Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1968 No. 78

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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 fourth day of July, 1968.

CASEY

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 

Parts.

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

“Part XIV.—Women’s Services (Regulations 251-259).”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Part XIV.—Female Members of the Naval Forces.

Division 1.—Permanent Naval Forces (Regulations 251-257).

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

Division 3.—Miscellaneous (Regulation 259g).”.

Interpretation.

2.Regulation 4 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definitions of “servicewoman” and “the Women’s Service”.

Application of Regulations.

3. Regulation 5 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) Except as provided by Part XIV. of these Regulations, the provisions of Parts II. to XIII. (inclusive), Part XV. and Part XVI. of these Regulations do not apply to or in relation to a female member of the Naval Forces.”.

Gratuities.

4.Regulation 158 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words “, including members of the Women’s Service,”.

Gratuities not payable in certain cases.

5. Regulation 159 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “, including a member of the Women’s Service”; and

(b)by omitting from paragraph (b) of that sub-regulation the words “or her”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1968.

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1968, No., and see also Statutory Rules 1968, No.

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6.Part XIV. of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following Part inserted in its stead:—

“Part XIV.—Female Members of the Naval Forces.”.

“Division 1.—Permanent Naval Forces

Definitions.

“251. In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘member’ means an officer or a servicewoman;

‘officer’ means a commissioned officer of the Naval Forces appointed to the Women’s Service;

‘servicewoman’ means a person enlisted in the Women’s Service and holding the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran or a lower rating;

‘the Women’s Service’ means the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service or the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service.

Officers’ rate of active pay.

“252. The rate of active pay of an officer is the rate specified, in relation to the rank that she holds and her pay seniority, in Table 1 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations.

Servicewoman—rate of active pay.

“253.—(1.) The daily rate of active pay of a servicewoman who holds the rating of Recruit Wran is the daily rate of active pay specified in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to a servicewoman holding the rating of Wran and included in Group I.

“(2.) The rate of active pay of a servicewoman who holds the rating of Wran or a higher rating is the rate specified, in relation to her rating and group and her pay seniority (if applicable), in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations.

“(3.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, the qualifications required for inclusion in a group of a rating shall be determined by the Naval Board, and a servicewoman shall be allotted accordingly to the appropriate group of the rating that she holds.

Good conduct increments.

“254. A servicewoman who holds the rating of Leading Wran or a lower rating may be granted, subject to such conditions as are approved by the Naval Board, a good conduct increment of Nine cents per day after she has completed five years’ service in the Women’s Service and a further good conduct increment of Nine cents per day after she has completed ten years’ service in the Women’s Service.

Issue of uniform kit.

“255.—(1.) Subject to sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation, a member shall, after appointment or enlistment, be supplied at the expense of the Department with a uniform kit appropriate to her rank or rating in accordance with a scale of issue approved by the Naval Board.

“(2.) A servicewoman who is appointed an officer or promoted to the rating of Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer shall be supplied at the expense of the Department with such articles, additional to those already issued to her, as are necessary to complete the uniform kit appropriate to her rank or rating in accordance with the scale of issue approved by the Naval Board under the last preceding sub-regulation.

“(3.) Where a servicewoman who is appointed an officer purchases, with the approval of an officer authorized by the Naval Board to give approvals under this sub-regulation, articles included in the uniform kit appropriate to her rank or rating, being articles that have been made to her measure, an allowance of such amount as the Naval Board determines is payable to her.

“(4.) A servicewoman who re-engages for further service shall not be supplied at the expense of the Department with a uniform kit on so re-engaging.

Outfit allowance.

“256.—(1.) A member who completes two weeks’ training following her appointment to or enlistment in the Women’s Service is entitled to be paid an allowance, called ‘outfit allowance’, to enable her to purchase personal necessities not included in the scale of issue approved under the last preceding regulation in relation to the rank or rating that she holds.

“(2.) The amount of outfit allowance payable to members under the last preceding sub-regulation is such amount as the Naval Board determines.

General Conditions of Service.

“257. Subject to regulation 259g of these Regulations, the provisions of Parts V. and VI., Division 2 of Part VII., Parts VIII., X., XI., XII. and XIII. and regulations 90a, 92, 92a, 94, 105, 107, 107a, 108, 111, 113, 118, 120, 172, 173, 177, 178, 181, 182, 183 and 184 of these Regulations and sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 95 of these Regulations apply to and in relation to a member and the service of a member in like manner as they apply to and in relation to a male member of the Permanent Naval Forces whose rank or rating corresponds with the rank or rating of the member.

“Division 2.—Citizen Naval Forces

Interpretation.

“258.—(1.) In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘member’ means an officer or a servicewoman;

‘officer’ means a commissioned officer of the Naval Forces appointed or transferred to the Women’s Reserve;

‘servicewoman’ means a person enlisted in the Women’s Reserve and holding the rating of Chief Petty Officer Wran or a lower rating;

‘the Women’s Reserve’ means the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve.

“(2.) In this Division, references to naval service shall be read as references to naval service other than continuous full-time naval service.

Continuous full time naval service—pay allowances and gratuity.

“259.—(1.) This regulation applies to and in relation to continuous full time naval service of a member—

(a) if rendered under section 50b of the Defence Act 1903-1966— whether or not rendered in a vacancy in the establishment of the Permanent Naval Forces; and

(b)in any other case—if rendered in a vacancy in the establishment of the Permanent Naval Forces.

“(2.) The daily rate of active pay of an officer in respect of service to which this regulation applies is the rate of active pay specified, in relation to an officer of the Women’s Service having the like rank and pay seniority as the officer has, in Table 1 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations.

“(3.) The daily rate of active pay of a servicewoman in respect of service to which this regulation applies is the rate of active pay specified, in relation to a servicewoman of the Women’s Service having the like rating and pay seniority (if applicable) as the servicewoman has and included in the same group as the group in which the servicewoman is included, in Table 2 in the Fifteenth Schedule to these Regulations.

“(4.) A servicewoman who holds the rating of Leading Wran or a lower rating may be granted, subject to such conditions as are approved by the Naval Board, a good conduct increment of Nine cents per day after she has completed five years’ continuous full time naval service in the Women’s Reserve and a further good conduct increment of Nine cents per day after she has completed ten years’ continuous full time service in the Women’s Reserve.

“(5.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the credit to a member of pay and allowances under these Regulations in respect of continuous full time naval service—

(a) commences on the day upon which she commences to render that service; and

(b)ceases at the end of the day upon which she is released from that service.

“(6.) In such circumstances as the Naval Board determines, a member may be credited with pay and allowances in respect of a period approved by the Naval Board, being a period spent by her—

(a)in travelling to the place at which she is directed to report for the purpose of rendering continuous full time naval service; or

(b)in travelling to her place of residence upon being released from that service.

“(7.) A gratuity is payable to a member who renders, under sub-section (3.) of section 32a of the Act, continuous full time naval service for a period of not less than one year and serves during the whole of that period in a vacancy in the establishment of the Permanent Naval Forces at the rate of—

(a) if the member is an officer—Fifty dollars per annum; or

(b)if the member is a servicewoman—Thirty dollars per annum.

General Conditions of Service.

“259a. Subject to regulation 259g of these Regulations, the provisions of Parts V., VI. (other than regulations 134, 136 and 149), VIII., X. (other than regulations 212, 213, 214, 215 and 222 to 226 (inclusive) and Divisions 5 and 6), XI., XII. and XIII., and regulations 90a, 92, 92a, 94, 105, 107, 107a, 108, 111, 113, 118, 120, 172, 173, 177, 181, 182, 183 and 184 of these Regulations and sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 95 of these Regulations apply to and in relation to the service of a member to which regulation 259 of these Regulations applies in like manner as they apply to service of a male member of the Permanent Naval Forces whose rank or rating corresponds with the rank or rating of the member.

Credit of pay and allowances—naval service.

“259b.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, a member shall be credited with active pay and allowances under this Division in respect of a period of naval service rendered by her.

“(2.) A member who sustains injury or contracts disease while rendering naval service may, subject to the approval of the Naval Board, continue to be credited with active pay and allowances under this Division until the termination of the period of naval service for which she was appointed or drafted.

“(3.) For the purpose of this regulation naval service includes the time spent by a member in travelling from her normal place of duty to a ship or naval establishment for the purpose of rendering naval service and the time spent by that member in travelling from that ship or naval establishment to her place of duty on completion of that service.

“(4.) In the last preceding sub-regulation, ‘normal place of duty’, in relation to a member, means the Naval Reserve Training Establishment to which the member is attached, or, in the case of an unattached member, a place determined by the Naval Board.

“(5.) A member is not entitled to be credited with—

(a)pay or allowances in respect of a period of naval service that she has volunteered to render without pay; or

(b)allowances in respect of naval service for a period of less than one day.

Officers’ active pay—naval service.

“259c. The rate of active pay of an officer in respect of naval service is the rate specified in Table 1 in the Sixteenth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to the rank that the officer holds.

Servicewomen’s active pay—naval service.

“259d. The rate of active pay of a servicewoman in respect of naval service is the rate specified in Table 2 in the Sixteenth Schedule to these Regulations in relation to the rating that the servicewoman holds.

General Conditions of Service.

“259e. Subject to regulation 259g of these Regulations, the provisions of Parts V., VI. (other than regulations 134, 135, 136 and 149), VIII., X. (other than regulations 212, 213, 214, 215 and 222 to 226 (inclusive) and Divisions 5 and 6), XI. and XII. and regulations 92, 94, 120, 181 and 182 of these Regulations and sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 95 of these Regulations apply to and in relation to naval service for a period of more than one day rendered by a member in like manner as they apply to service rendered by a male member of the Permanent Naval Forces whose rank or rating corresponds with the rank or rating of the member.

Uniform.

“259f. Subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines, a member shall be issued at departmental expense with such items of her uniform kit as are rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear.

Regulations to apply subject to such modifications, &c., as the Naval Board determines.

“Division 3.—Miscellaneous

“259g. Where a provision of these Regulations is applied to and in relation to a member of the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service, the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service or the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve by virtue of regulation 257, regulation 259a or regulation 259e of these Regulations, that provision applies, with such modifications, adaptations and exceptions as the Naval Board determines.”.

Second Schedule.

7.The Second Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 252.”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 253.”; and

(b)by omitting the word and figures—

“Regulation 259.”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Regulation 259f.

“Regulation 259a”.

Fifteenth and Sixteenth Schedules.

8.After the Fourteenth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations the following Schedules are inserted:—

FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE

Regulations 252, 253, 259.

Rates of Active Pay—Female Members of the Permanent Naval Forces

Table 1.—Officers

Rank and pay seniority	Rate per day
$
Third Officer or Sister—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.....................................................................................	6.06
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	6.68
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority ...............................................................................	7.02
Second Officer or Senior Sister—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority.....................................................................................	7.63
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	7.98
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	8.32
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	8.66
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	9.00
With not less than 5 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	9.34
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	9.68
First Officer or Superintending Sister—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority.....................................................................................	10.26
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	10.60
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	10.94
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	11.28
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	11.63
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	11.96
Chief Officer or Matron—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.....................................................................................	12.53
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	12.87
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	13.22
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	13.56
Superintendent—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.....................................................................................	14.13
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	14.47
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........................................................	14.81
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	15.16

Table 2.—Servicewomen

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day
	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI
$	$	$	$	$	$
Wran...............................................................	3.40	3.68	3.94	4.19	4.40	4.65
Leading Wran..................................................	3.94	4.21	4.48	4.71	4.93	5.18
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority	4.36	4.64	4.88	5.12	5.33	5.58
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority..........................................................	4.46	4.74	4.99	5.22	5.43	5.68
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority............	4.56	4.84	5.08	5.32	5.53	5.78
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority…………….	4.67	4.95	5.19	5.43	5.64	5.88
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority..........................................................	4.77	5.04	5.29	5.52	5.73	5.98
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority............	4.87	5.15	5.39	5.62	5.83	6.08

SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE

Regulations 259c, 259d.

Rates of Active pay—Female Members of the Citizen Naval Forces when Not Entitled to Active Pay Under Regulation 259

Table 1.—Officers

Rank	Rate per day
$
Third Officer..............................................................................................................	6.06
Second Officer...........................................................................................................	7.63
First Officer...............................................................................................................	10.26

Table 2.—Service-women

Rating	Rate per day
$
Wran..........................................................................................................................	3.40
Leading Wran.............................................................................................................	3.94
Patty Officer Wran......................................................................................................	4.88
Chief Petty Officer Wran............................................................................................

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Transitional.

9.An allowance is payable in accordance with sub-regulation (3.) of regulation 255 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations in relation to a servicewoman appointed or promoted as mentioned in that sub-regulation on or after the first day of February, 1967.

                    

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra