STATUTORY RULES
1970 No. 6
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1966.*
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 1903-1966.
Dated this twenty-second day of January, 1970.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Andrew Peacock
Minister of State for the Army.
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Amendments of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations†
Parts.
1. Regulation 2 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
“Division 2.—Allowances (Regulations 14-20).”
and inserting in their stead the words’—
“Division 2.—Allowances (Regulations 14-20d).”.
Pay.
2.—(1.) Regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “the next succeeding sub-regulation” and inserting in their stead the words “either of the next two succeeding sub-regulations”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the word “The” (first occurring) and inserting in its stead the words “Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the”.
(2.) Regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (3.) the following sub-regulation:—
“(3a.) The rate of pay of a member who is a tradesman, being a tradesman who has attained a standard of proficiency determined by the Military Board for the purposes of this sub-regulation, is the rate of pay specified in the following table in relation to the rank held by the member and, where applicable, the member’s length of service in that rank:—
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1970.
† Statutory Rules 1966, No. 105, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, No. 162; 1967, No. 124; 1968, No. 61; and 1969, No. 199.
27479/69—Price 8c 10/14.1.70
Rank and length of service in the tank | Rate per day |
| $ |
Corporal— |
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With less than 1 year’s service in the rank ........................... | 2.99 |
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank......................... | 3.16 |
Lance-Corporal | 2.84 |
Private— |
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With less than 1 year’s service in the rank........................... | 2.39 |
With not less than 1 year’s service in the rank but less than 2 years’ service in the rank | 2.54 |
With not less than 2 years’ service in the rank......................... | 2.69 |
3. After regulation 20 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations the following regulations are inserted in Division 2 of Part II.:—
Service Allowance.
“20a. An allowance, called ‘service allowance’, is payable to a member, at the rate of Twenty-five cents per day, in respect of his service in the Australian Regular Army or the Regular Army Supplement.
Patrol Allowance.
“20b. Subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, an allowance, called ‘patrol allowance’, is payable to a member who is required to camp out overnight away from his barracks or his base camp in the course of performing his duties.
Sea-going allowance.
“20c.—(1.) Subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, an allowance, called ‘sea-going allowance’, is payable to a member who serves overnight, otherwise than as a passenger, on a sea-going ship determined by the Military Board to be a sea-going ship for the purpose of this regulation.
“ (2.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, a passenger on a ship does not include a member whose carriage on the ship is specifically and only for the purpose of his performing duties on the ship.
Rate of patrol allowance or sea-going allowance.
“20d. Patrol allowance or sea-going allowance is payable at the rate of Twenty cents for each night on which the member camps out overnight or serves overnight on a sea-going ship, as the case may be.”.
The Schedule.
4. The Schedule to the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word and figures—
“Regulation 20”
the words and figures—
“Regulation 20b
“Regulation 20c”.
Application.
5.—(1.) Where, before the commencement of these Regulations, a member was a tradesman and had attained a standard of proficiency first determined by the Military Board to be such a standard for the purposes of sub-regulation (3a.) of regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, the rate of pay of the member, in respect of service on and after the fifth day of December, 1969, or on the day on which he attained that standard, whichever is the later date, and before the commencement of these Regulations, is the appropriate rate specified in that sub-regulation.
(2.) Service allowance is payable, in accordance with regulation 20a of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, in respect of the service of a member in the Australian Regular Army or the Regular Army Supplement on or after the fifth day of December, 1969.
(3.) Patrol allowance and sea-going allowance are payable as if regulations 20b, 20c and 20d of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, and the first determinations made by the Military Board under those regulations, had come into force on the fifth day of December, 1969.
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