STATUTORY RULES.
1955. No. 55.
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REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1953.*
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 Defence Act 1903-1953.
Dated this tenth day of August, 1955.
W. J. SLIM
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd) JOS FRANCIS
Minister of State for the Army.
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Amendment of the Australian Military Regulations.†
Regulation 293 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Pay and allowances when absent on account of sickness or illness caused by an offence.
“293. Where—
(a) a member of the Permanent Forces, whether on war service or not, or a member of the Citizen Forces on war service or during continuous training is absent from duty on account of sickness or injury, whether or not by reason of the fact that he is in hospital; and
(b) a medical practitioner who has attended the member certifies that the sickness or illness is due to the action or conduct constituting an offence of which the member has been convicted,
the member shall, if his Commanding Officer so directs, forfeit all pay and allowances in respect of each day or part of a day (not being a day or a part of a day in respect of which he is entitled to pay under regulation 295 of these Regulations) on which he has been, or is, so absent from duty.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1955.
† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Australian Military Regulation, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1955, No. 7.
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