Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES
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
Dated this second day of September, 1969.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. R. KELLY
Minister of State for the Navy.
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Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations
“Part IX.—Uniforms and Clothing (Regulations 168-184).”
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Part IX.—Clothing Allowances (Regulations 168-184).”.
“(3.) An allowance, called ‘pocket money’, is payable to a Cadet Midshipman to whom this regulation applies at the rate of One dollar fifty cents per week.”.
(2.) Pocket money is payable, in accordance with regulation 28 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation, to a Cadet Midshipman to whom that regulation applies in respect of service on and after the thirty-first day of January, 1969.
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a ) byomitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word “five” and inserting in its stead the word “seven”; and(
b )by omitting sub-regulations (3.) and (4.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—“(3.) Where the daily rate of active pay that would, but for this sub-regulation, be payable to a man included in a class of men approved by the Naval Board for the purpose of this sub-regulation is less than the daily rate of active pay that was payable to him immediately before he became included in that class of men, the daily rate of active pay of the man is that higher rate.
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* Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended to date For previous
amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations,
18532/69—Price 15c 10/25.7.1969
“(4.) Where a man of a particular Branch, or included in a particular Category of a particular Branch, became included in a class of men approved for the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation before the second day of March, 1968, the last preceding sub-regulation applies to the man as if the reference to the daily rate of active pay payable to the man immediately before he became included in the class of men were read as a reference to the daily rate of active pay payable, on the first day of March, 1968, to a man of the Branch, or to a man included in the Category of the Branch, as the case may be, who had the like rating, pay seniority and qualifications as the man had immediately before he became included in the class of men.
“(4a.) An approval of a class of men for the purpose of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation may be expressed to have, or have had, effect from a date, being a date not earlier than the first day of March, 1968 or a subsequent date not earlier than two years before the date on which it is given, whichever is the later date, specified in the instrument of approval and, where an approval is expressed to have had effect from a date earlier than the date on which it is given, a man in relation to whom the approval applies may be paid an amount equal to the amount by which the active pay paid to him in respect of service since the date as from which the approval is expressed to have had effect is less than the amount of active pay that would have been payable to him in respect of that service if this sub-regulation, the last two preceding sub-regulations and that approval had come into force on the day as from which it is expressed to have had effect.
“(4b.) In the application of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, a man shall be deemed to have become included in a class of men approved by the Naval Board for the purposes of that sub-regulation on the day on which he became or becomes a man of a kind that constitutes the class of men whether or not that day is before, on or after the day as from which the approval of the class has effect.”.
(2.) The rate of active pay specified in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 36 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations applies to and in relation to service of a Constable to whom that regulation applies on or after the first day of December, 1968.
( a ) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Two dollars sixty-five cents” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Two dollars seventy-five cents”; and(
b )by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “Two dollars sixty-five cents” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Two dollars seventy-five cents”.
“120.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation and to such conditions as the Naval Board determines, an allowance, called ‘survey
party allowance’, is payable to a member who, while serving with a survey party, camps out in the course of his duties as a member of that party.
“(2.) The rate at which survey party allowance is payable to a member under the last preceding sub-regulation is—
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“(3.) Where a member serving with a survey party camps out in an isolated district within the meaning of regulation 107 of these Regulations in the course of his duty as a member of the party, an additional allowance is payable to the member at the rate specified in the table in sub-regulation (4.) of that regulation in relation to a member who is living in in that isolated district.
“(4.) Where a member has been in receipt of survey
party allowance at the rate specified in paragraph (
“(5.) The rate at which the additional allowance is payable under the last preceding sub-regulation is One dollar fifty cents per day.”.
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a ) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the figures “18” and inserting in their stead the figures “21”;(
b )by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—“(2.) In such circumstances as the Naval Board determines, an allowance, called ‘education allowance’, is payable to a member whose child is or has been receiving full-time education at a recognized secondary school in a locality other than the locality in which the member is located or the wife of the member is residing.”; and
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c ) by omitting sub-regulations (2b.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—“(3.) Education allowance is payable to a member in respect of the attendance of his child at a school for such period and subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines.”.
“135.—(1.) An annuity, at the rate of Two hundred and fifty dollars per year, is payable to a member on whom has been conferred the decoration of the Victoria Cross.
“(2.) The annuity referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation is payable from and including the day of the act in respect of which the decoration is conferred.
“(3.) Where a member in receipt of an annuity under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation dies before he has been paid instalments of his annuity amounting in the aggregate to One hundred and twenty-five dollars, a sum equal to the amount by which the aggregate of those instalments is less than One hundred and twenty-five dollars is payable to the dependants of the member.
“(4.) Where the decoration of the Victoria Cross is conferred posthumously on a deceased member, an amount of One hundred and twenty-five dollars is payable to the dependants of the member.
“(5.) Subject to the next succeeding regulation, where a man has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal or the Distinguished Flying Medal, or a bar to such a medal, a gratuity of Forty dollars is payable to the man, upon his discharge from the Service, in respect of the award of the medal or of the bar, or each bar, to the medal.
“(6.) Subject to the next succeeding regulation, where a man who has been awarded a medal or a bar to a medal of a kind referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation dies before he is discharged from the Service, an amount equal to the gratuity that would have been payable to him on his discharge from the Service is payable to his dependants.
“135a.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a medal of a kind referred to in sub-regulation (5.) of the last preceding regulation, or a bar to such a medal, is forfeited during the lifetime of the man to whom it is awarded and before he is discharged from the Service, a gratuity is not payable to the man or to his dependants, as the case may be, under the last preceding regulation in respect of the award of the medal or the bar to the medal.
“(2.) Where a medal of a kind referred to in sub-regulation (5.) of the last preceding regulation, or a bar to such a medal, that has been forfeited in the circumstances referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation is restored to the man to whom it was awarded—
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a )if it is restored during the lifetime of the man and before the man is discharged from the Service—the last preceding sub-regulation does not prevent the payment of a gratuity to the man in respect of the award of the medal or the bar upon his discharge from the Service or to the dependants of the man if he dies before being discharged from the Service;(
b ) if it is restored during the lifetime of the man but after he has been discharged from the Service—an amount equal to the gratuity that would, but for the forfeiture of the medal or the bar, have been payable on his discharge from the Service is payable to the man upon the restoration of the medal or bar; and(
c ) if it is restored after the death of the man—an amount equal to the gratuity that would, but for the forfeiture of the medal or the bar, have been payable on the death of the man before he was discharged from the Service is payable to the dependants of the man upon the restoration of the medal or bar.
“135b. Without limiting the application of regulation 299 of these Regulations in relation to an amount that is payable to the dependants of a member under either of the last two preceding regulations, a reference in those regulations to the dependants of a member shall, in a case where the member dies without leaving any dependants, be read as a reference to the legal personal representatives of the deceased member on behalf of the estate of the deceased member or, failing them, to a relative of the deceased member or other person determined by the Naval Board.”.
(2.) Where the decoration of the Victoria Cross was conferred on a member before the date of commencement of these Regulations, any payment made to the member or to the dependants of the member in respect of that decoration before that date by virtue of regulation 135 of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force before that date shall be deemed, for the purpose of calculating the amount of the annuity payable to the member or to the dependants of the member under regulation 135 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations, to have been paid under that regulation as so amended.
“Part IX.—Clothing Allowances.”.
“168.—(1.) An allowance, called ‘outfit allowance’, is payable to an officer (other than a Cadet Midshipman or an officer of the Naval Dockyard Police Branch) upon his appointment as an officer.
“(2.) Subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines, where a member—
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an allowance, called ‘outfit allowance’, is payable to him.
“(3.) Where outfit allowance is payable to a member in particular circumstances, the amount of allowance payable to the member is an amount determined by the Naval Board in relation to those circumstances.”.
“(2.) Where a member who is discharged from the Service in circumstances determined by the Naval Board to be circumstances to which this sub-regulation applies fails to return to the Department any articles of uniform kit that were supplied to him at the expense of the Department or in respect of which he has received outfit allowance, being articles of a kind included in a list of articles of uniform kit approved by the Naval Board for the purpose of this sub-regulation—
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a ) the member is liable to pay to the Commonwealth an amount determined by the Naval Board to be the value of the articles; and(
b ) without prejudice to the right of the Commonwealth to recover the amount so payable by other means, an amount equal to that amount may be deducted from the pay and allowances payable to the member under these Regulations.”.
Rank or Rating | Rate per day | |
First 21 days’ residence in a capital city | First 21 days’ residence in a place other than a capital city | |
$ | $ | |
Commodore or higher rank............................................................................................... | 21.00 | 13.00 |
Captain.................................................................................................................................. | 15.40 | 9.50 |
Commander or lower rank, or any rating........................................................................ | 12.15 | 9.50 |
(2.) The rates of travelling allowance specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation apply to and in relation to travelling allowance paid or payable in accordance with the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the fourteenth day of February, 1969, or any subsequent day.
Rank or Rating | Rate per day for residence in a capital city | Rate per day for residence in a place other than a capital city |
$ | $ | |
Commodore or higher rank................................................................................................... | 2.00 | 1.50 |
Captain...................................................................................................................................... | 1.80 | 1.20 |
Commander or lower rank, or any rating............................................................................ | 1.50 | 1.20 |
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a )by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “The daily rate” and inserting in its stead the words “Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, the daily rate”; and(
b )by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulations:—“(1a.) Where the daily rate of active pay that would, but for this sub-regulation, be payable to a servicewoman included in a class of servicewomen approved by the Naval Board for the purpose of this sub-regulation is less than the daily rate of active pay that was payable to her immediately before she became included in that class of service-women, the daily rate of active pay of the servicewoman is that higher rate.
“(1b.) Where a servicewoman of a particular Branch, or included in a particular Category of a particular Branch, became included in a class of servicewomen approved for the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation before the second day of March, 1968, the last preceding sub-regulation applies to the servicewoman as if the reference to the daily rate of active pay payable to the servicewoman immediately before she became included in the class of servicewomen were read as a reference to the daily rate of active pay payable, on the first day of March, 1968, to a servicewoman of that Branch, or to a servicewoman included in that Category of that Branch, as the case may be, who had the like rating, pay seniority and qualifications as the servicewoman had immediately before she became included in the class of servicewomen.
“(1c.) An approval of a class of servicewomen for the purpose of sub-regulation (1a.) of this regulation may be expressed to have or have had effect from a date, being a date not earlier than the first day of March, 1968, or a subsequent date not earlier than two years before the date on which it is given, whichever is the later date, specified in the instrument of approval and, where an approval is expressed to have had effect from a date earlier than the date on which it is given, a servicewoman in relation to whom the
approval applies may be paid an amount equal to the amount by which the active pay paid to her in respect of service since the date as from which the approval is expressed to have had effect is less than the amount of active pay that would have been payable to her in respect of that service if this sub-regulation, the last two preceding sub-regulations and that approval had come into force on the day as from which it is expressed to have had effect.
“ (1d.) In the application of sub-regulation (1a.) of this regulation, a servicewoman shall be deemed to have become included in a class of servicewomen approved by the Naval Board for the purposes of that sub-regulation on the day on which she became a servicewoman of a kind that constitutes the class of servicewomen whether or not that day is before, on or after the day as from which the approval of the class has effect”.
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a ) by omitting from sub-regulation (2aa.) the word “Where” and inserting in its stead the words “Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, where”; and(
b ) by inserting after sub-regulation (2ac.) the following sub-regulation:—“(2ad.) Where a man of the Naval Dockyard Police who holds a particular rating and has a particular pay seniority renders continuous full time naval service to which this regulation applies, the rate of active pay of the man in respect of that service is the rate applicable under these Regulations to a man of the Naval Dockyard Police in the Permanent Naval Forces who holds the like rating and has the like pay seniority.”.
“(2.) In the application of regulations 135, 135a and 135b of these Regulations in relation to the service of a member to whom regulation 264 of these Regulations applies, references to the discharge of a man shall be read as references to a man ceasing to render continuous full time naval service of a kind specified in sub-regulation (1.) of that last-mentioned regulation.”.
“(2.) In the application of regulations 135, 135a and 135b of these Regulations in relation to the service of a member to whom regulation 267 of these Regulations applies, references to the discharge of a man shall be read as references to a man ceasing to render continuous full time naval service of a kind specified in sub-regulation (1.) of that last-mentioned regulation.”.
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“Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 118.”
the words—
“Sub-regulations (1.) and (4.) of regulation 120.”;
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“Regulation 158.”
the word—
“Regulation 160a.”;
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“Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 168.
Regulation 169.
Regulation 170.
Sub-regulations (1.), (3.), (4.), (5.) and (6.) of regulation 171.
Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 172.
Sub-regulations (1.) and (6.) of regulation 174.”
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 168.”;
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“Sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 179.”
the words—
“Sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 183.”; and
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“Sub-regulation (30 of regulation 237.”.
SEVENTH SCHEDULE Reg. 37.
Rates of Active Pay—Men of the Naval Dockyard Police
Rating and pay seniority | Rate per day |
$ | |
Constable— | |
With less than 6 years’ pay seniority......................................................................................................................... | 7.73 |
With not less than 6 but less than 8 years’ pay seniority........................................................................................ | 8.33 |
With not less than 8 but less than 10 years’ pay seniority...................................................................................... | 8.49 |
With not less than 10 years’ pay seniority................................................................................................................ | 8.63 |
Sergeant, Second Class— | |
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority......................................................................................................................... | 9.24 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority................................................................................................................... | 9.37 |
Sergeant, First Class— | |
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority......................................................................................................................... | 9.55 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority................................................................................................................... | 9.72 |
(2.) The rates of active pay specified in the Seventh Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation apply to and in relation to service as a Sergeant or Constable in the Naval Dockyard Police, being a Sergeant or Constable to whom regulation 37 of those Regulations applies, on or after the first day of December, 1968.
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a )if the member was in receipt of hard-lying money in respect of the period or the part of the period—an amount equal to the amount bywhich the amount of survey party allowance, including any additional allowance payable under regulation 120 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations, that would have been payable to the member if that regulation and the first determination of the Naval Board for the purpose of that regulation had come into force on the seventeenth day of January, 1969, exceeds the amount of hard-lying money paid or payable to the member in respect of that period or that part of that period; or
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b ) in any other case—an amount equal to the amount of survey party allowance, including any additional allowance that would have been payable under regulation 120 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations, if that regulation and the first determination of the Naval Board for the purpose of that regulation had so come into force,
is, by force of this regulation, payable to the member.
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