STATUTORY RULES.
1944. No. 134.
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REGULATION UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1941.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Air Force Act 1923-1941.
Dated this second day of September, 1944.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His’ Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Air.
Amendment of the Air Force (War Financial) Regulations.†
Regulation 10 of the Air Force (War Financial) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Member serving with or in conjunction with the Royal Air Force.
“10.—(1.) During the period of a member’s service with or in conjunction with the Royal Air Force after the thirty-first day of July, 1943, under any agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom in relation to the Empire Air Training Scheme—
(a) he shall be paid the daily rate, of active pay payable in respect of his rank, and any pay allowances payable under these Regulations;
(b) he shall be credited with deferred pay in accordance with regulation 8 of these Regulations;
(c) any dependants allowances payable under these Regulations shall be paid to his dependants; and
(d) in addition to the pay and allowances specified in the preceding paragraphs of this sub-regulation, he may be permitted to receive—
(i) from the Government of the United Kingdom— colonial allowance, field allowance, special leave subsistence allowance, allowances in lieu of provision in kind, and travelling allowances at the rate and subject to the conditions for the time being provided in King’s Regulations and Air Council Instructions for unmarried members of the Royal Air Force; and
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1944.
† Statutory Rules 1943, No. 93.
5167.—Price 3d. 9/16.8.1944.
(ii) from the Government of India—such sum in respect of the excess of Indian rates of pay and allowances over Royal Air Force rates of pay as would for the time being be payable to him if he were a member of the Royal Air Force of the same rank serving in the same area and under the same conditions.
(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, the period of a member’s service with or in conjunction with the Royal Air Force shall be deemed to commence—
(a) on and from the date of his embarkation in Australia or Canada (as the case may be) for service with or in conjunction with the Royal Air Force under any agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom in relation to the Empire Air Training Scheme; or
(b) on and from the date of his posting to a unit for service with or in conjunction with the Royal Air Force from a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force outside Australia for which the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia has agreed with the Government of the United Kingdom to undertake financial liability,
as the case may be, and the period of his service with or in conjunction with the Royal Air Force shall be deemed to cease—
(c) on and from the day before the date of his disembarkation on return to Australia; or
(d) on and from the day before the date of his rejoining a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force outside Australia for which the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia has agreed with the Government of the United Kingdom to undertake financial liability.
(3.) For the purposes of this regulation, in converting an amount of English currency to its equivalent in Australian currency, one pound in English currency shall be deemed to be equivalent to one pound five shillings in Australian currency.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.