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation and to regulation 32 of these Regulations—

(a)the rate specified in paragraph (a) (in the second column) of the item; or
(b)if the Naval Board approves, in accordance with the next succeeding sub-regulation, active pay being payable to the man at a rate specified in another paragraph of the item, the rate so specified.

“(6.) The Naval Board shall, in giving an approval in relation to a man for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, have regard to—

(a)the special skills or qualifications of the man;
(b) any continuous full-time service rendered by the man after the prescribed day—
(i) in the Naval Forces in the rating that he holds or in a higher rating; or
(ii) in the Military Forces or the Air Force of the Commonwealth, or in the Naval Forces of another part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, in the rank that corresponds with the rating that he holds or in a higher rank; or
(c) in the case of a man who is re-enlisting in the Naval Forces—the rate at which active pay was payable to the man immediately before he ceased or last ceased to serve in the Naval Forces.

“(7.) Where a man serving in the Naval Police holds the rating of Constable and was, on the prescribed day, in receipt of active pay at the rate applicable to a Constable having not less than six years’ pay seniority, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations, the rate specified in paragraph (b)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table.

“(8.) Where a man serving in the Naval Police holds the rating of Constable, has not less than six years’ pay seniority, completed six years’ pay seniority after the prescribed day and has the qualifications specified in sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations, the rate specified in paragraph (a) (in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table.

“(9.) Where a man serving in the Naval Police holds the rating of Sergeant, First Class or Sergeant, Second Class and the man held that rating on the commencing day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to regulation 32 of these Regulations, the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 1 or 2, as the case may be, in the prescribed table.

“(10.) In this regulation—

‘the commencing day’ means the date of commencement of this regulation;
‘the prescribed day’ means the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971;
‘the prescribed table’ means the table in sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation.

“(11.) The provisions of this regulation are subject to the provisions of regulation 32a of these Regulations.

Increments.

“32.—(1.) Where active pay is payable to a man in accordance with a scale of rates specified in either of the last two preceding regulations, the man may, subject to this regulation, be paid increments of active pay in accordance with that scale.

“(2.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, a man is not entitled to receive an increment of active pay until he has received active pay without the increment for not less than twelve months.

“(3.) The date from which a man is entitled to receive an increment of active pay is not affected by the substitution of a new scale of rates of active pay in accordance with which he is to be paid active pay for an existing scale of those rates.

“(4.) Where a man is, upon being promoted to, or enlisting in, the Permanent Naval Forces with the rating specified in an item in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a or the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31b of these Regulations (in the first column), in receipt of active pay at a rate specified in a scale of rates in that item (in the second column), the Naval Board may determine that the man is, on the day on which he is so promoted or so enlists, to be deemed to be in receipt of active pay at that rate for a specified period, being a period of less than twelve months, and the man is then to be taken to be in receipt of active pay at that rate accordingly for the purposes of determining the date on which he is entitled to receive an increment of active pay under this regulation.

“(5.) The Naval Board shall, in making a determination in relation to a man for the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, have regard to the continuous full-time service rendered by the man after the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971—

(a)in the Naval Forces in the rating that he holds or in a higher rating; of
(b)in the Military Forces or Air Force of the Commonwealth, or in the Naval Forces of another part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, in the rank that corresponds with the rating that he holds or in a higher rank.

“(6.) An increment of active pay is not payable to a man in receipt of active pay in accordance with sub-regulation (6.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations.

“(7.) For the purpose of determining the date on which a man is entitled to receive an increment of active pay under this regulation—

(a)if, on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971, the man held the rating that he held on the date of commencement of this regulation—the man shall, since the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971, be deemed to have been in receipt of active pay at the rate at which active pay is payable to him immediately after the commencement of this regulation; and

(b)if, after the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971, but before the date of commencement of this regulation, the man was promoted to the rating that he holds on that last-mentioned date or enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating—the man shall, since the date on which he was so promoted to that rating or so enlisted, be deemed to have been in receipt of active pay at the rate at which active pay is payable to him immediately after the commencement of this regulation.

Reduction or reversion in rating.

“32a.—(1.) Where a man is reduced or reverted to a lower rating, being a rating specified in a prescribed table, the rate at which active pay is payable to the man is, subject to the last preceding regulation—

(a)if the man is so reduced or reverted after the commencing day— the rate at which active pay would be payable to the man if the man had, on the day on which he is so reduced or reverted, enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating; or
(b)if the man was so reduced or reverted after the prescribed day but before the commencing day—the rate at which active pay would be payable to the man under sub-regulation (7.) or (10.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations, or under regulation 31b of these Regulations, as the case may be, if the man had, on the day on which he was so reduced or reverted, enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating.

“(2.) In giving an approval under sub-regulation (4.), (7.) or (10.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations, or under sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 31b of these Regulations, in relation to a man to whom the last preceding sub-regulation applies, the Naval Board may have regard, in addition to the other matters to which it can have regard, to the length of service of the man in the rating from which he is reduced or reverted and in the rating to which he is reduced or reverted, being service after the prescribed day.

“(3.) In this regulation—

‘prescribed table’ means the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a, or sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31b, of these Regulations;
‘the commencing day’ means the date of commencement of this regulation;
‘the prescribed day’ means the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971.”.

Naval dockyard Police—active pay Sergeants and Constables.

5. Regulation 36 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Good conduct increments.

6. Regulation 38 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(b)to a man serving in the Naval Police who is in receipt of active pay in accordance with sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 31b of these Regulations;”; and
(b)by omitting sub-regulations (4.) to (9.) (inclusive).

Special increase in active pay.

7. Regulation 38a of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Repeal of regulations 41 and 42.

8. Regulations 41 and 42 of the Naval Financial Regulations are repealed.

Submarine pay—men.

9. Regulation 77 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the table in sub-regulation (3.) the words “Chief Petty Officer” (in the first column) and inserting in their stead the words “Warrant Officer or Chief Petty Officer”.

Living out away from home allowance—married members.

10. Regulation 93 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the table in sub-regulation (1.) the words “Chief Petty Officer” (in the first column) and inserting in their stead the words “Warrant Officer”.

Hard-lying money.

11. Regulation 119 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.) all the words from and including the word “superior” to the end of the sub-paragraph and inserting in their stead the words “superior to that provided for the man performing the duties of the position on the complement of the ship for which the most senior rating is provided, not being a position in respect of coxwain duties.”.

Reduction to second class for conduct.

12. Regulation 128 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the word and figures “,40 or 41” and inserting in their stead the word and figures “or 40”.

Credit of deferred pay.

13. Regulation 152 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omiting sub-regulation (4.).

Forfeiture of deferred pay.

14. Regulation 156 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by adding at the end of paragraph (e)of sub-regulation (1.) the word “or”;
(b) by omitting paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) of sub-regulation (1.); and
(c) by omitting sub-regulation (5.).

Outfit allowance.

15. Regulation 168 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Dockyard Police Branch” and inserting in their stead the word “Police”.

Replacement of uniform kit Junior Recruit, Recruit (Junior Musician), Junior Musician or Apprentice.

16. Regulation 180 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Definitions.

17. Regulation 246 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “pay”the words “and pay seniority and, if relevant, the group in which he is included” and inserting in their stead the words “and to the class of men in which the man is included for the purpose of pay”.

Definitions.

18. Regulation 251 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “servicewoman” the words “and holding the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran or a lower rating”.

Officer’s rate of active pay.

19. Regulation 252 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.).

20. Regulation 253 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are inserted in its stead:—

Rates of pay— service women holding the rating Leading Wran or a lower rating.

“253.—(1.) The daily rate of active pay of a servicewoman who holds a rating specified in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations is the rate specified in that Table in relation to her rating and the pay level appropriate to the class of servicewomen in which she is included.

“(2.) The daily rate of active pay of a servicewoman who holds the rating of Recruit is Five dollars forty-six cents.

“(3.) Sub-regulations (4.), (5.), (6.) and (7.) of regulation 31 of these Regulations apply in relation to the classes of servicewomen to which a pay level specified in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations is appropriate as if—

(a) references to regulation 31 of these Regulations were read as references to this regulation;
(b)references to a man were read as references to a servicewoman; and
(c) references to the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations were read as references to Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations.

“(4.) Where—

(a)a servicewoman is transferred to a particular Branch or to a particular Category of a particular Branch;
(b)the lowest rating for servicewomen of the Branch or Category is Leading Wran; and
(c) the rate at which active pay was payable to the servicewoman immediately before her transfer to that Branch or Category is higher than the rate at which active pay would, but for this sub-regulation, be payable to her,

the rate at which active pay is payable to her while she is a servicewoman of that Branch or Category and holds the rating of Leading Wran is that higher rate.

“(5.) The daily rate of active pay of a servicewoman undergoing training under the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Officer Training Scheme is the daily rate of active pay specified in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to a servicewoman who holds the rating of Leading Wran and is included in the class of servicewomen in respect of whom pay level 1 is the appropriate pay level or the rate per day at which active pay was payable to her on the day immediately before the day on which she commenced that training, whichever is the higher rate.

“(6.) In the application of the last preceding sub-regulation in relation to a servicewoman undergoing training referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation on the date of commencement of this regulation, the rate at which active pay was payable to her on the day immediately before she commenced to undergo that training shall be deemed to be—

(a)if she held a rating specified in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations—the rate specified in that table in relation to her rating and to the pay level appropriate, by virtue of the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purpose of sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 31 of these Regulations, to the class of service-women in which she would have been included if the relevant amendments of these Regulations had come into operation on the relevant day; or
(b)if she held the rating of Petty Officer Wran or a higher rating on the relevant day—the rate at which active pay would have been payable to her on the relevant day if the relevant amendments of these Regulations and the first determinations made by the Naval Board for the purpose of regulation 253a of these Regulations had come into operation on the relevant day.

“(7.) In the last preceding sub-regulation—

‘the relevant amendments of these Regulations’ means the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by the Statutory Rule by which this regulation is inserted in the Naval Financial Regulations;

‘the relevant day’, in relation to a servicewoman, means the day immediately before the servicewoman commenced to undergo training referred to in sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation.

Pay of service-women holding the rating Petty Officer Wran or a higher rating.

“253a.—(1.) In this regulation—

‘the commencing day’ means the date of commencement of this regulation;
‘the prescribed day’ means the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971;
‘the prescribed table’ means the table in sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation.

“(2.) The scale of rates per day in accordance with which active pay is payable to a servicewoman who holds a rating specified in the first column of the following table is the scale of rates per day specified in the second column of that table in relation to that rating in the first column.

Rating	Rate per day in dollars
1. Warrant Officer...............................................................................................................................	(a) 16.19
(b) 16.96
2. Chief Petty Officer Wran...............................................................................................................................	(a) 12.57
(b) 13.29
(c) 14.00
3. Petty Officer Wran...............................................................................................................................	(a) 7.60
(b) 8.38
(c) 9.22
(d) 10.06
(e) 10.89
(f) 11.73
(g) 12.57

“(3.) Where a servicewoman is promoted to a rating specified in the prescribed table, the rate per day at which active pay is payable to her is, subject to the next succeeding regulation—

(a)if she is promoted to the rating of Warrant Officer—the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 1 in the prescribed table;
(b)if she is promoted to the rating of Petty Officer Wran and is included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in the paragraph (in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table specified by the Naval Board in relation to that class of servicewoman:
(c) if she is promoted to the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran or is promoted to the rating of Petty Officer Wran and is not included in the class referred to in the last preceding paragraph—the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 2 or 3 (in the second column), as the case may be, in the prescribed table that is next higher than the rate at which active pay was payable to her immediately before the promotion; or
(d)if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to her at a rate specified in a paragraph (in the second column) of the item in the prescribed table that relates to the rating to which she is promoted higher than the rate at which active pay would be payable to her but for this paragraph—the rate specified in that paragraph of that item.

“(4.) Where a servicewoman enlists in the Permanent Naval Forces with a rating specified in an item in the prescribed table (in the first column), the rate at which active pay is payable to her is, subject to sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation and to the next succeeding regulation—

(a)the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of the item; or
(b)if the Naval Board approves, in accordance with the next succeeding sub-regulation, active pay being payable to her at a rate specified in another paragraph (in the second column) of the item in the prescribed table, the rate so specified.

“(5.) The Naval Board shall have regard—

(a)in making a determination for the purpose of paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation in relation to a class of servicewomen—to the special skills required by servicewomen included in the class of servicewomen for the purpose of performing the duties of their positions and the nature of the responsibilities that they are required to exercise in performing those duties;
(b)in giving an approval for the purpose of paragraph (d)of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation in relation to a servicewoman—to the continuous full-time service rendered by the servicewoman after the prescribed day—
(i) in the Naval Forces in the rating that she holds or in a higher rating; or
(ii) in the Military Forces or the Air Force of the Commonwealth, or in the Naval Forces of another part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, in the rank that corresponds with the rating that she holds or in a higher rank; and
(c) in giving an approval for the purpose of paragraph (b)of the last preceding sub-regulation in relation to a servicewoman—
(i) to the special skills or qualifications of the servicewoman;
(ii) to any continuous full-time service of a kind referred to in the last preceding paragraph rendered by the servicewoman after the prescribed day; and
(iii) in the case of a servicewoman who is re-enlisting in the Naval Forces—to the rate at which active pay was payable to her immediately before she ceased or last ceased to serve in the Naval Forces.

“(6.) Where a servicewoman holds the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran and the servicewoman held that rating on the prescribed day, the rate at which active pay is payable to her is, subject to the next succeeding regulation—

(a) in the case of a servicewoman who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (b)(in the second column) of item 2 in the prescribed table; or

(b)in the case of any other servicewomen—the rate specified in paragraph (a) (in the second column) of that item.

“(7.) Where a servicewoman holds the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran and the servicewoman was promoted to that rating or enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating after the prescribed day but before the commencing day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the servicewoman is, subject to the next succeeding regulation—

(a)in the case of a servicewoman who was so promoted to that rating —the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 2 (in the second

column) in the prescribed table that is next higher than the rate that is to be deemed to be the rate at which active pay was payable to her immediately before the promotion or, if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the servicewoman at a rate specified in another paragraph of that item, the rate specified in that other paragraph of that item; or
(b)in the case of a servicewoman who so enlisted with that rating—the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 2 in the prescribed table or, if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the servicewoman at a rate specified in another paragraph of that item, the rate specified in that other paragraph of that item.

“(8.) Where a servicewoman holds the rating of Petty Officer Wran and the servicewoman held that rating on the prescribed day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the servicewoman is, subject to the next succeeding regulation—

(a)in the case of a servicewoman who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (b)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table;
(b)in the case of a servicewoman who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (c) (in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table;
(c) in the case of a servicewoman who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (d)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table;
(d)in the case of a servicewoman who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (e)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table;
(e)in the case of a servicewoman who was, on the prescribed day, included in a class of servicewomen determined by the Naval Board to be a class to which this paragraph applies—the rate specified in paragraph (f) (in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table; or
(f) in the case of any other servicewoman—the rate specified in paragraph (g)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table.

“(9.) Where a servicewoman holds the rating of Petty Officer Wran and the servicewoman was promoted to that rating or enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating after the prescribed day but before the commencing day, the rate at which active pay is payable to the servicewoman is, subject to the next succeeding regulation—

(a)in the case of a servicewoman who was so promoted to that rating— the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 3 (in the second column) in the prescribed table that is next higher than the rate that is to be deemed to be the rate at which active pay was payable to her immediately before the promotion or, if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the servicewoman at a rate specified in another paragraph of that item, the rate specified in that other paragraph of that item; or

(b)in the case of a servicewoman who so enlisted with that rating— the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 3 in the prescribed table or, if the Naval Board approves active pay being payable to the servicewoman at a rate specified in another paragraph of that item, the rate specified in that other paragraph of that item.

“(10.) The Naval Board shall have regard—

(a) in making a determination for the purpose of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (6.), or a paragraph of sub-regulation (8.), of this regulation with respect to a class of servicewomen, being a class the members of which have specified employment classifications—
(i) to the relativities among employment classifications recommended by the First and Second Reports of the Committee appointed in October, 1970, to enquire into financial terms and conditions of service for male and female members of the regular armed forces; and
(ii) to the nature of the duties and responsibilities of servicewomen having an employment classification and the nature of the duties and responsibilities of servicewomen having other employment classifications; and
(b)in giving an approval for the purpose of sub-regulation (7.) or (9.) of this regulation in relation to a servicewoman—
(i) to the special skills or qualifications of the servicewoman; and
(ii) in the case of a servicewoman who re-enlisted in the Naval Forces—to the rate at which active pay was payable to her immediately before she ceased or last ceased to serve in the Naval Forces.

“(11.) For the purposes of sub-regulation (7.) or (9.) of this regulation, the rate that is to be deemed to be the rate at which active pay was payable to a servicewoman immediately before her promotion is—

(a)if she held a rating specified in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations immediately before the promotion—the rate specified in that Schedule in relation to that rating and to the pay level appropriate, by virtue of the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purpose of sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 31 of these Regulations, to the class of servicewomen in which she would have been included on the commencing day if she had not been so promoted; or
(b)if she held the rating of Petty Officer Wran immediately before the promotion—the rate at which active pay would have been payable to her under sub-regulation (8.) of this regulation if this regulation and the first determinations made by the Naval Board for the purpose of the paragraphs of that sub-regulation had come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971.

“(12.) Where a servicewoman is in receipt of higher duties allowance immediately before her promotion to a rating specified in the prescribed table, the rate at which active pay shall be deemed to have been payable to her for the purpose of this regulation immediately before her promotion is the rate at which active pay would have been payable to her if she had not been in receipt of higher duties allowance.

“(13.) Regulation 32a of these Regulations applies in relation to a servicewoman as if—

(a)references to a man were read as references to a servicewoman;

(b)the reference to sub-regulation (7.) or (10.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations was read as a reference to sub-regulation (7.) or (9.) of this regulation; and
(c) the reference to sub-regulation (4.), (7.) or (10.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations was read as a reference to sub-regulation (4.), (7.) or (9.) of this regulation.

Increments.

“253b.—(1.) Where active pay is payable to a servicewoman in accordance with a scale of rates specified in the last preceding regulation, the servicewoman may be paid increments of active pay in accordance with that scale subject to the provisions of regulation 32 of these Regulations.

“(2.) In the application of regulation 32 of these Regulations for the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) a reference to a man shall be read as a reference to a servicewoman; and
(b)a reference to an item in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations shall be read as a reference to an item in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of the last preceding regulation.”.

Issue of uniform kit.

21. Regulation 255 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1.), (2.) and (4.).

Interpretation.

22. Regulation 258 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “servicewoman” in sub-regulation (1.) the words “and holding the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran or a lower rating”.

Continuous full-time Naval service—pay, allowance and gratuity.

23. Regulation 259 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(3.) The daily rate of active pay of a servicewoman in respect of service to which this regulation applies is the rate at which active pay would be payable to her in accordance with regulations 253, 253a and 253b of these Regulations it she were a servicewoman of the Permanent Naval Forces.

“(3a.) In ascertaining the rate at which active pay is payable to a servicewoman under the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a)if the servicewoman commences to render continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies on or after the date of commencement of this sub-regulation and the servicewoman holds, on the day on which she so commences to render continuous full-time naval service, a rating specified in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 253a of these Regulations (in the first column) —
(i) sub-regulation (4.) of that regulation applies as if the servicewoman had enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating on that day; and
(ii) sub-regulations (6.), (7.), (8.), (9.), (10.) and (11.) of that regulation do not apply in relation to the servicewoman; and
(b) if the servicewoman was rendering continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies on the date of commencement of this sub-regulation and held a rating referred to in the last preceding paragraph, regulation 253a of these Regulations applies as if—
(i) a reference to a servicewoman who held a particular rating on the prescribed day was read as a reference to a servicewoman who had been rendering continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies continuously since the prescribed day and held that rating on the prescribed day;

(ii) a reference to a servicewoman who was promoted to a rating after the prescribed day but before the commencing day was read as a reference to a servicewoman who had been rendering continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies continuously since the prescribed day and was promoted after that day but before the commencing day; and
(iii) a reference to a servicewoman who enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with a particular rating after the prescribed day was read as a reference to a servicewoman who commenced to render continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies with that rating after the prescribed day and rendered that service continuously until the commencing day.”.

Uniform.

24. Regulation 259f of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Definitions.

25. Regulation 263 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from the definition of “man” the words “and holding the rating of Chief Petty Officer or a lower rating”; and
(b)by inserting in the definition of “officer”, before the word “Chief”, the words “Warrant Officer,”.

Active pay— general provisions.

26. Regulation 264 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (2aa.), (2ab.), (2ac), (2ad.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(2a.) The daily rate of active pay of a man in respect of continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies is the rate at which active pay would be payable to him in accordance with regulations 31, 31a, 31b, 32 and 32a of these Regulations if he were a man of the Permanent Naval Forces.

“(3.) In ascertaining the rate at which active pay is payable in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation to a man of the Naval Emergency Reserve Forces or the Citizen Naval Forces—

(a)if the man commences to render continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies on or after the date of commencement of this sub-regulation and the man holds on the day on which he so commences to render continuous full-time naval service, a rating specified in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations (in the first column) —
(i) sub-regulation (4.) of that regulation applies as if the man had enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating on that day; and
(ii) sub-regulations (6.) to (12.) (inclusive) of that regulation do not apply in relation to the man;
(b)if the man commences to render continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies on or after the date of commencement of this sub-regulation and the man holds, on the day on which he so commences to render continuous full-time naval service, a rating specified in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31b of these Regulations (in the first column) —
(i) sub-regulation (5.) of that regulation applies as if the man had enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with that rating on that day; and
(ii) sub-regulations (7.), (8.) and (9.) of that regulation do not apply in relation to the man; and

(c) if the man was rendering continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies on the date of commencement of this sub-regulation and held a rating referred to in either of the last two preceding paragraphs—regulations 31a and 31b of these Regulations apply as if—
(i) a reference to a man who held a particular rating on the prescribed day was read as a reference to a man who had been rendering continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies continuously since the prescribed day and held that rating on the prescribed day;
(ii) a reference to a man who was promoted to a rating after the prescribed day but before the commencing day was read as a reference to a man who had been rendering continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies continuously since the prescribed day and was promoted after that day but before the commencing day; and
(iii) a reference to a man who enlisted in the Permanent Naval Forces with a particular rating after the prescribed day was read as a reference to a man who commenced to render continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies with that rating after the prescribed day and rendered that service continuously until the commencing day.”.

Active pay— general provisions.

27. Regulation 267 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (4.) and (5.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) The daily rate of active pay of a man in respect of continuous full-time naval service to which this regulation applies is the rate at which active pay would be payable to him in accordance with regulation 273 of these Regulations if he were rendering naval service within the meaning of Division 3 of Part XVI.”.

28. Regulation 273 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Active pay— men.

“273.—-(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the daily rate of active pay of a man in respect of naval service is the rate at which active pay would be payable to him in accordance with regulations 31, 31a and 31b of these Regulations if he were a man of the Permanent Naval Forces.

“(2.) In ascertaining the rate at which active pay is payable to a man under the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) regulations 31a and 31b of these Regulations shall be read as if the references to regulation 32 of these Regulations were omitted;
(b)the rate at which active pay is payable to a man who holds the rating of Artificer, First Class, Mechanician, First Class or Naval Shipwright, First Class and held that rating on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971, is the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 3 in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations (in the second column) that is next lower than the rate at which active pay would be payable to the man in accordance with sub-regulation (8.) of that regulation but for this sub-regulation;
(c) the rate at which active pay is payable to a man who holds the rating of Petty Officer and held that rating on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971, is the rate in the scale of rates specified in item 4 in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a of these Regulations (in the second column) at which active pay would be payable to the

man in accordance with sub-regulation (10.) of that regulation if the man had been promoted to that rating on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971; and
(d)the rate at which active pay is payable to a man who holds the rating of Constable in the Naval Police and was, on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971, in receipt of active pay at the rate applicable to a Constable who had not less than six years’ pay seniority, or would have been in receipt of active pay at that rate if he had rendered naval service on that day, is the rate specified in paragraph (a)(in the second column) of item 3 in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31b of these Regulations.

“(3.) The power of the Naval Board under sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 31 of these Regulations, in its application to men by virtue of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, to determine the class of men holding a rating specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations to which the pay levels referred to in that Schedule are appropriate extends to determining classes of men, within the meaning of this Part, who are members of a Branch, or are included in a Category of a Branch, in which there are not included any men of the Permanent Naval Forces.”.

Uniform.

29. Regulation 295 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulations (1.) and (2.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1.) Sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) of regulation 168 of these Regulations apply to an officer as if he were an officer of the Permanent Naval Forces.”; and
(b)by omitting sub-regulations (4.), (5.) and (7.).

Fifth Schedule.

30. The Fifth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

FIFTH SCHEDULE Regulation 31.

Rates of Active Pay—Men Holding Certain Ratings

Rating	Daily rates of active pay in dollars—
Rating	Pay level 1	Pay level 2	Pay level 3	Pay level 4	Pay level 5	Pay level 6
Leading seaman.............................	7.60	8.42	9.30	10.19	11.07	11.95
Able seaman..................................	6.70	7.53	8.41	9.30	10.18	11.06

Seventh Schedule.

31. The Seventh Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Fourteenth Schedule.

32. The Fourteenth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting Division 1 and inserting in its stead the following Division: —

Division 1.—Men

Rating	Rate per day
$
Warrant Officer............................................................................................	0.28
Chief Petty Officer—
With less than 6 years’ seniority..............................................................	0.26
With not less than 6 years’ seniority........................................................	0.28
Petty Officer.................................................................................................	0.22
Leading Seaman............................................................................................	0.20
Able Seaman.................................................................................................	0.18

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Fifteenth Schedule.

33.—(1.) The Fifteenth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from Table 1 the word “Superintendent” (in the first column) and inserting in its stead the word “Captain”.

(2.) The Fifteenth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting Table 2 and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Table 2—Servicewomen

Rating	Daily rates of active pay in dollars—
Rating	Pay level 1	Pay level 2	Pay level 3	Pay level 4	Pay level 5	Pay level 6
Leading Wran...............................	7.05	7.83	8.67	9.51	10.35	11.18
Wran............................................	6.34	7.12	7.96	8.80	9.63	10.47

Sixteenth Schedule.

34. The Sixteenth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting Table 2 and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Table 2—Servicewomen

Ruling	Rate per day
$
Warrant Officer........................................................................................................	16.19
Chief Petty Officer Wran..........................................................................................	12.57
Petty Officer Wran...................................................................................................	9.22
Leading Wran..........................................................................................................	7.05
Wran.......................................................................................................................	6.34

Eighteenth Schedule.

35. The Eighteenth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Medical Branch Specialist allowance”.

Transitional.

36.—(1.) In this regulation, “the relevant period” means the period from and including the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, or a part of that period.

(2.) Where the sum of the active pay that would have been payable to a member of the Naval Forces, not being an officer, in respect of his service during the relevant period if—

(a) the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by these Regulations had come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971; and
(b)the first determinations made by the Naval Board for the purposes of the sub-regulations referred to in sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation had each come into operation on that day,

exceeds the sum of—

(c) the active pay;
(d)any Medical Branch Specialist allowance under regulation 41 of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force during that period; and
(e)any Engine Room Watchkeeping Certificate allowance under regulation 42 of those Regulations as so in force,

paid or payable to the member in respect of his service during the relevant period, the member is entitled to be paid, as additional active pay in respect of that service, an amount equal to the excess.

(3.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, the amount of the active pay paid or payable to a member in respect of his service during the relevant period includes any amount paid or payable to him by virtue of regulation 38a of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force during that period.

(4.) In calculating the amount of active pay that would have been payable to a member in respect of his service during the relevant period if the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by these Regulations, and the first determinations made under the sub-regulations specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation had come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971—

(a)regulation 31a of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations shall be read as if paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (7.) and sub-regulations (10.) and (12.) were omitted; and
(b)regulation 253a of those Regulations as so amended shall be read as if sub-regulations (7.), (9.) and (11.) were omitted.

(5.) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation, the sub-regulations are—

(a)sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 31;
(b)sub-regulations (3.) and (9.) of regulation 31a; and
(c) sub-regulations (3.), (6.) and (8.) of regulation 253a,

of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations.

(6.) For the purpose of applying this regulation in relation to a member of the Naval Forces, not being an officer, who was promoted to a rating specified in the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31a, sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 31b or sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 253a of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations, or enlisted in the Naval Forces with such a rating, after the twenty-sixth day of August, 1971 and before the commencement of these Regulations, the Naval Board may give such approvals under the paragraphs specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation in relation to any such members as it would have been authorized to give if the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by these Regulations had come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1971.

(7.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, the paragraphs are—

(a) paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 31a;

(b) paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 31a;

(d) paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 253a; and

(e) paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 253a,

of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations.