STATUTORY RULES.
1940. No. 241.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1939.*
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 Air Force Act 1923-1939.
Dated this fifth day of November, 1940.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. McEWEN
Minister of State for Air.
Amendments of the Air Force Regulations.†
Branches.
1.—(1.) Regulation 49 of the Air Force Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) the word “and”; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:—
“and (e) the administrative and special duties branch (Citizen Air Force only).”.
(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twentieth day of January, 1940.
Rates of pay of airmen of the Permanent Air Force.
2.—(1.) Regulation 553 of the Air Force Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the words “wireless and electrical mechanic,” the words “X-ray technician,”; and
(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (4.), after the words “clerk (general)”, the words “, clerk (pay)”.
(2.) This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of August, 1940.
Private conveyance—use of instead of public conveyances.
3. Regulation 607 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (3.) the following sub-regulation:—
“(3a.) Where a member referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation uses his own motor vehicle or hires a motor vehicle under the conditions specified in that sub-regulation and is accompanied on his transfer by his wife or any child or children whose fares would otherwise have been a departmental charge, he may
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 7th November, 1940.
† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 161, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 52 and 109; 1929, Nos. 75 and 114; 1930, Nos. 77, 94 and 135; 1931, Nos. 3, 78 and 115; 1932, Nos. 9, 63 and 133; 1933, Nos. 16, 46, 58, 82, 89 and 117; 1934, Nos. 25, 51, 74, 81, 122 and 125; 1935, Nos. 32 and 98; 1936, No. 17; 1937, No. 21; 1938, Nos. 12, 13, 22, 48, 77, 97 and 120; 1939, Nos. 21, 64 and 142; and 1940, Nos. 31, 53, 75, 114, 125, 140 and 210.—Forty-seventh amendment.
6947.—Price 3d.
be granted an allowance of 1d. for each mile of the distance travelled, in addition to any other amounts which may be payable to him under this regulation:
Provided that the amount paid in respect of the conveyance of the member, his wife and children, shall not exceed the amount which would have been paid by the Department as fares had the member, his wife and children, travelled by the usual means of conveyance.”.
Removal allowance on transfer.
4. Regulation 608 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the word “member” (first occurring) the words “of the Permanent Air Force”.
5. After regulation 617 of the Air Force Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
“Provision of spectacles.
617a.—(1.) Where, during his service, a member’s sight becomes so defective as materially to reduce his efficiency and an ophthalmic specialist approved by the Director of Medical Services is of opinion that the vision of the member will be so improved by the use of spectacles as to restore his efficiency, two pairs of spectacles (one for distance and the other for close work) may be issued to the member at public expense and new lenses, when rendered necessary by changes in the vision of the member, may likewise be provided.
(2.) Spectacles accidentally broken or damaged in the course of duty in circumstances beyond the member’s control may be replaced or repaired at public expense. When the member cannot certify that the spectacles were so broken or damaged, repairs and replacements may be executed at public expense if the member authorizes repayment of the cost thereof by deduction from his pay.
(3.) Where, owing to a disability directly attributable to the conditions of air-force service, a member, on being discharged from the Service, requires spectacles (whether one pair or two different pairs), the spectacles shall be supplied to him at public expense.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.