STATUTORY RULES.
1924. No. 153.
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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 fifteenth day of October, 1924.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. K. BOWDEN,
Minister of State for Defence.
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Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets 1921.
(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 82, as amended to this date.)
Amendments.
A. Regulation 34 is amended by the addition of the following new sub-paragraph:—
“(iii) A soldier who is granted—
(a) A free discharge within 3 months of date of his enlistment, or
(b) his discharge on purchase in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Australian Military Regulations,
shall pay the unexpired value of the free issue of uniform and necessaries received by him.
B. Regulation 68 is amended by deleting the words “and purchase their discharge” and substituting “and are discharged at their own request.
C. Regulation 133 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—
“133. Horse Allowance as under may be issued to members of the Militia Forces in consideration of their providing horses suitable for the service, provided that in cases where required by the Formation, &c., Commander to be mounted for any period in excess of that therein provided for, such case shall be submitted to Headquarters for decision.
(a) Officers and soldiers of Light Horse units may be granted Horse Allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem for each mounted parade attended, provided that the total amount paid to an officer or soldier in any one year
C.15478.—Price 3d.
shall not exceed £4, except on the approval of the Military Board when annual training exceeds 16 days. Horse Allowance for Light Horse units shall be paid at the same time as Militia pay and shall be subject to the same conditions as prescribed for pay in Regulation 111.
(b) Non-commissioned officers and men of other than Light Horse units who are required to be mounted and who provide their own horses for mounted parades may be paid horse allowance on the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander in accordance with the rates and conditions laid down for members of the Light Horse in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation.
(c) If Government horses are not available an officer of the Militia Forces (but not officers of Light Horse units) when required by the Formation, &c., Commander to be mounted for military duty may be paid an allowance for the provision of a horse of ten shillings for each whole day or six shillings for each half day. Payment of the allowance shall be dependent on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that a suitable horse has been supplied and used by the officer for authorized military duty. In cases in which the officer would be eligible for this allowance, but in which the hiring of a suitable horse has involved payment greater than the amount of the allowance, he may upon production of receipts for the hiring be reimbursed the actual cost thereof not exceeding the rates of fifteen shillings for a whole day or ten shillings for a half day. The total amount payable to an officer in any one financial year under the provisions of this sub-regulation shall not exceed £12 per annum except on the approval of the Military Board when the annual training exceeds 16 days.”
D. Regulation 137 is amended as follows:—
Cancel heading and substitute:—
“Medical and Veterinary Attendance at Camps.”
After the word “Medical” in first line insert the words “and Veterinary.”
Delete the words “by the medical officer” and substitute “by the officer claiming the allowance.”
E. Regulation 146 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—
“146. All vouchers should be personally certified by the Commanding Officer before payment, provided that upon occasions of the Commanding Officer’s absence owing to sickness or upon leave or military duty the vouchers may be certified by the officer temporarily administering the Command of whose temporary appointment or assumption of office the District Finance Officer should be notified in writing by the Commanding Officer or by an officer superior to the Commanding Officer.”
F. The heading “Part VIII.—Compensation for injury to or loss of horse—Permanent and Citizen Forces” and Regulations 184 to 192 (both included) are cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—
“Part VIII.—Compensation for injury to or loss of horse, Permanent and Citizen Forces.”
184. Compensation not exceeding £35 may be granted under the following conditions for the death or loss of, and not exceeding £15 (including veterinary and all other expenses, other than freight) for injury or disease of a privately owned horse used by a member of the Permanent or Citizen Forces:—
(a) That the cause of death, loss, injury or disease occurred in the actual performance of duty in the field, (including subject to paragraph (d) of Regulation 185, authorized “sports”) or while on duty in the field, or while on duty with a detachment in military formation and under the command of an officer, warrant or non-commissioned officer.
(b) That the death, loss, injury or disease was not occasioned by any fault or want of due care by the member.
(c) That the death, loss, injury or disease was wholly occasioned on duty.
(d) Compensation is not intended to make good the full amount of loss sustained, but the value of the horse, to be supported by a sworn affidavit or statutory declaration, not exceeding £35, may be granted upon application through the Commanding Officer of the regiment or corps in accordance with the above conditions.
(e) Before any approval is given for any compensation for the death, loss, injury or disease of a horse, the District Finance Officer shall ensure that the documents are in order.
(f) Notwithstanding this regulation the Military Board may in very exceptional cases, approve of payment of an amount in excess of the amounts herein specified.
185. Compensation for horses shall not be allowed in the following cases, viz.:—
(a) Death, loss, injury or disease when the animal is being taken to the place of assembly for duty or returning home after the dismissal of the Corps from duty.
(b) Lameness due to ring bone, side bone, spavin, splint, osteo-porosis, quitter, corn, thrush, canker, seedy toe, navicular disease, defective hoof, or the recurrence of old sprains.
(c) Loss resulting from diseases of the uterus-parturition-abortion-mastitis, nymphomania-tumor, oxaema roaring, disease of the heart, cystic calculus, schirrous cord, entozoa.
(d) Accidents sustained by horses of members of the Permanent or Citizen Forces whilst taking part in any games or sports, which do not form part of the approved training performed on authorized parades.
(e) No claim for compensation for loss of services of a horse will be entertained, except under very special circumstances, which may be approved by the Military Board.
186. Where it can clearly be shown that the death, injury or disease of a horse is actually occasioned by its being necessarily subjected to severe or extraordinary exertion or climatic conditions, while on military service, the Military Board may take into consideration such cases upon the recommendation of the Formation, &c., Commander.
Injuries must be reported.
187. Full particulars as to any death, loss or injury, or any disease (likely to entail compensation) should be communicated to the Formation, &c., Commander within forty-eight (48) hours after its occurrence.
188. (a) Except as provided under Regulation 15 (e) all applications for compensation shall be forwarded for consideration of the Military Board.
(b) The whole of the supporting document shall be submitted with each case, together with a certificate from the District Finance Officer that same is in order.
189. Whenever the services of a civilian veterinary surgeon are required, the Commanding Officer shall inform such practitioner that in case of objections being raised to the charges he may make for his professional attendance, they shall be submitted for examination and decision of the Assistant, Director of Veterinary Services, in conference with the District Finance Officer, and that their award must be considered as final to the practitioner.
The practitioner shall only be employed if he makes an agreement to this effect, and the Commanding Officer shall be held responsible that such agreements are duly made.
190. Privately-owned horses injured when in the actual performance of duty in the field or while on duty with a detachment in Military formation shall not be sent at public expense into private veterinary hospitals. They should usually be treated by the Officer in Veterinary Charge of Army Remounts, and may be placed in the care of the Remount Section, except in such cases where it would be more economical to employ a civilian veterinary surgeon, or make use of a private veterinary hospital.”
G. Sub-regulation (e) of Regulation 81 is repealed.
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