STATUTORY RULES
1972 No. 55
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1970.*
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 1903–1970.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of April, 1972.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Army.
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—
“Part IVa.—Papua and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (Regulations 47a-47ca).”
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Part IVa.—Papua and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (Regulations 47a-47cc).”.
Pay.
2.—(1.) Regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1a.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1a.) The rate of pay of a member who is a dental officer and holds the rank of Lieutenant is Six dollars two cents per day.”.
(2.) Regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the word and figure “Table 1” and inserting in their stead the word and figure “Table 2”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (6.) the figure “5” and inserting in its stead the figure “6”; and
(c) by inserting after sub-regulation (6.) the following sub-regulation:—
“(6a.) From the pay payable after the commencement of this sub-regulation to a member who is serving in the Military Forces on the date of commencement of this sub-regulation an amount equal to one per centum of the pay paid or payable to the member in respect of his service at any time during the period from and including the first day of January, 1972, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of this sub-regulation shall be retained as an accumulating credit in the pay account of the member in addition to any amounts retained in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
†Statutory Rules 1956, No. 105 as amended by Statutory Rules 1956, No. 162 ; 1957, No. 124; 1963, No. 51; 1969, No. 199; 1970, No. 6, 51, 120, 174 and 200; 1971, Nos. 27, 97, and 167
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(3.) The rate of pay provided for in sub-regulation (1a.) of regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation applies in relation to service in the Military Forces on and after the tenth day of January, 1972.
(4.) The rate of pay provided for in sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 9 of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations as amended by sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation applies in relation to service in the Military Forces on and after the twelfth day of January, 1972.
3. After regulation 47ca of the Military Financial (Pacific Islanders) Regulations the following regulations are inserted in Part IVa.:—
Travel for the purpose of attending parades.
“47cb.—(1.) Where a member travels to and from the place at which he ordinarily attends home-training parades for the purpose of performing military service and his attendance at that place is recorded in the roll book of his unit, this regulation applies to and in relation to that travel.
“(2.) Where this regulation applies to travel by a member, the member travels on public transport and the cost of the return fares for the travel is not less than Twenty cents, the member is entitled to be paid an amount equal to the cost of the return fares.
“(3.) Where this regulation applies to travel by a member, the member travels in his own vehicle, public transport is available for use by the member and, if the member travelled in that public transport, the cost of the return fares would not have been less than Twenty cents, the member is entitled to be paid an amount equal to the cost of the return fares.
“(4.) Where this regulation applies to travel by a member, the member travels in his own motor vehicle and there is no public transport for us; by the member—
(a) the member is entitled to be paid mileage allowance for each mile so travelled at the rate per mile specified in the fourth column of the table in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 32 of these Regulations in relation to the class of motor vehicle in which he travels and the zone in which he travels; and
(b) if the member is accompanied by another member who would be entitled to payment in respect of the travel under this regulation if he had not so accompanied the member—the member is entitled to be paid additional mileage allowance for each mile so travelled at the rate of One cent per mile.
“(5.) Where this regulation applies to travel by a medical officer or a dental officer, the officer uses his own motor vehicle in so travelling, public transport is available for use by the officer and the cost of the return fares for travel on public transport would not have been less-than Twenty cents, the officer is entitled to be paid mileage allowance in respect of the travel under the last preceding sub-regulation as if there had not been any public transport available for use by the member.
“(6.) For the purpose of this regulation, public transport shall not be taken to be available for use by a member unless—
(a) it has stopping places within reasonable distances from the member’s place of residence and the place at which he ordinarily attends home-training parades, respectively;
(b) it is available so as to enable the member to arrive at the place at which he ordinarily attends home-training parades before, and not earlier than a reasonable time before, the time at which he is due to report for duty at that place; and
(c) it is available so as to enable the member to arrive at his place of residence not later than a reasonable time after he completes his duty.
“(7.) Where this regulation applies to travel by a member in his own motor vehicle and the member does not travel by the shortest convenient route, the number of miles travelled by the member shall, for the purpose of this regulation, be deemed to be the number of miles that he would have travelled if he had travelled by the shortest convenient route.
Travelling allowance.
“47CC.—(1.) Where, in accordance with a direction given by the proper military authority, a member travels on duty for the purpose of performing duty at a place other than the place at which he ordinarily performs duty and the travel involves his being absent overnight from his normal place of residence, an allowance, called ‘travelling allowance’, is, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, payable to him in respect of the period of travel, that is to say, for the period commencing on the departure of the aircraft, omnibus or other conveyance in which he travels and ending on the arrival of the aircraft, omnibus or other conveyance in which he returns.
“(2.) Travelling allowance is not payable to a member under the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) in respect of any period of travel while attending a bivouac, being a bivouac in respect of which a unit of the Military Forces is in receipt of an allowance to cover the cost of providing meals for the members attending the bivouac; or
(b) in respect of any period during which he is travelling as a member of an organized body of troops.
“(3.) In the last preceding sub-regulation, references to a bivouac shall be read as including references to a camp and to a course of continuous training.
“(4.) Where travelling allowance is payable to a member under this regulation, the rate per day at which the allowance is payable is the rate specified in the second column of the following table in relation to the rank of the member in the first column.
Rank | Rate per day in dollars |
Brigadier or Colonel............................................ | 2.00 |
Lieutenant-Colonel, Major or Captain................................. | 1.75 |
Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Warrant Officer, Class 1 or Warrant Officer, Class 2.. | 1.50 |
Staff Sergeant or Sergeant......................................... | 1.00 |
Corporal.................................................... | 0.75 |
Lance Corporal or Private......................................... | 0.50 |
“(5.) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include—
(a) the cost of conveyance of the member; and
(b) the reasonable costs incurred by the member for accommodation, for meals or for meals and accommodation, while so travelling, and these costs are payable by the Commonwealth.
“(6.) Where a member is entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of a period of residence in one locality for more than twenty-one days, the rate at which the allowance is payable while the member continues so to reside after the expiration of twenty-one days is a rate determined by the Military Board, being a rate such that the travelling allowance payable to the member is adequate to enable the member to meet the expenses reasonably incurred by him for accommodation, sustenance and incidental expenses while continuing to reside in that locality.”
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