Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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 twenty‑eighth day of October, 1965
CASEY Governor‑General.
By His Excellency's Command,
F CHANEY
Minister of State for the Navy.
AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVAL FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
(
"Division 4.—Higher Duties Allowance (Regulations
113‑116)."
and inserting in their stead the words—
"Division 4.—Higher Duties Allowance (Regulation
113)."; and
(
"Part VII.—Deferred Pay and Gratuities.
Division 1.—Deferred Pay (Regulations 151‑157).
Division 2.—Gratuities (Regulations 158‑160)."
and inserting in their stead the words—
"Part VII.—Deferred Pay, Gratuities and Bounties.
Division 1.—Deferred Pay (Regulations 151‑157).
Division 2.—Gratuities and Bounties (Regulations
158‑160A).".
" (8.) References in this regulation to a child of a member shall be read as including references to a child (not being an ex‑nuptial child), stepchild or legally adopted child of the member who—
(
(
(
_________________________________________________________
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1965.
Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations, see Statutory Rules 1965, No. 46, and see also Statutory Rules 1965, Nos. 46, 70 and 74.
9603/65.—PRICE 1s. (10c) 9/24.9.1965
"(9.) A person shall be deemed to be qualified for admission to a university, for the purposes of the last preceding sub‑regulation, if the person has passed an examination approved by the Naval Board for the purposes of this sub‑regulation.".
(2.) Marriage allowance is payable to a member in respect of service on and after the fourth day of August, 1964, as if the amendment effected by the last preceding sub‑regulation had come into operation on that day.
Higher duties allowance
"113.—(1.) Subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines, where a member holding a rank or rating lower than the rank or rating for a position on the complement of a ship or naval establishment performs temporarily the full duties of the position, an allowance, called higher duties allowance', is payable to the member.
"(2.) Higher duties allowance is payable at a rate ascertained in such manner as the Naval Board determines.".
Linguist bounty
"118.—(1.) Subject to such conditions 'as the Naval Board determines, an allowance, called ' linguist bounty', is payable, at such rate as the Naval Board determines, to a member who attains an approved standard of proficiency in an approved foreign language.
"(2.) In the last preceding sub‑regulation—
English language approved by the Naval Board for the purposes of this regulation;
foreign language, means a standard of proficiency in the language approved by the Naval Board.".
(2.) Where—
(
a ) linguist bounty was paid or is payable to a member in respect of the period from and including the twenty‑second day of August, 1963, to and including the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this regulation or a part of that period (in this and the next succeeding sub‑regulation referred to as " the relevant period ");(
b ) the language in respect of which linguist bounty was so paid or is so payable to the member is a foreign language approved by the Naval Board for the purposes of regulation 118 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub‑regulation by virtue of the first determination made by the Naval Board approving foreign languages; and(
c ) the amount of the linguist bounty so paid or so payable to the member in respect of that language when aggregated with any amount of linguist bounty so paid or so payable to the member in respect of any other foreign language is less than the amount of linguist bounty that would have been payable to the member in respect of that language for the relevant period if that regulation and the first determination made by the Naval Board for the purposes of that regulation with respect to rates of linguist bounty and conditions of payment had come into operation on the twenty‑second day of August, 1963,
the member may be paid an amount equal to the difference.
(3.) A member to whom linguist bounty was paid or is payable under the regulation repealed by sub‑regulation (1.) of this regulation in respect of a foreign language referred to in paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub‑regulation shall, for the purpose of the application of the last preceding sub‑regulation to and in relation to the member, be deemed to have attained, immediately before the commencement of the relevant period, the standard of proficiency in the language approved by the Naval Board under regulation 118 of the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by sub‑regulation (1.) of this regulation.
“PART VII.‑ DEFERRED PAY, GRATUITIES AND BOUNTIES”.
“
"160A.—(1.) A bounty of such amount as the Naval Board determines
is payable to a member included in an approved class of members, in respect of service rendered or to be rendered in the Permanent Naval Forces, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as the Naval Board determines.
" (2.) In the last preceding sub‑regulation, ' approved class of members' means a class of members approved by the Naval Board for the purpose of that sub‑regulation.".
Regulation 199 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by
omitting sub‑regulation (2.).
11.—(1.) Regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub‑regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following
sub‑regulation:—
"(1.) Subject to this Division, the rate of travelling allowance within Australia is the rate specified, in relation to the rank or rating of the member and the other circumstances, in 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 | ||
Captain, Commander, Commander (S.D) or relative rank | ||
Lieutenant‑Commander, Lieutenant‑Commander (S.D.), Lieutenant, Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank | ||
Sub‑Lieutenant, Sub‑Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank or a lower rank or any rating | ||
(2.) Regulation 201 of the Naval Financial Regulations is further amended by inserting after sub‑regulation (5.) the following sub‑regulation:—
"(5A.) Where—
(
a ) a party consisting of two or more members travel together on duty for a common purpose;(
b ) Travelling allowance is payable to each of the members at the rate provided for a place other than a capital city; and the members, while so entitled to travelling allowance, all live at the same place or places,(
c ) The rate at which travelling allowance is payable to each of the members is the rate for the rank or rating of the senior member included in the party.".
(3.) The amendment of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by sub‑regulation (1.) of this regulation applies in relation to travelling allowance paid or payable in respect of the twenty‑sixth day of June, 1964, or any subsequent day.
amended—
(
a ) by omitting from sub‑regulation (1.) the words "Service victuals without charge" and inserting in their stead the words "victuals by the Commonwealth without charge to the member,";(
b ) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub‑regulation (1.) the word "quarters" and inserting in its stead the word "accommodation";(
c ) by omitting from sub‑regulation (2.) the words "Service accommodation without charge" and inserting in their stead the words " accommodation by the Commonwealth without charge to the member";
(d) by omitting from sub‑regulation (2.) the word "rations” and inserting in its stead the word " victuals "; and
(e) by inserting after sub‑regulation (2.) the following sub‑regulation:—
"(2A.) Where a member to whom travelling allowance is payable under this Part is provided with accommodation and victuals by the Commonwealth without charge to the member, the member shall be paid an allowance to cover incidental expenses at the rate applicable to the member under this regulation.".
Regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations is further amended by omitting sub‑regulation (6.) and inserting in its stead the following sub‑regulation:—
"(6.) The rate of the allowance to cover incidental expenses applicable to a member under this regulation is that specified, according to the rank or rating of the member and his place of residence, in the following table:—
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 | ||
Commander, Commander (S.D.) or relative rank or higher | s. d. | s. d. | ||
rank | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Lieutenant‑Commander, Lieutenant‑Commander (S.D.) or relative rank, Lieutenant, Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Sub‑Lieutenant, Sub‑Lieutenant (S.D.) or relative rank or a lower rank or any rating .. | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
The amendment of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by the last preceding sub‑regulation applies in relation to any amounts of the allowance provided for in regulation 203 of the Naval Financial Regulations paid or payable in respect of the twenty‑sixth day of June, 1964, or any subsequent day.
omitting sub‑regulation (1.)
The Second Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations amended—
by inserting after the word and figures—
(
the word and figures—
"Regulation 113."; and
(
"Regulation 144.".
______________________
By Authority A.J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government
0
0
0