Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets 1921 (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 162.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.

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 1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twentieth day of November, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. W. C. MARR,

Acting Minister of State for Defence.

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Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets.

(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 82, as amended to this date.)

Amendments.

A. Regulation 119.—1. Insert the following at the commencement of sub-paragraph (1):—

“Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3), and”

2. Sub-paragraph (3) is cancelled and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:—

“(3) An officer of the A.A.M.C. who is appointed supernumerary to the establishment shall not be eligible to receive pay for such appointment for any period during which he is supernumerary to the establishment, except in cases where he is detailed for duty at a Camp of Continuous Training in lieu of a medical officer on the authorized establishment who is unable to attend camp, in which case he may be granted the pay and allowances of his rank for the period of the camp.”

B. Regulation 137.—Delete the words “eight days per annum” and substitute in lieu thereof the words—

“Not exceeding the period of continuous training prescribed for the financial year.”

C. Regulation 140.—Sub-paragraph (1) is amended as follows:—

1. Cancel sub-paragraph (a) and substitute in lieu thereof the following:—

“Five shillings per head of the full establishment of the Citizen Forces of their respective units approved by the Minister for the year in which the payment is made, excluding officers receiving special rates of pay, i.e. other than the militia rates of pay of their rank.”

C.17166.—Price 3d.

2. Add the following sub-paragraph:—

“(c) Three shillings per head of Senior Cadets actually in training on the 1st day of August of the financial year in which payment is made, provided that in the case of Senior Cadet detachments formed at educational institutions, the strength shall be taken as on Tuesday of the week following the commencement of studies after the winter vacation.”

D. Regulation 141 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

“141. The following expenditure shall be charged to Corps Contingent Allowance:—

(a) Items as under incurred in respect of both Citizen Force and Senior Cadet units:—

(i) Orderly Room expenses:—

Cleaning and care of Orderly Rooms and grounds. (The expenditure on the cleaning of Orderly Room or Drill Hall shall not, without the approval of the District Finance Officer, exceed £2 per quarter.) Lighting and Fuel, not including apparatus for lighting or heating, without the approval of the District Finance Officer.

Sanitation and Water.

Telephone.

(ii) Cleaning and care of arms. The expenditure on the cleaning of arms in store, together with other equipment of a Squadron, Battery, or Company shall not, without the approval of the District Finance Officer, exceed £1 10s. per quarter.

(iii) Care and protection of stores on charge of Corps and, in the case of Light Horse, repairs to saddlery on issue to Corps. (In cases where saddlery has not been issued, Commanding Officers are permitted to debit Corps funds with the cost of repairs effected to saddlery the property of members other than officers provided that the damage was due to military duty.)

(iv) Replacing losses or damage to stores and equipment which cannot be traced to individuals and are not chargeable otherwise.

(v) Band expenses and upkeep of instruments. Sums in excess of amount voted by Parliament as Band Allowance must first be submitted for approval of the Military Board.

(vi) Other incidental expenses. Where more than £5 on any one item is involved the special approval of the District Finance Officer shall first be obtained.

(b) Items as under incurred in respect of Citizen Force units only:—

(i) Advertising and Postage.

(ii) Expenses incidental to home training parades, inspections and to the repair of targets on charge to military units.

(iii) Prizes for gunnery, musketry, skill-at-arms, signalling, &c, if funds are available and the approval of the Commanding Officer is given. The total amount paid from Corps funds under this paragraph shall not exceed 5 per cent. of the total Corps Contingent Allowance authorized for the year in which the expenditure is incurred in respect of Citizen Force units only.

(iv) Payments in special cases, to members of the Citizen Forces for services rendered in connexion with the administration of Corps, subject to the approval of the District Finance Officer.

(v) Travelling allowances at rates laid down in regulation 196 to officers of the Militia Forces, provided that, having in view the financial requirements of the Corps, the Commanding Officer certifies that the duty is one for which travelling allowance should be paid and that funds are available and that “route” has been approved by the Formation, &c., Commander or the Senior Administrative Officer of the Formation.”

E. Regulation 143 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

“143. Payment for hire of motor cars or any expense in connexion therewith shall not be charged to Corps Contingent Allowance without the special approval of the Minister.”

F. Regulation 159.—Insert the following sub-paragraph:—

“(e) When the audit of unit accounts is being made in accordance with F. & A. Regulation 157, the District Finance Officer or his representative will ascertain the titles of the separate accounts which have been opened under this regulation and will include in his report a statement as to the date of the last audit thereof and whether such accounts are still operative”.

G. Regulation 203.—Sub-paragraph (g) is amended by deleting the words “except upon the approval of the Military Board”.

H. Regulation 228.—1. Sub-paragraph (b) is amended by deleting the words “India (other than at Staff College, Quetta)”.

2. After the words “Straits Settlements” insert “and on Exchange Duty in India”.

3. Insert new sub-paragraph (b.a.) after sub-paragraph (b) as under:—

“(b.a.) While undergoing attachment with units in India, officers of the Australian Military Forces shall be paid allowances as under:—

The allowances herein authorized shall have effect on and from the 1st day of September, 1926, provided that officers, who, prior to that date, were in receipt of allowances greater than the allowances herein authorized may continue to receive such higher allowances during the period of their residence in India.”

J. Regulation 284 is amended by inserting after the line—

the following:—

K. Regulation 322 and heading thereto is cancelled.

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