Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1971 No. 1

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1968.*

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 1910-1968.

Dated this seventh day of January, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for the Navy.

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations

Parts.

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

(a) by omitting the words—

“Division 2.—Other Cadet Midshipmen (Regulations 28-30).”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Division 2.—Other Cadet Midshipmen (Regulations 29-30).”;

and

(b) by omitting the words—

“ Division 2.—Apprentices (Regulation 79).”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“ Division 2.—Apprentices (Regulations 79-79b).”.

Cadet Midshipmen, junior entry, in first year of training.

2. Regulation 28 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Cadet Midshipmen—active pay.

3.—(1.) Regulation 29 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“ (3.) The pay account of a Cadet Midshipman shall be credited with active pay at the rate specified in relation to his type of entry and stage of training in the following table:—

Type of entry and stage of training	Rate per day
$
Cadet Midshipman, junior entry, during his first year of training at the College......................	2.46
Cadet Midshipman, junior entry, during his second year of training at the College..................	3.55
Cadet Midshipman, junior entry, during his third year of training at the College.....................	4.27
Cadet Midshipman, junior entry, during his fourth year of training at the College...................	4.63
Cadet Midshipman, senior entry, during his first year of training at the College......................	4.27
Cadet Midshipman, senior entry, during his second year of training at the College..................	4.63”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1970.

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 83, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1970, No. 12; and see also Statutory Rules 1970, Nos. 12, 36, 38, 60 and 61.

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(2.) Regulation 29 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “ (if any) ”;

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“ (5.) The costs of replacement of clothing, boot repairs, hair cutting and laundry shall be charged against the pay account of a Cadet Midshipman.”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the words “and eligible for a credit of active pay ”.

Cadet Midshipmen’s allowances.

4. Regulation 30 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words “a cadet” (wherever occuring) and inserting in their stead the words “a Cadet Midshipman”.

Special increase in active pay.

5. Regulation 38a of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d)of sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(c) a Junior Musician; or

“(d) an Apprentice.”.

Active pay and allowances.

6. Regulation 79 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting m its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1.) The pay account of an Apprentice shall be credited with active pay at the rate specified in relation to the stage of his training in the following table:—

Stage of training	Rate per week
$
During his first year of apprenticeship training.....................................................................	13.65
During his second year of apprenticeship training.................................................................	17.50
During his third year of apprenticeship training....................................................................	30.87
During his fourth year of apprenticeship training..................................................................	39.06”.

Personal expenses allowance.

7. Regulation 79a of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

8. Regulations 178 and 179 of the Naval Financial Regulations arc repealed and the following regulation is inserted in their stead:—

Uniform allowance.

“178. An allowance, called ‘uniform allowance’, is payable at the rate of Twenty-eight cents per day to a member other than—

(a) a Junior Recruit under the age of seventeen years;

(b) a Junior Musician under the age of seventeen years; or

(c) an Apprentice who has not commenced the eighth term of his apprenticeship training.”.

Sixth Schedule.

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

SIXTH SCHEDULE Reg. 31 (13.).

Rates of Active Pay—Junior REcruits or Junior Musicians

Rating and age	Rate per day
Junior Recruit—	$
Under 16 years of age....................................................................................................	1.71
Of the age of 16 years....................................................................................................	2.31
Of the age of 17 years....................................................................................................	4.13
Junior Musicians—
Under 16 years of age....................................................................................................	1.71
Of the age of 16 years....................................................................................................	2.31
Of or over the age of 17 years.........................................................................................	4.13

Transitional—certain Cadet Midshipmen.

10.—(1.) This regulation applies to a Cadet Midshipman, junior entry, who was in the course of serving his first year in the College during the period from and including the twenty-fifth day of September, 1970, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations.

(2.) The pay account of a Cadet Midshipman to whom this regulation applies shall be credited with an amount equal to the amount by which the sum of the pocket money, good conduct allowance and uniform allowance paid or payable to him in respect of the period referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation under the Naval Financial Regulations as in force during that period is less than the sum of the active pay and uniform allowance that would have been payable to him in respect of that period if the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by regulations 2, 3, 4 and 8 of these Regulations had come into operation on the twenty-fifth day of September, 1970.

(3.) Sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 29 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations does not apply to or in relation to an amount that is credited to the pay account of a Cadet Midshipman under the last preceding sub-regulation.

(4.) Sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 29 of the Naval Financial Regulations shall not be taken to authorize there being charged against the pay account of a Cadet Midshipman to whom this sub-regulation applies any costs of a kind referred to in that sub-regulation, being costs of such a kind incurred by the Cadet Midshipman during the period referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation.

(5.) Where the sum of the amounts credited to the uniform allowance account of a Cadet Midshipman to whom this regulation applies exceeds the sum of the amounts charged to that account, the pay account of the Cadet Midshipman shall, by virtue of this sub-regulation, be credited with an amount equal to the amount of the excess.

(6.) Where the sum of the amounts charged to the uniform allowance account of a Cadet Midshipman to whom this regulation applies exceeds the sum of the amounts credited to that account, the pay account of the Cadet Midshipman shall, by virtue of this sub-regulation, be debited with an amount equal to the excess.

(7.) In the last two preceding sub-regulations—

(a) a reference to the sum of the amounts credited to the uniform allowance account of a Cadet Midshipman shall be read as a reference to the sum of the amounts credited, or required to be credited, to the Cadet Midshipman by way of uniform allowance under regulation 179 of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force before the date of commencement of these Regulations in respect of his service before that date; and

(b) a reference to the sum of the amounts charged against the uniform allowance account of a Cadet Midshipman shall be read as a reference to the sum of the amounts charged, or required to be charged, in accordance with sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 179 of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force before the date of commencement of these Regulations, in respect of the service of the Cadet Midshipman before that date, against the amount of uniform allowance credited to the Cadet Midshipman in accordance with that regulation.

(8.) The crediting of an amount to the pay account of a Cadet Midshipman in accordance with sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation is in lieu of, and not in addition to, payment to the Cadet Midshipman of any amount that would become payable to the Cadet Midshipman but for the repeal of regulation 179 of the Naval Financial Regulations by regulation 8 of these Regulations.

Transitional—other Cadet Midshipmen.

11. The rates of active pay specified in sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 29 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to and in relation to service, on and after the twenty-fifth day of September. 1970, of a Cadet Midshipman, not being a Cadet Midshipman to whom the last preceding regulation applies.

Transitional—apprentices.

12. Where the amount of active pay that would have been credited to the pay account of an apprentice in respect of his service during the period specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 10 of these Regulations if the amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by regulations 5, 6 and 7 of these Regulations had come into operation on the twenty-fifth day of September, 1970 exceeds the sum of the amounts credited to the pay account of the apprentice, in respect of his service during that period, by way of active pay (including any amount by which his active pay was increased by virtue of regulation 38a of the Naval Financial Regulations) and personal expenses allowance under regulation 79a of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations, the pay account of the apprentice shall, by virtue of this regulation, be credited with an amount equal to the excess.

Transitional—junior recruits and junior musicians.

13.—(1.) The rates of active pay specified in the Sixth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to and in relation to service of a Junior Recruit on and after the twenty-fifth day of September, 1970.

(2.) Where the amount of active pay that would have been credited to the pay account of a Junior Musician in respect of his service during the period specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 10 of these Regulations if the amendment of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by regulation 9 of these Regulations had come into operation on the twenty-fifth day of September. 1970, exceeds the amount credited to his pay account, in respect of his service during that period, by way of active pay, the pay account of the Junior Musician shall, by virtue of this sub-regulation, be credited with an amount equal 10 the excess.

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