Repatriation (Staff) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1934. No. 150.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION ACT 1920-1934.*

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 Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1934.

Dated this fifth day of December, 1934.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. V. C. THORBY

for Minister of State for Repatriation.

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Amendment of Repatriation (Staff) Regulations. 

1. Repatriation (Staff) Regulation 3 is amended by omitting from the definition of “The Act” the figures “1931” and inserting in their stead the figures “1934”.

2. Repatriation (Staff) Regulation 65 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (17) and inserting in its stead the following new sub-regulation:—

“(17.) Where an officer, while on duty at a temporary station, returns to his home or head-quarters for his own convenience for weekends or public holidays without expense to the Department for conveyance, travelling allowance may be continued to the officer for a period not exceeding four calendar days absence from his temporary station.”

3. Repatriation (Staff) Regulation 80 is amended by inserting after the word “overtime” in the first line of the proviso to sub-regulation (1.) the words “worked”.

4. Repatriation (Staff) Regulation 81 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Leave for defence purposes.

81.—(1.) Leave of absence for the purpose of attending Naval, Military or Air Force training may be granted under the following conditions by the Deputy Commissioner in any year ending on the thirtieth day of June to an officer who is a member of the Defence Force:—

(a) For attendance for training of the officer’s unit or corps—With full pay for the minimum annual training required in the year of his unit or corps.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6th December, 1934.

  Statutory Rules, 1928. No. 60, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1929, Nos. 128 and 180: 1930, No. 116; 1931, Nos. 67, 68 and 155; 1932, Nos. 55, 68, 120 and 187; 1933, Nos. 68 and 71; 1934, Nos. 55 and 96.

5371.—Price 3d.

(b) Forattendance at one school class, or course of instruction in the year—With full pay for two days, and without pay for any additional period for which the officer’s attendance is required:

Provided that evidence of the necessity for such attendance shall be submitted with an officer’s application, and, at the conclusion of the camp, school, class, or course of instruction, the officer shall produce to the Deputy Commissioner a certificate of attendance thereat:

Provided also that if it would not be in the public interest to grant leave of absence under this regulation to an officer for the purpose of attending a camp, school, class, or course of instruction of his own unit or corps, the Deputy Commissioner may grant in lieu leave of absence as prescribed in this regulation for the purpose of attending an equivalent camp, school, class, or course of instruction of another unit or corps.

(2.) Leave of absence granted with pay under this regulation shall not be deducted from recreation leave.

(3.) An officer who, while undergoing, the training referred to in this regulation, sustains injury or contracts illness necessitating his absence from duty beyond the period of leave with full pay granted under this regulation may be granted leave on the following terms:—

(a) If compensation is not paid to the officer by the Department of Defence in respect to such absence, the leave may be granted as sick leave.

(b) If compensation is paid; and is equal to or exceeds the amount of remuneration which the officer would have received had he been granted sick leave, the leave shall be granted without pay.

(c) If compensation is paid; and is less than the amount of remuneration which the officer would have received had he been granted sick leave, he shall be paid the difference, and his sick leave credit shall be reduced as if he had been granted sick leave with pay corresponding to this amount of the difference.

(4) This regulation shall apply to temporary employees:

Provided that where the employee’s services are not further required, leave shall only be granted to the date on which he would have ordinarily ceased duty.

(5.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the fourteenth day of August, 1934.”

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.