Statutory Rules
1978 No. 162
REGULATION UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Air Force Act 1923.
Dated this thirtieth day of August 1978.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. E. McLEAY
Minister of State for Construction for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence
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AMENDMENT OF THE AIR FORCE REGULATIONS†
Allowances payable in respect of authorized journey
Regulation 579 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (6) and substituting the following sub-regulation:
“ (6) Where—
(a) a member travels on a journey referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘ authorized journey ’ in regulation 577, or on part of such a journey, otherwise than by the normal method of transport for such a journey or part of such a journey;
(b) the duration of the journey is thereby increased;
(c) the member so travels for other than Service reasons; and
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 September 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1927 No. 161 as amended to date. For previous amendments see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1978 No. 23 and see also Statutory Rules 1978 Nos. 23, 61, 71, 78 and 89.
(d) it would have been possible for the member to have travelled by the normal method of transport,
the amounts otherwise payable to the member by way of travelling allowance under sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) in respect of the journey shall be reduced by such amounts as are attributable to that increase in its duration.”.