STATUTORY RULES.
1946. No. 113.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1945.*
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 Defence Act 1903-1945.
Dated this tenth day of July, 1946.
HENRY
Governor-General.
By His Royal Highness’s Command,
F. M. FORDE
Minister of State for the Army.
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Amendment Of The Australian Military Regulations. †
Pay in lieu of recreation leave to a member or the Permanent Forces who joins an Expeditionary Force.
1. Regulation 472a of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1), after the word “Commonwealth”, the words “and has embarked for service overseas as a member of a body, contingent or detachment of the Expeditionary Force”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(3) The amount which a member may be paid in pursuance of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall be an amount equal to the sum of the daily rate of pay and any allowances payable under the Military Financial Regulations at the date of his embarkation for service overseas to a member of his substantive rank in the Permanent Forces (other than the Expeditionary Force).”
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 11th July, 1946.
† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 23, 28 and 120; 1929, No. 123; 1930, Nos. 26, 67 and 92; 1931, No. 13; 1932, Nos. 80, 87 and 123; 1933, Nos. 49 and 77; 1934, Nos. 20 and 80; 1935, Nos. 99 and 109 ; 1930, Nos. 21, 44 and 100; 1937, No. 45; 1938, Nos. 75, 90 and 93; 1939, Nos. 31, 31, 58, 115, 123, 134, 160 and 173; 1940, Nos. 2, 10, 29, 59, 150, 183, 184, 185, 186, 199, 237, 252, 272 and 273; 1941, Nos. 3, 4, 14, 43, 135, 153, 155, 205, 245, 246, 260 and 311; 1942, Nos. 35, 59, 80, 85, 114, 160, 179, 211, 231, 289, 333, 334, 350, 417, 477, 506, 508, 521, 522, 535 and 556; 1943, Nos. 17, 72, 126, 174, 199, 200, 219, 244, 245, 246, 249 and 258; 1944, Nos. 1, 39, 69, 71, 72, 114, 120, 122, 154, and 164; 1945, Nos. 6, 19, 38, 42, 68, 94, 111, 141 and 195; and 1946, No. 72.
3285.—PRICE 3D.
Meaning of “pay”.
2. Regulation 480 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting the words “and child endowment,”; and
(b) by omitting the words “the Financial and Allowance Regulations” and inserting in their stead the words “the Military Financial Regulations”.
3. Regulation 481b of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Payment in lieu of furlough to members of the Permanent Forces who have enlisted, &c., in an Expeditionary Force.
“481B.—(1) When a member of the Permanent Forces who has enlisted in, been appointed or transferred to, or seconded for service with, any Expeditionary Force raised for service beyond the limits of the Commonwealth has embarked for service overseas as a member of a body, contingent or detachment of the Expeditionary Force and becomes, during the period of his service in that Expeditionary Force, entitled to furlough pursuant to the provisions of this Division, and the Military Board is of opinion that it is impracticable, owing to the exigencies of the service, to grant him that furlough, he shall he paid in lieu thereof.
(2) The rate of pay at which a member may be paid in pursuance of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall be the rate payable under the Military Financial Regulations at the twenty-sixth day of March, 1942, to a member of his substantive rank in the Permanent Forces (other than the Expeditionary Force) at the time at which the Military Board approves of his application for payment, subject to any cost of living adjustment under those Regulations at that time.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation ‘pay’ shall have the same meaning, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, as it has in regulation 480 of these Regulations.”.
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By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.