Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

 

1966 No. 103

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1965.*

 

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 1910-1965.

Dated this thirtieth day of June, 1966.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

   

F. CHANEY

 

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

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Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations 

Diver’s allowance.

1. Regulation 42 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed.

Good conduct badge pay.

2.—(1.) Regulation 48 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “Eight” and inserting in its stead the word “Nine”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b)of that sub-regulation the word “Seventeen” and inserting in its stead the word “Eighteen”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) of that sub-regulation the word “Twenty-five” and inserting in its stead the word “Twenty-seven”.

(2.) The rates of good conduct badge pay specified in regulation 48 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to and in relation to good conduct badge pay paid or payable in accordance with the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the fourteenth day of February, 1966, or any subsequent day.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1966.

  Statutory Rules 1966, No. 88, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1966, No. 31, and see also Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 31 and 33.

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Living out away from home allowance—married members.

3.—(1.) Regulation 93 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Rank or Rating	Rate per day where not supplied with service accommodation or victuals for a period of seventy-two consecutive hours or more	Rate per day where supplied with service accommodation but not victuals for a period of seventy-two consecutive hours or more	Rate per day where supplied with victuals but not service accommodation for a period of seventy-two consecutive hours or more
$	$	$
Rear Admiral, Commodore......................	4.25	1.61	3.42
Captain.....................................................	3.33	1.61	2.34
Commander, Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank, Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) or equivalent rank......................	2.68	1.61	1.58
Lieutenant, Lieutenant (S.D.) or equivalent rank or officer of lower rank	2.42	1.61	1.26
Chief Petty Officer or lower rating..........	2.15	1.61	0.94

(2.) The rates of living out away from home allowance specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 93 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by this regulation apply in relation to living out away from home allowance paid or payable in accordance with the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the seventh day of March, 1966, or any subsequent day.

District allowance.

4—(1.) Regulation 107 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Grade of isolated district	Member living out		Member living in
	Married member	Member other than a married member
$	$	$
I.................................................................	0.28	0.13	0.09
II...............................................................	0.38	0.19	0.13
III..............................................................	0.58	0.30	0.21
IV..............................................................	0.77	0.44	0.31
V...............................................................	0.98	0.55	0.38
VI..............................................................	1.32	0.77	0.53
VII............................................................	1.78	1.10	0.77

(2.) The rates of district allowance specified in sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 107 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to and in relation to district allowance paid or payable in accordance with the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the eighteenth day of February, 1966, or any subsequent day.

5.—(1.) Regulation 117 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Diving pay.

“117.—(1.) In this regulation—

‘diver’ means an officer or rating, other than an officer or rating who is a clearance diver, who has the qualifications determined by the Naval Board to be the qualifications required by a diver for the purposes of this regulation;

‘clearance diver’ means an officer, or a man of the Seaman Branch, who has the qualifications determined for the purposes of the definition of diver in this regulation and also has the additional qualifications determined by the Naval Board to be the additional qualifications required by a class of clearance divers specified in the table in sub-regulation (4) of this regulation.

“(2.) Subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines, an allowance, called ‘diving pay’, is payable to a diver or a clearance diver at the appropriate rate provided for in the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation.

“(3.) The rate of diving pay for a diver, including a supervisory diving officer, is Fifty cents per day.

“(4.) The rate of diving pay for a clearance diver is the rate specified in the following table in relation to the class of clearance divers in which the clearance diver is included:—

Class of clearance divers	Rate per day
$
Clearance diving officers.................................................................................	1.20
Clearance divers qualified to dive to 240 feet.................................................	1.20
Clearance divers qualified to dive to 180 feet.................................................	1.00
Clearance divers qualified to dive to 120 feet.................................................	0.80”.

(2.) In the next succeeding sub-regulation, references to an officer or man shall be read as references to an officer or man who, during the period commencing on the second day of February, 1966, and ending on the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations (in the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation referred to as “the relevant period”) or during a part of the relevant period, had the qualifications required for a diver for the purposes of regulation 117 of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force during the relevant period.

(3.) Where the amount of diving pay paid or payable in respect of the relevant period or a part of that period to an officer or man is less than the amount of diving pay that would have been payable to the officer or man in respect of the relevant period or the part of the relevant period if the regulation inserted in the Naval Financial Regulations by sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation and the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purposes of that sub-regulation had come into operation on the second day of February, 1966, and he had had during the relevant period or the part of the relevant period the qualifications determined by that determination to be the qualifications for a diver for the purposes of the regulation so inserted he is, by virtue of this sub-regulation, entitled to be paid an amount equal to the difference.

(4.) In the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, references to an officer or man shall be read as references to an officer or man who, during the relevant period or a part of the relevant period, had the qualifications required for a clearance diver for the purposes of regulation 117 of the Naval Financial Regulations as in force during the relevant period.

(5.) The Naval Board shall determine the class, being a class of clearance divers specified in the table in sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 117 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations, in which each officer or man is, by virtue of his qualifications as a clearance diver during the relevant period or the part of the relevant period, to be deemed to be included for thepurposes of the next succeeding sub-regulation.

(6.) Where the amount of diving pay paid or payable to an officer or man in respect of the relevant period or a part of the relevant period is less than the amount of diving pay that would have been payable to him if the regulation inserted in the Naval Financial Regulations by sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation and the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purposes of that sub-regulation had come into operation on the second day of February, 1966, and he were included in the class of clearance divers in which he is to be deemed to be included for the purposes of this sub-regulation, he is, by virtue of this sub-regulation, entitled to be paid an amount equal to the difference.

Rate of travelling allowance in Australia.

6.—(1.) Regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

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..................................................................	16.50	11.00
Captain, Commander, Commander (S.D.) or relative rank.................	11.80	7.70
Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.), Lieutenant, Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank....................................................	10.00	7.70
Sub-Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant (S.D.), or relative rank or lower rank or any rating.....................................................................................	10.00	7.70

(2.) Regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations is further amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word “Seventeen” and inserting in its stead the word “Twenty-one”; and

(b)by omitting sub-regulation (5a.).

(3.) 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, 1966, or any subsequent day.

(4.) The rate of travelling allowance specified in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation applies toand in relation to travelling allowance paid or payable to a member referred to in that first-mentioned sub-regulation in accordance with the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the sixteenth day of March, 1966, or any subsequent day.

Reduction of amount when sustenance or accommodation is provided.

7.—(1.) Regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2a.) the word “Where” and inserting in its stead the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (2a.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(2b.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to or in relation to a member included in a class of members determined by the Naval Board for the purpose of this sub-regulation.”.

(2.) Regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations is further amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (6.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Rank or Rating	Rate per day for residence in a capital city	Rate pr day for residence in a place other than a capital city
$	$
Commodore or higher rank.......................................................................	2.00	1.50
Captain. Commander, Commander (S.D.) or relative rank......................	1.80	1.20
Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.), Lieutenant, Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank.............................................................	1.50	1.20
Sub-Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank or lower rank or any rating..................................................................................................	1.50	1.20

(3.) The rates of allowance specified in sub-regulation (6.) of regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation apply in relation to the allowance to cover incidental expenses payable in accordance with regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the fourteenth day of February, 1966, or any subsequent day.

Efficiency grant.

8. Regulation 219a of the Naval Financial Regulations (being the regulation inserted in the Naval Financial Regulations by regulation 6 of Statutory Rules 1966, No. 31) is repealed.

Good conduct increments.

9.—(1.) Regulation 253 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Eight” and inserting in its stead the word “Nine”.

(2.) The rate specified in regulation 253 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation applies in respect of good conduct increments paid or payable under the Naval Financial Regulations in respect of the fourteenth day of February, 1966, or any subsequent day.

10. After regulation 262b of the Naval Financial Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Rate of pay—midshipman.

“262ba.—(1.) The daily rate of active pay payable to a member holding the rank of Midshipman (S.L.) is Two dollars and eight cents.

“(2.) Where a member holding the rank of Midshipman (S.L.) is serving in Australia, he may be paid an allowance at such rate and subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines.”.

Diving pay.

11. Regulation 262ha of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, an allowance, called ‘diving pay’, is payable to a diver in respect of the time during which he is, while using diving apparatus, under water or under compression in the course of a diving operation authorized by the commanding officer, at the rate specified according to the depth of the diving operation in the following table:—

Depth of diving operation in fathoms	Rate per minute
Cents
20 or less..................................................................................................................	1
Over 20 but not more than 30.................................................................................	2
Over 30 but not more than 40.................................................................................	2
Over 40 but not more than 50.................................................................................	4
Over 50 but not more than 55.................................................................................	5
Over 55but not more than 60.................................................................................	6
Over 60 but not more than 65.................................................................................	7
Over 65 but not more than 70.................................................................................	8
Over 70 but not more than 75.................................................................................	8
Over 75 but not more than 80.................................................................................	9
Over 80 but not more than 85.................................................................................	10
Over 85 but not more than 90.................................................................................	11
Over 90 but not more than 95.................................................................................	12
Over 95....................................................................................................................	12

12.—(1.) After regulation 291 of the Naval Financial Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Gratuity in respect of continuous full time naval service.

“291a. A gratuity is payable to a member of the Citizen Naval Forces 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 a medical officer—Five hundred dollars per annum;

(b) if the member is a dental officer—Two hundred and fifty dollars per annum;

(c) if the member is an officer other than a medical or dental officer—One hundred dollars per annum; or

(d) in any other case—Forty dollars per annum.”.

(2.) Gratuity is payable under regulation 291a. of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) in the case of a medical officer or a dental officer—in respect of continuous full time naval service rendered as required by that regulation, being service that the officer, on or after the fifteenth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six, volunteered to render; and

(b) in the case of any other member—in respect of continuous full time naval service rendered as so required on or after the ninth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five.

Second Schedule.

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

(a) by omitting the word and figures—

“Regulation 42.”;

(b)by inserting after the word and figures—

“Regulation 113.”

the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 117.”;

(c) by omitting the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (7.) of regulation 203.”

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

“Sub-regulations (2b.) and (7.) of regulation 203.”; and

(d)by inserting after the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 262b.”

the words and figures—

“Sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 262ba.”.

Application.

14.—(1.) The daily rate of active pay provided by sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 252 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by Statutory Rules 1965, No. 193 applies to and in relation to service of a service-woman in the rating of Recruit Wran on the first day of September, 1965, or any subsequent day.

(2.) The provisions of sub-regulation (1a.) of regulation 9 of the Naval Financial Regulations apply, by virtue of this sub-regulation, to and in relation to an officer referred to in that sub-regulation in respect of service on the eight day of November, 1965, or any subsequent day.

  

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