Statutory Rules
1975 No. 56
REGULATION UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1973.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Air Force Act 1923-1973.
Dated this fifth day of April, 1975.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. L. MORRISON
Minister of State for Science for and on behalf of the
Minister of State for Defence.
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Amendments of the Air Force Regulations†
Higher duty allowance
Regulation 556j of the Air Force Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (6) the words “ the next five succeeding sub-regulations ” and substituting the words “ sub-regulations (7),(7a), (7c) and (8) ”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulations (7a) and (7b) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—
“(7a) Where—
(a) higher duty allowance is payable to a member for the last day on which he performs duty before the commencement of a period of recreation leave granted to him; and
(b) his Commanding Officer certifies that the member would, but for his absence during that period, continue to perform the duties in respect of which the higher duty allowance referred to in paragraph (a) is payable to the member for that day,
higher duty allowance is payable to the member in respect of that period.”.
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 15 April 1975.
t Statutory Rules 1927, No. 161, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Air Force Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1975, No. 3 and see also Statutory Rules 1975, Nos. 3 and 38. See also the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100, as amended by 1973, Nos. 132, 201, 203, 249 and 269; 1974, Nos. 71, 77, 90, 92, 93 and 208; and 1975, No. 34).