Military Financial Regulations

STATUTORY RULES.

1935. No. 83.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1934.*

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 1903-1934.*

Dated this fourth day of September, 1935.

ISAAC A. ISAACS,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ARCHDALE PARKHILL

Minister of State for Defence.

MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Military Financial Regulations.

1a. Military Financial and Allowance Regulations (Statutory Rule 1926, No. 211) and all amendments thereof are repealed.

Part I.—Definitions.

Effect of the Financial Emergency Act 1931-1934.

2. The rates of pay and allowances prescribed by these Regulations shall be subject to reduction by or under the Financial Emergency Act 1931-1934 in the same manner as they would have been so subject had the regulations been in force at the time of the commencement of that Act.

3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Secretary” means the Secretary, Department of Defence,

“The Military Board” means the Military Board, or if the Military Board is not in existence, the officer appointed to command the Military Forces in time of war.

“Finance Member” means the Finance Member of the Military Board.

“Formation, &c., Commander” means Commander of a Cavalry Division or of an Infantry Division or of a Mixed Brigade or of the Field Troops in a Military District, or District Base Commandant or Commandant of the Royal Military College of Australia.

“Command Head-quarters” means the Head-quarters of a Cavalry Division or of an Infantry Division, of a Mixed Brigade or of the Field Troops in a Military District or of a District Base or of the Royal Military College of Australia.

“District Finance Officer” means a person appointed to be District Finance Officer for a Military District.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 5th September, 1935.

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“Receiver of Public Moneys” means a person appointed to be a Receiver for a Military District in accordance with the Treasury Regulations.

“Commanding Officers of Regiments or Corps” in connexion with the administration of moneys received or disbursed on account of regiments or corps shall mean the officers to whom moneys are forwarded or paid for the Services of the regiment or corps.

Part II.—General.

Ministerial approval and delegation of power.

4. The Minister may approve of any expenditure not covered by these Regulations provided that the necessary funds have been made available by parliamentary appropriation or by the Treasury in anticipation of parliamentary appropriation.

Minster may delegate powers.

5. The Minister may, by writing under his hand, delegate any of the powers, functions and authorities conferred upon or vested in him by these Regulations. Every delegation under this regulation shall be revocable at will and no delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power, function or authority by the Minister.

Power of Military Board.

6. All powers vested under these Regulations in formation, &c., commanders or District Finance Officers may also be exercised by the Military Board.

Aide-de-camp, &c.

7. An appointment as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General or a Governor of a State or an appointment as honorary physician or honorary surgeon to the Governor-General shall not entitle an officer to any pay or allowances.

Part III.—Procedure.

Responsibility of formation commanders.

8. Formation, &c. commanders shall be responsible for—

(i) enforcing due economy on all officers and others charged with any expenditure of public moneys or with the care, use or expenditure of stores;

(ii) the economical expenditure of all moneys provided in the annual allocation of funds for their respective commands, and shall be further responsible that no liability is incurred in excess of the provision made.

Part IV.—Duties of District Finance Officers.

D. F. O. may approve all requisitions.

9. The District Finance Officer is authorized to approve of all requisitions for supplies within the votes on the estimates which are governed by regulations.

D. F. O. may approve all expenditure.

10. The District Finance Officer is authorized to approve of expenditure under the divisions or subdivisions of any votes for contingencies, general services, maintenance of existing arms and equipment, and Expeditionary forces, provided that he has satisfied himself that funds are available; that the requirements of the remaining period of the financial year will not involve the necessity for applying for additional funds on any vote concerned; that there is nothing irregular in the character of the expenditure; and that it is not an allowance or payment to any member of the Forces, except such as is governed by regulations and does not require ministerial approval. No new vote or item shall be operated upon or expenditure incurred in connexion therewith without approval from Army Head-quarters, until such vote or item has been passed by Parliament.

Expenditure from salaries votes.

11. (i) An amount provided on the Appropriation Act as salary for one appointment shall not be utilized for the payment of the salaries or portions thereof of two persons for the same period.

(ii) No officer shall be paid the salary of any position to which he has not been appointed by order in council.

(iii) In no case, unless governed by regulation, shall an allowance be paid to any member of the Forces, unless such allowance be authorized by the Minister, or by the Military Board.

(iv) Subject to regulation any expenditure provided for by a Parliamentary appropriation and not covered by regulations must be approved by the Minister in accordance with regulation 4.

(v) Salaries must not be paid from any vote other than a pay vote.

12. The District Finance Officer shall be liable for the amount of disallowances arising from errors or over-issues made by him in disregard of regulations or in the absence of proper authority.

Procedure regarding queried claims.

13. (i) The District Finance Officer shall, in the event of receiving any claim which appears to him not authorized by regulations or instructions, or in regard to which there is a doubt as to the admissibility of any charge, point out same, in writing, to the formation, &c. commander. Should the formation, &c. commander consider that, on the contrary such claim is covered by regulations or authority, and that the charges are admissible, an immediate report as to the circumstances of the case shall be forwarded by him to the Military Board, together with all relating papers. The account in dispute shall not be paid without the approval of the Military Board, whose decision shall be passed without delay to the District Finance Officer and the formation, &c., commander concerned.

(ii) The District Finance Officer shall also represent in writing to the formation, &c. commander any matter which comes to his knowledge wherein he considers that savings of expenditure could be effected. A copy of every such representation and of the formation, &c. commander’s remarks shall be immediately forwarded to the Military Board.

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Recovery of vouchers, &c.

14. Should difficulty be experienced in recovering vouchers supporting receipts, statements, &c., or money due from officers or others, the District Finance Officer shall at once represent the circumstances in writing to the formation, &c. commander concerned, who shall, if necessary, refer the matter to the Military Board.

Part V.—Pay of Permanent Military Forces.

(1) Conditions Governing Pay.

Contractors ineligible to hold appointments.

15. No person holding a contract with the Defence Department shall be eligible to hold a permanent appointment in the Defence Department.

Pay from date of appointment.

16. (a) All persons on first appointment to the Permanent Forces shall draw pay and allowances from the date on which they commence duty only, and not from any earlier date.

(b) All appointments shall be at the minimum rate of pay for the respective rank, class, grade, or position to which appointed except with the approval of the Minister on the recommendation of the Military Board.

Increments.

17. All increments provided in these Regulations shall be subject to provision being made by Parliament and to such conditions as may be prescribed. In the case of officers no increment may be paid unless approved by the Military Board and in the case of other ranks unless approved by the formation, &c. commander. The right to receive an increment in any year shall depend upon good and diligent conduct and efficiency.

18. Except where otherwise provided in these Regulations, formation, &c. commanders are authorized to approve of increments to warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Permanent Forces under their command, where such increments are prescribed by the regulations and provided in the Appropriation Act.

19. Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 29 but subject to regulation 17—

(i) An increment for which an officer is eligible subject to his having passed the prescribed examination for promotion to higher rank shall, after he has passed the first of such examinations which is available to him, be payable from the date from which it would have been payable had no condition of passing the examination been attached to it; otherwise and except as provided in sub-paragraph (ii) of this regulation such increment shall be payable only from the date upon which the examination is passed.

(ii) In the case of an officer sent abroad for training or other duty before the completion of the last promotion examination available to him prior to the date upon which an increment would have been payable had he passed

previously the prescribed examination for promotion, the requirement of passing examinations to qualify for increment may, upon the approval of the Military Board, be waived until such officer returns to Australia. Upon the officer’s return to Australia, no further increment shall be payable to him until after he has passed the prescribed examination for promotion and the date from which such increment will be payable shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation regarding increments dependent upon passing the prescribed examination for promotion.

Establishment.

20. Officers and others in excess of the authorized number of any rank may be carried on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks, and that the total Establishment be not exceeded.

Promotion.

21. All persons whose pay is governed by these Regulations shall, on promotion to a rank or position carrying a higher rate or improved conditions of pay, draw such pay from the date of promotion, provided that if the duties of the higher rank or position are not taken up within one month from the date of promotion the higher rate of pay shall only be drawn from the date of actually taking up duty or from such date as the Minister may direct.

Reversion to regimental pay.

22. Officers returning to their regiment or corps after holding a position for which they were paid at a higher rate than the regimental pay of their rank, shall revert to the regimental pay.

Brevet, honorary or acting rank.

23. (i) Members holding brevet, honorary, or acting rank or appointment shall receive the rates of pay fixed for their substantive rank or permanent appointment.

Temporary rank.

(ii) Members temporarily holding higher rank after a period of one month in such rank shall in the case of officers, on the approval of the Military Board, and in the case of warrant and non-commissioned officers and men, on the approval of the formation, &c. commander, be paid the minimum pay of their temporary rank, provided that a vacancy exists on the establishment of the unit concerned for such higher rank.

(iii) A member granted the temporary rank of warrant officer (class II.) or of warrant officer of any higher grade who holds such rank or grade for a continuous period, shall be entitled to consideration for increments as though he had been permanently promoted to such rank or grade, provided that the first increment shall not be granted until after 12 months from the date on which the temporary higher rank or grade took effect.

(iv) In the event of a warrant officer holding temporary rank or grade as such being permanently promoted to that rank or grade, he shall not suffer any reduction in salary or increments and shall receive increments in the same manner as he would have received them had his temporary rank or grade been permanent.

(v) Travelling allowance to a member receiving pay under this regulation shall be payable as though the temporary rank or grade were permanent.

Pay includes allowances.

24. The prescribed rates of pay shall include all allowances except where otherwise provided for in these Regulations.

Daily rates.

25. Daily rates of pay shall be calculated at one-seventh of the weekly rate, or one three hundred and sixty-fifth of the yearly rate.

Date of retirement.

26. Under no circumstances shall a member be granted pay for any period after the date on which he was, in the ordinary course, due for retirement, unless authority for the extension of his services has first been obtained.

(2) Rates of Pay.

Variations in cost of living.

27. (i) The pay of members of the Permanent Military Forces shall be varied in accordance with variations in cost of living in the following manner:—Where the Commonwealth Statistician notifies in the Gazette the retail price index number for the six State capital cities of the Commonwealth for the twelve months preceding the first day of January in any year commencing with the twelve months preceding the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, the pay of each member of the Permanent Military Forces payable in pursuance of the provisions of regulations 28, 29, 31-42 of these Regulations shall be varied in accordance with the reduction or increase prescribed as follows:—

(ii) Any variation made in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation shall take effect on the first day of July next following the notification in the Gazette of the index number and shall continue in force for a period of twelve months.

(iii) In this regulation “index number” means the Harvester all-items index number (“D”) series, published in the Gazette by the Commonwealth Statistician as being the retail price index number

ascertained in respect of food, groceries, housing (rent of houses of four or five rooms only), clothing and miscellaneous expenditure combined.

(iv) An allowance at a rate not exceeding £6 per annum may be paid on the approval of the Military Board to any member whose rate of pay under these Regulations does not exceed £250 per annum, provided that the allowance so payable when added to the pay of the member shall not exceed the rate of pay prescribed for his present rank or appointment as at the 30th June, 1934. Any allowance granted under this sub-regulation shall cease to be paid on and after the first day of July, 1935.

Staff appointments.

28. (i) The rates of pay for officers holding the undermentioned appointments shall, unless otherwise prescribed, be as follows, but staff or command pay shall not be payable in addition:—

(ii) An officer whilst holding the appointment of Chief of the General Staff shall be paid an allowance of three hundred and fifty pounds per annum for a period of twelve months, and shall be paid an allowance of six hundred pounds per annum thereafter.

(iii) The rates of pay for officers holding the appointments mentioned in this sub-regulation shall be as shown therein, but staff or command pay shall not be payable in addition—

An officer whilst holding any appointment for which rates of pay are prescribed in this sub-regulation shall be paid at the rate prescribed in sub-division (2) after he has served for twelve months at one of the rates prescribed in sub-division (1).

Staff corps.

29. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by sub-divisions for officers of the Australian Staff Corps other than those holding appointments included in regulation 28 shall be in accordance with the following table:—

Command or Staff Pay

30. Command pay or staff pay at the following rates may, in addition to the pay of his rank, be paid to an officer of the Australian Staff Corps while holding a position approved by the Minister to be graded A, B, C, D, E, or F for the purpose of this regulation:—

A.A.V.C.

31. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent) shall be—

Officers Australian Survey Corps.

32. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for officers of the Australian Survey Corps, shall be—

Officers Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

33. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by Subdivisions for Ordnance Mechanical Engineers shall be—

Quartermasters.

34. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for quartermasters of the Permanent Military Forces shall be—

Warrant Officers A.I.C.

35. (i) Except as otherwise prescribed the annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for warrant officers of the Permanent Military Forces shall be in accordance with the following table:—

(ii) A warrant officer, Class II., before advancement to the second and fifth subdivisions shall be required to obtain such qualifying certificates as are laid down by the Chief of the General Staff.

Provided that in any case in which the opportunity is not afforded to a warrant officer to obtain the prescribed qualification before the date on which the increment is due, the increment will be antedated to the date on which it was originally due, should he qualify at the first opportunity granted to him, but if he then fails to qualify, the increment shall have effect only from the date on which the necessary qualification is obtained.

(iii) Should a warrant officer, Class II., fail on two successive occasions to qualify for the same certificate, the question of his retention in the Service shall be a matter for consideration and decision by the Military Board.

(iv) A warrant officer, Class II., who has qualified for advancement to either the second or fifth subdivision or for promotion whilst allotted to one arm will not be required to further qualify for purpose of advancement to either the second or fifth subdivision or for promotion, as the case may be, when transferred to another arm.

Australian Survey Corps.

36. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Australian Survey Corps, shall be:—

Engineer Services Branch. R.A.E.

37. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for warrant officers who are draughtsman in the Engineer Services Branch, R.A.E., shall be—

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Other ranks, Permanent Forces.

38. Except where otherwise prescribed, the rates of pay of non-commissioned officers and men of the Permanent Military Forces shall be—

39. Persons appointed to a special school of instruction under section 21b of the Defence Act for the training of an instructional staff of non-commissioned officers may be granted pay at the rate prescribed for a provisional instructor.

Provost staff.

40. The rates of pay for the provost staff shall be—

Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

41. The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for the Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Workshop Section) shall be—

Artisan.

Workshop Assistant.

42. The rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions of watchmen shall be—

Deferred pay.

43. (i) The sum of 7s. per week shall be withheld from soldiers of the Permanent Military Forces during the first thirteen weeks’ service and shall be payable as arrears after the expiration of the said thirteen weeks if the soldier is still serving. Soldiers who are discharged or who have deserted prior to the completion of thirteen weeks’ service shall forfeit such arrears. The foregoing portion of this regulation will, however, not apply to a person who has previously served in the Permanent Forces (including the Expeditionary Forces raised under the Defence Act 1903-1934) and who was discharged from such service with not less than a good character, provided that the re-enlistment is within two years of such discharge; nor shall it have application to the members referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) of this regulation.

(ii) The sum of seven shillings per week shall be withheld from the pay of men enlisted in Australian Instructional Corps who on enlistment undergo a course of training at the Central Training Depot. This deduction shall continue for the period of the course. Sums so deducted shall be payable as arrears on the conclusion of the course, but a soldier who deserts or is discharged prior to the completion of the course shall forfeit such arrears unless otherwise approved by the Military Board.

This deduction shall not be made in the case of members of other units of the Permanent Forces attending the course mentioned preparatory to transfer to the Australian Instructional Corps.

(iii) A soldier who is granted—

(a) A free discharge within three 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.

(3) Deductions from Pay.

Deductions for rations.

44. (i) A member of the Permanent Forces who is issued with rations under the provisions of Part XXIII. of these Regulations shall, unless otherwise prescribed in these Regulations, have deductions mentioned hereunder made from his pay for each week of seven days for which rations are issued, a proportionate deduction being made when rations are issued for portion of a week only—

(a) for a cooked ration—fourteen shillings and threepence,

(b) for an uncooked ration—the cost of same at the contract rates in force at the time, provided that no amount in excess of the rate of fourteen shillings and three pence shall be deducted:

Provided that when the pay of a member of the Permanent Military Forces is increased or decreased as the case may be in pursuance of the provisions of regulation 27 of these Regulations the deduction for a cooked ration as prescribed above shall be increased or decreased as the case may be as the rate of sixpence per week for each six pounds of variation in annual pay.

(ii) When rations are issued at camps, or meals are provided at schools or courses of instruction, deductions as under shall be made from the pay of members concerned:—

(a) Members of units in which arrangements are ordinarily made for the issue of rations—

Single members—Deductions shall be made in accordance with sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation.

Married members—The pay of a married member shall not be subject to deduction on account of the issue of rations;

(b) Members of units in which arrangements are not ordinarily made for the issue of rations—

Single members—Where attendance at camp or school does not exceed a period of 28 days’ continuous absence from the usual place of residence, no deduction for rations shall be made, but where rations are issued for any period in excess of 28 days, deduction in accordance with sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation shall be made for such period in excess of 28 days.

Married members—Provided that absence overnight of the member from his usual place of residence is necessitated, he shall be eligible for a free issue of rations during his attendance at the camp or school.

(iii) An allowance in lieu of rations shall not be payable when rations at a camp or school are not availed of.

Deduction for quarters.

45. (i) When Government quarters are occupied by a member of the Permanent Military Forces, the following deduction shall be made from his pay irrespective of the number of rooms that may be available for allotment being less than under the scale prescribed by regulation 48:—

Members in occupation of married quarters—10 per cent. of pay;

Officers in occupation of single quarters—5 per cent. of pay;

Other ranks in occupation of single quarters—2s. 6d. per week.

Provided that no deduction shall be made for tentage or hutments in camps or schools, and that the scale of deductions may be varied by the Military Board or as elsewhere prescribed, when quarters are occupied at camps or schools of instruction.

Provided also that when the pay of a member of the Permanent Military Forces is increased or decreased as the case may be in pursuance of the provisions of regulation 27 of these Regulations the deduction of two shillings and sixpence per week from the pay of unmarried other ranks as prescribed in this regulation shall be increased or decreased as the case may be as nearly as possible in proportion to such increase or decrease of pay, the actual increase or decrease of the deduction to be decided by the Military Board.

(ii) For the purpose of the above deductions staff or command pay as prescribed by those Regulations shall be considered as portion of the member’s pay. No deduction for quarters shall, however, be made from child endowment, or from district allowance, or from any other allowance, unless otherwise approved by the Military Board.

(iii) Allowances payable under regulation 51 shall be added to the ordinary pay of rank in order to arrive at the deduction to be made for quarters.

Married member at tropical stations.

46. A married soldier stationed at Townsville or Darwin compulsorily separated from his wife and family, on account of the ill-health of his wife, may be permitted to occupy quarters, as for an unmarried soldier, in barracks, without any deduction from pay, provided that in such cases a medical certificate is given:—

(a) By the medical officer in charge of troops at the place at which the soldier was stationed on transfer, that the wife of such soldier is unable, on account of ill-health, to proceed to Townsville or Darwin (as the case may be); or,

(b) By the medical officer in charge of troops at Townsville or Darwin that on account of ill-health the wife of the soldier is unable to remain at Townsville or Darwin (as the case may be).

The foregoing shall also apply to a married soldier stationed at Townsville or Darwin who is separated from his wife and family for satisfactory reasons other than the ill-health of his wife, with the exception that, in lieu of a medical certificate, the approval of the Military Board must first be obtained.

Allotment of quarters.

47. (i) When married officers are not available for vacant married quarters, such quarters, as far as possible, shall be allotted to single officers in accordance with the scale laid down in regulation 48.

(ii) Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Permanent Forces shall be allotted public quarters where such are available.

(iii) The deduction from pay in respect of such quarters shall be as laid down in regulation 45.

48. (i) Where rooms are available, quarters shall be allotted to officers in accordance with the following scale:—

Compulsory vacation of quarters.

49. When quarters are compulsorily vacated, for sanitary or other authorized reasons, deduction for quarters shall cease to be made, and travelling allowance of rank, not exceeding seven days, may be paid, provided the member has been unable to secure a residence elsewhere. One month’s notice to vacate quarters shall be given where practicable, and cases in which special circumstances arise shall be referred to head-quarters.

Part VI.—Allowances (Various).—Permanent Military Forces.

Child Endowment.

Eligibility.

50. (i) Child Endowment shall not be payable to members who are paid on the basis of wages paid for similar classes of employment in outside trade establishments.

(ii) Child Endowment shall be payable to other members of the Service in addition to the pay prescribed by these Regulations under the following conditions:—

(a) To each member who is married or a widower and who is the father or stepfather of dependent children under the age of fourteen years, and who is in receipt of pay at a rate less than £500 per annum, the sum of £13 per annum in respect of each child so dependent.

Provided that payment of Child Endowment under this regulation shall not be made to a member unless he makes written application to his commanding officer, and that payment shall not be made in respect of any period exceeding four months prior to the date upon which such application is forwarded to his commanding officer, except that in the case of a member serving abroad, retrospective payment may be made from such date as may be approved by the Minister.

(b) A similar allowance as in (a) may, on the approval of the Military Board, be granted for any member in respect of orphan or adopted children under the age of fourteen years who are dependent on and maintained by the member.

(c) It shall be the duty of each member who is in receipt of allowance under this regulation immediately to notify his commanding officer in the event of his becoming ineligible under the prescribed conditions for the payment of allowance or any portion thereof.

(d) The annual amount paid to any member shall not exceed the amount by which the pay, together with any of the following allowances per annum, falls short of £500:—

(i) Staff and command pay.

(ii) Allowances payable under regulation 51.

(iii) Value of free quarters other than when granted to a member temporarily absent on duty from his usual residence.

(iv) Such allowances in the nature of pay as are determined by the Military Board.

(e) Child Endowment shall not be regarded as pay for the purpose of calculating payments of compensation for injuries or disease contracted on duty.

(f) The allowance shall not be reduced by any absence from duty on reduced pay, but during absence on leave of any kind without pay the allowance shall cease to operate; provided that if a member is granted furlough on half pay, payment of the allowance shall be made at half rates during the period on half pay.

Royal Military College.

51. Allowances at the rates shown hereunder may be paid to members of the Permanent Military Forces whilst holding appointments within the establishment of the Royal Military College:—

District Allowances.

Scale and conditions.

52. (i) Members of the Permanent Military Forces who are stationed in a District Allowance locality may be paid District Allowance in accordance with the scale and conditions of payment of District Allowance applicable to officers of the Commonwealth Public Service under the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations for the time being in force, and the practice in the Commonwealth Public Service.

Partial reimbursement of fares when on leave from District Allowance localities.

53. In the cases of members of the Permanent Forces stationed in localities classified for the purposes of District Allowances, partial reimbursement of fares paid by those members, their wives and families when travelling on variation leave or on furlough, may be approved by the formation, &c. commander subject to the following conditions:—

(a) A married member whose family reside with him at his station may, provided his wife and children (if any) under fourteen years of age travel with him on his recreation leave or on furlough, be granted an amount equal to the excess beyond £15 on first class return fares between his station and the nearest capital city or other destination of less distance.

(b) A married member travelling alone or an unmarried member (other than members under eighteen year of age residing with their parents or guardians) journeying on recreation leave or furlough, may be granted an amount equal to the excess beyond £10 on first class return fares between his station and the nearest capital city or other destination of less distance.

(c) A member who elects to travel while on recreation leave or furlough a greater distance than is represented by the distance between his station and the nearest capital city

may be granted the amount which would have been allowed him had be elected to travel only to the capital city.

(d) Partial reimbursement of fares under this regulation shall not be granted to a member more than once in every three years, and members desiring to avail themselves of the concession under this regulation may be permitted to accumulate recreation leave for a period of three years, vide Australian Military Regulation 470.

Clothing.

Clothing—Issues of.

54. (i) Unless otherwise prescribed, initial issues of clothing shall be provided at public expense for warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, on first appointment to the Permanent Forces.

(ii) All subsequent requirements of clothing shall be provided by such members at their own expense.

(iii) The cost of repairs to service boots or for washing of clothing shall not be a charge against the public.

Outfit allowance.

55. (i) An allowance in lieu of uniform not exceeding the amounts herein prescribed, may be paid to members on first appointment to the following positions:—

(ii) Members in receipt of this allowance shall be required to provide and maintain themselves with such articles of uniform as may be prescribed by the Military Board.

(iii) Members of the forces who receive an allowance under this regulation on first appointment, and are discharged at their own request within twelve months of such appointment under the provisions of Australian Military Regulations, shall be required to refund a sum equal to the amount of the allowance so received less one-twelfth thereof for each completed period of service of one month.

Uniform maintenance allowance.

56. (i) An allowance at the rate of sixpence per diem for the maintenance of military uniform clothing and necessaries shall be credited to each warrant officer (including a warrant officer holding an honorary commission), non-commissioned officer and man of the Permanent Military Forces.

(ii) The allowance shall cease to operate during any period of absence from duty without pay. The allowance shall not be reduced for any absence from duty on reduced pay except that a member who is granted furlough on half pay shall be credited at only half the prescribed rate for the period of the furlough.

(iii) The allowance shall be paid or disposed of in the following manner:—

(a) to reimburse a member under conditions approved by the Military Board for purchases of uniform, clothing and necessaries made by him;

(b) to recoup the Defence Department for articles supplied to a member either on his order or on the order of his commanding officer on his behalf from a departmental source of supply;

(c) at such intervals and under such conditions as may be approved by the Military Board, the balance remaining of a member’s accrued entitlement to the allowance after deducting therefrom reimbursements and recoupments as in (a) and (b) above shall be paid to the member.

(iv) The allowance shall be regarded as pay for the purposes of—

(a) furlough;

(b) compensation for injuries or disease contracted on duty;

(c) child endowment.

Plain clothes on discharge.

57. Commanding officers may, in any case of necessity, provide a soldier of the Permanent Forces, on discharge, with plain clothes, at a cost not exceeding £1 10s.

Flying Allowance.

Rate and entitlement.

58. Members of the Permanent Military Forces who as part of duly approved military duty are detailed to perform flying duties for instructional or other purposes, may be paid an allowance of Three shillings per diem for each day of actual ascent.

Horse Allowance.

Rate and entitlement.

59. (i) An officer or warrant officer of the Permanent Forces if required by the formation, &c., commander to be mounted for military duty upon an occasion when Government horses are not available may provide a horse for such occasion and may be paid an allowance therefor 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 member for authorized military duty. If the member is the owner of the horse so provided the allowance may be increased to Fifteen shillings for a whole day or Ten shillings for a half day. Provided further that the total of the amounts so paid to a member shall not exceed Thirty pounds in each financial year.

(ii) In cases in which a member would be eligible for the allowance of Ten shillings for a whole day or Six shillings for a half day as provided in sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation but in which the hiring of a suitable horse has involved payment at rates greater than these he may upon production of receipts for the hiring be reimbursed the actual cost thereof not exceeding Fifteen shillings for a whole day or Ten shillings for a half day.

(iii) Veterinary or shoeing charges shall not be paid by the Defence Department for horses provided under this regulation.

Travelling with horses.

60. Officers and others travelling on day with their horses for short distances not involving absence beyond twenty-four hours from their station, shall be reimbursed the actual cost of bait and stabling. Claims must be supported by receipts.

Allowances—Australian Survey Corps.

Field allowance

61. (i) Field Allowance at the rate of £130 per annum may be paid monthly in arrear to officers of the Australian Survey Corps.

(ii) This allowance shall cover all expenses other than train, steamer, or coach fares and may be drawn during periods of sick leave not exceeding one month in each year, and during recreation leave.

(iii) A field allowance may be paid monthly in arrear to topographers of the Australian Survey Corps at the following rates:—

Warrant Officers (Class I.) ...............................£104 per annum.

Warrant Officers (Class II.) and Non-Commissioned ranks .......£104 per annum.

(iv) The above allowance shall cover all expenses other than train, steamer, or coach fares, also the provision and transport of a personally-owned vehicle for the use of the topographer in the performance of his duty. This allowance may be drawn for periods of sick leave not exceeding one month in each year and during recreation leave.

Transport allowance.

62. (i) A topographer of the Australian Survey Corps who is required to possess a privately-owned motor car for the performance of his official duties may be paid the following allowances subject to the conditions prescribed in sub-regulations (ii) and (iii) of this regulation:—

(a) An allowance at the rate of 14s. 3d. per week to meet the cost of insurance, registration, depreciation and interest on capital cost of the motor car. This allowance shall be payable continuously for 52 weeks each year irrespective of whether or not the motor car is engaged on official duties;

(b) An allowance at the rate of 19s. per week calculated on the basis of a seven-day week to meet maintenance and running costs. This allowance shall be payable for the whole of any period that the topographer is absent from the head-quarters of his section performing duty in the field which necessitates the use of his car.

(ii) The allowances prescribed by sub-regulation (i) of this regulation shall be payable upon the certificate of the Officer Commanding the Survey Section that—

(a) the topographer claiming the allowance is actually in possession of a motor car suitable and available for the performance of his official duty; and

(b) when the additional allowance under sub-regulation (i) (b) of this regulation is claimed, that the use of the topographer’s privately-owned motor car was necessary for the efficient performance of the duty upon which he was engaged during the period for which such allowance is claimed.

(iii) The payment of the allowance prescribed by sub-regulation (i) (a) of this regulation shall be further subject to the topographer having produced to the District Finance Officer for notation a Car Registration Certificate and an insurance policy covering the period for which the allowance is claimed. The insurance policy shall include liability to third parties and be endorsed to permit of the use of the vehicle on departmental business and to extend the indemnity to cover the legal liability of the Commonwealth.

(iv) In exceptional circumstances (e.g., where a topographer on first joining the Australian Survey Corps is unable to purchase a motor car) a topographer who is not in possession of a motor car, but owns either a motor-cycle combination or a solo motor-cycle, may be paid transport allowance at the following rates:—

(a) 23s. 6d. per week for a motor-cycle combination.

(b) 20s. per week for a solo motor-cycle.

Payment of transport allowance under this sub-regulation shall be made only upon the approval of the District Base Commandant after full consideration of the circumstances of each case and shall be subject, in each case, to a certificate being furnished by the Officer Commanding the Survey Section to the District Finance Officer that the vehicle was actually used by the topographer for the period or periods in respect of which the allowance is claimed, and that the use of the vehicle during such period or periods was necessary for the efficient performance of military duty.

Part VII.—Travelling Allowances, etc.

Travelling Allowances.

Rate of travelling allowance on promotion.

63. Claims for increased rate of travelling or other allowances consequent upon the granting of a higher rate of pay shall not be admitted for any period prior to the date of gazettal or notification of the increase of pay.

Militia Forces.

64. (i) Except where otherwise provided, Travelling Allowance shall not apply to members of the Militia or Cadet Forces, or to the Topographers of the Australian Survey Corps.

(ii) In special cases where members of the Militia Forces may be directed by the formation, &c. commander or Military Board to proceed upon some special duty outside of their ordinary duties at Inspection Parades, Drills, or Encampments, Travelling Allowance may be paid.

(iii) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Travelling Allowance that may be paid to members of the Militia Forces shall be as laid down in regulation 65. In determining the rate of Travelling Allowance payable under this regulation, the substantive rank only of the member shall be taken into consideration.

Rates.

65. (i) Subject to these Regulations, Travelling Allowance at the following rates may be paid to members of the Military Forces in respect of the time during which they are absent on duty from their

usual place of residents, except when accompanying troops who are rationed, in which case Travelling Allowance shall not be drawn:—

* As approved by the Minister from time to time.

For the purpose of this regulation, a married member shall be deemed to include any unmarried member or a widower who is maintaining a home and/or supporting dependent relatives in circumstance which in the opinion of the Military Board justify his inclusion.

(ii) The rates of allowance payable under sub-regulation (l) may be increased by one-fourth in the case of members of the Inspecting Staff or other members, when required to travel with the Inspector-General, but the rates so increased shall not exceed the rates prescribed for Colonel.

(iii) Except with the approval of the Military Board, no allowance under this regulation other than for expenses necessarily incurred shall be paid in any case where the member is not required to be absent from his head-quarters overnight.

(iv) Where an allowance has been paid to a member under this regulation for eight weeks’ residence in the one locality, the case shall be submitted to the Military Board for review. No such allowance shall be continued beyond three months without the concurrence of the Military Board, and if, upon review, the Military Board considers the amount excessive, it shall be discontinued or reduced to such amount as the Military Board thinks fit.

Meal allowances.

66. Subject to conditions which may be prescribed by the Military Board, the rates payable as meal allowance to members absent from their

head-quarters or temporary head-quarters for periods not extending overnight shall be—

Advance of travelling allowance.

67. In the case of members travelling on duty where extended absence is probable and cash payments have to be made, an advance may be made up to 75 per cent. of the maximum allowance that may be claimed. Married warrant and non-commissioned officers who are frequently required to travel on duty may be granted a small standing advance at the discretion of the District Finance Officer which shall be adjusted on or before the 31st May of the financial year in which the advance is made.

Subsistence provided while travelling.

68. When members travel by steamer or other vessel, or by railway, and the fare paid includes subsistence, one-quarter of the ordinary rates to which such members would otherwise be entitled shall be allowed.

Allowance when subsistence or quarters are provided.

69. (i) When a member is provided with subsistence but not with quarters the prescribed Travelling Allowance shall be reduced by not more than two-thirds.

(ii) When a member is provided with quarters or tentage but not with subsistence the prescribed Travelling Allowance shall be reduced by not more than one-third.

(iii) A member who is eligible for an allowance under this regulation shall not be permitted to draw Field or Mess Allowance for the same period.

Allowance on first appointment.

70. No allowance shall, except upon the approval of the Military Board, be made to any person, whether previously temporarily employed or otherwise, upon first appointment to the Permanent Military Forces, for cost of conveyance to the locality of the appointment unless the cost for railways or other fares, including, if the person is married, those of wife and children, exceeds £3 when the District Finance Officer may allow the appointee the amount in excess. The Military Board may increase the allowance where, in its opinion, the circumstances warrant it.

Excess luggage.

71. Excess luggage shall not be paid for by the Department, when members are travelling on duty away from their permanent station.

General.

Computation of claims.

72. All travelling allowances shall be in addition to the cost of conveyance. The period for which Travelling Allowance may be claimed shall be computed from the time of departure of the train, steamer, or other conveyance by which members travel to the time of return by same.

Increased or reduced travelling rates.

73. (i) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Military Board that the travelling expenses a member is entitled to draw under these Regulations do not cover his actual expenses, the Military Board may authorize payment of such sum as may be considered necessary.

(ii) The Military Board may reduce the rates of Travelling Allowance or disallow any claim when the circumstances justify such a course.

(iii) Travelling Allowance shall not be paid for any period during which a member unnecessarily, or for private reasons, breaks his journey.

Rations and quarters to be provided where practicable.

74. (i) Officers and others shall be provided, wherever practicable, with tentage or other quarters, and rations in lieu of Travelling Allowance, and in such cases no deduction for such tentage of quarters and rations will be made from their pay. Officers and warrant officers (Class I.) may be granted the Camp or Field Allowance of their rank to cover any mess charges.

(ii) When warrant or non-commissioned officers are attached to a Sergeants’ Mess, the president of such mess may draw rations and may also draw not exceeding one shilling per diem Mess Allowance for each member so attached. In such cases Travelling Allowance shall not be payable.

Use of Cabs, Trams and Motor Cars.

Cab and tram fares.

75. (i) Cab and tram fares shall only be admitted by the Authorizing Officer when he is satisfied that the circumstances warrant the charge being made against the department. Only the legal fare will in any case be allowed, and a receipt must in all cases be furnished for any claim in excess of 5s.

(ii) Payments under this regulation shall not exceed 5s. except in special cases, when the District Finance Officer may approve of larger sums being paid.

Hire of motor cars

76. Motor cars may be hired for journeys where such means of conveyance would be cheaper than normal means of transport, due regard being paid to the amount of Travelling Allowance involved and the amount of time to be occupied on the journey. Motor cars may also be hired for such official duties as cannot be efficiently performed by the medium of normally available means of transport.

Member using his own conveyance on official duty.

77. Subject to the approval of the formation, &c. commander a member who is in possession of his own means of conveyance may use such means of conveyance when authorized to travel on official duty upon the occasions and under the conditions specified in this regulation, and may be paid therefor the allowance prescribed in sub-paragraph (i) or sub-paragraph (ii) of this regulation, whichever is applicable:—

(i) A member may be authorized to use his own means of conveyance in lieu of the hiring of transport in accordance with regulation 76 and may be paid as allowance therefor whichever is the lesser of—

(a) The cost of transport if such had been hired by the Department, or

(b) Mileage allowance calculated at the rate prescribed in sub-paragraph (iv) of this regulation.

(ii) A member may be authorized to use his own means of conveyance when it is not to the disadvantage of the Department for such means to be used in lieu of normal public means of transport, and may be paid as allowance therefor whichever is the lesser of—

(a) The cost of the fare and travelling allowance of the member as if the journey had been performed by normal public means of transport, or

(b) Mileage Allowance calculated at the rate prescribed in sub-paragraph (iv) of this regulation, plus Travelling Allowance for the actual period of the journey;

provided that if the member is accompanied by another member or other members of the Permanent Forces authorized to travel with him on official duty, the allowance payable shall be whichever is the lessor of—

(c) The cost of fare of himself plus the fare or fares of such other member or members as accompany him and travelling allowance for himself only which would have been paid by the Department if the journey had been performed by the normal public means of transport; or

(d) Mileage Allowance calculated at rate prescribed in sub-paragraph (iv) of this regulation, plus Traveling Allowance for himself for the actual period of the journey.

(iii) (a) When mileage allowance is payable to a member in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, that portion of the journey between his place of residence, and his usual head-quarters, drill hall, or place of assembly shall be excluded in calculating the mileage travelled and the member shall not be entitled to receive any allowance in respect of such portion of the journey.

(b) Free issues of petrol shall not be made to members who use their own motor vehicles on official duty.

Mileage allowances.

(iv) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (i) (b) and (ii) (b) of this regulation, Mileage Allowances shall be calculated at the following rates, viz:—

Insurance of conveyances.

78. Approval given to any member to use a privately-owned vehicle upon official duty shall be conditional upon the production by the member of such evidence as may be required by the Military Board that such use of the vehicle is covered by such privately effected insurances as the Military Board may direct. The Department shall not be liable for the payment of any claim for any damage occasioned to a privately-owned vehicle as a result of its use on official duty.

Members in receipt of other allowances for horse or motor transport.

79. Regulation 77 shall be applicable to members of the Military Forces who are in receipt of Horse or Motor Transport Allowance only in cases where journeys for such members have been approved by the formation, &c. commander involving otherwise the use of other means of transport at public expense, and provided that the Horse or Motor Transport Allowance is not drawn for the same occasion.

Class of Accommodation.

Entitlement.

80. (i) The following shall be the classes of accommodation by rail and sea:—

* For journeys on the Australian coast when the District Base Commandant is satisfied that the authorized class of accommodation on the vessels available is not good, individual members travelling separately may be permitted to travel by the next higher class available.

When a party of soldiers is required to travel by sea, arrangements shall be made wherever practicable (unless cost be greater than the fare of the next higher class) for the troops to sleep and mess apart from 3rd class passengers.

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In such cases non-commissioned officers shall travel in the same class as the men. Arrangements should, however, be made for sergeants and higher non-commissioned ranks to be provided with separate messing and sleeping accommodation.

(ii) Non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Forces may travel 1st class by rail, for distances over 50 miles on the narrow-gauge lines of Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.

(iii) The wives and families of members of the Permanent Forces will be granted the same class of accommodation as prescribed for the member, except that where 3rd class accommodation is prescribed, 2nd class may be granted in lieu on the special approval of the District Base Commandant.

(iv) A superior class of accommodation may be aligned to invalids upon the recommendation of the representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services.

(v) On rail journeys where sleeping berth accommodation is available officers may be provided with such accommodation.

(vi) Where a journey by rail necessitates more than one night’s continuous travelling, warrant officers of the Permanent Forces may be provided with sleeping accommodation.

Travelling Warrants and Requisitions.

Warrants not issuable in certain cases.

81. Travelling warrants and requisitions shall not be issued—

(a) to officers on the resignation of their commission of their appointments in the Permanent Forces;

(b) to soldiers of the Permanent Forces discharged at their own request (whether by purchase or otherwise), at the request of a parent, guardian or master, or on their release from confinement in gaol;

(c) to officers and soldiers whose services in the Permanent Forces are terminated on account of misconduct;

(d) to officers or soldiers travelling on ordinary leave of absence,

(e) except with the approval of the Military Board to officers or soldiers attending tournaments or sports;

(f) except when approved by the Military Board to competitors at rifle association meetings or rifle matches;

(g) to officers and soldiers attending military funerals except the officer in command, the band, pall-bearers, and firing party, and personnel required by the regulations to attend.

Part VIII.—Removal of Furniture, etc., on Transfer.

Removal Allowances.

Entitlement on transfer.

82. (i) When a member of the Permanent Forces is transferred from one station to another, the actual cost of rail, steamer, or coach fares of such member, as well as those of his wife and children who are dependent on the member, in addition to travelling allowance for such member and removal of his necessary household furniture and personal effects, may be paid by the Department.

(ii) When the transfer is made by way of punishment, or at his own request, all expenses involved by the transfer or removal shall be borne by the member concerned, unless otherwise approved by the Military Board.

Definition of “children”.

83. When a member is entitled to passages at Commonwealth expense for his wife and children, the term “children” shall include only such sons as are not over the age of 16 years at the date of commencement of the journey, and such unmarried daughters as are dependent on and residing with the father, provided that a fare may be paid for a son over sixteen years of age who, by reason of physical or mental infirmity, is necessarily dependent on the father.

Removal within metropolitan area.

84. (i) Upon change of station the expense of removal of a member from one part to another of the metropolitan area of a capital city may be allowed only if for departmental reasons or if, to avoid heavy expense for the member’s travelling between his residence and his new station, the Military Board approves of his removal at public expense to a residence nearer his new station.

Removal in and out of quarters.

(ii) Removals both in and out of quarters, other than those occasioned by a change of station shall be at the expense of the member, excepting when a member compulsorily vacates quarters not having occupied them six months, in which case removal expenses may be approved by the Military Board.

Sale of furniture in lieu of removal

85. Where a member elects to sell his furniture and effects instead of removing them to his new station, the District Finance Officer may authorize payment to the member of an amount equal to the loss shown, to the satisfaction of the District Finance Officer, to have been sustained in the sale, but not exceeding the amount for which removal might have been effected under these Regulations. A member who elects to take advantage of this regulation must notify his intention to the formation, &c., commander prior to the sale.

Allowance where residence not available.

86. (i) Where a married member is transferred to a locality where suitable premises for residence are not available at the time the officer reaches his new station, or where a member, on transfer, cannot occupy his residence through unavoidable delay in the transmission of his furniture and household effects, and the member is thereby obliged to reside for the time being with his family at an hotel or other house of accommodation, an allowance may be authorized by the District Finance Officer for payment to the member equal to the difference between ordinary household expenditure and costs of board and lodging, but not exceeding half the cost of board and lodging for himself and family; provided that such allowance shall not be paid for more than four weeks.

(ii) Where a member’s family has not removed with him to his new station, the member may be granted such allowance as may be determined by the District Finance Officer upon satisfactory evidence of increased expenditure.

Removal to and from tropical station.

87. The duration of service of officers and soldiers at a tropical station shall ordinarily be for a period of two years. Any officer or soldier relieved at his own request prior to completion of this period

shall, unless under very exceptional circumstances and subject to the approval of the Military Board, be required to pay a proportion according to the unexpired term of service at the tropical station of the expense of—

(a) Removal to new station from tropical station.

(b) Removal of his successor to tropical station.

Entitlement on discharge.

88. (i) Subject to sub-regulations (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation, a member of the Permanent Forces whose appointment in those Forces is terminated, or who is discharged therefrom except in cases where the termination of the appointment or the discharge is at the member’s own request or on account of misconduct or medical unfitness due to misconduct (and if married, his wife and children who are dependent upon him), may be provided with free rail, steamer or coach transport to the place of enlistment or first appointment, or in lieu thereof transport to any other place within the Commonwealth, provided that the cost of such transport to such other place does not exceed the cost of transport to place of enlistment or first appointment. He may also be provided with free transport for necessary household furniture and effects in his possession.

No monetary grant shall be made in lieu of the actual transport, and the privilege of transport shall be available only within a period of one month after discharge, provided that in exceptional cases the Military Board may grant an extension to such a period as in the opinion of the Board the special circumstances justify,

Failure to re-engage.

(ii) Except as approved by the Military Board, a soldier of the Permanent Forces who is discharged on the expiration of his period of enlistment or re-engagement, having elected not to re-engage for further service for the prescribed period when given an opportunity by his commanding officer of so doing, shall not be entitled to any of the benefits provided by sub-regulation (i) of this regulation unless he has served continuously for at least two years at the station at which discharged.

Place of enlistment on first appointment.

(iii) The place of enlistment or first appointment referred to in paragraph (i) above shall usually be deemed to be the city or place in which the enlistment or first appointment actually occurred provided that in cases in which members were transported at departmental expense to the place of enlistment for the purpose of immediately enlistment or appointment the place of enlistment or appointment for the purposes of this regulation shall be decided by the Military Board.

Retirement, retrenchment and re-organization by Government.

(iv) The termination of the appointment of or the discharge of a member of the Permanent Forces in pursuance of the decision of the Government to re-organize and retrench the Department of Defence shall not for the purposes of this regulation be deemed to be at the member’s own request by reason of his having applied to be retrenched in pursuance of that decision.

Furlough prior to retirement.

(v) Where a member of the Permanent Forces is required to proceed on furlough at the end of which he would attain the statutory age for the retirement or discharge of an officer or soldier of his rank,

and the application of such member to be retired or discharged on the day next before that on which such furlough would commence is approved, he shall not, for the purposes of this regulation, be deemed to have had his appointment terminated, or to have been discharged at his own request.

(vi) Where a member of the Permanent Forces, the statutory age for whose retirement is over 60 years, makes application to be retired on attaining the age of 60 years, or on any date thereafter, he shall not, if such application be approved, be deemed, for the purposes of this regulation, to have had his appointment terminated at his own request.

Death of member.

(vii) In the event of the death of a married member of the Permanent Forces, his widow may be provided with free rail, steamer or coach transport for herself, and the children who were dependent upon the member at the time of his death, and may also be provided with free transport for necessary household furniture and effects in her possession, subject to the same conditions as would have applied to the member under sub-regulation (i) of this regulation if his appointment in the Permanent Forces had been terminated or he had been discharged therefrom prior to his death.

Part IX.—Instruction Abroad.

Passages.

89. (i) Officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Military Forces, who are sent abroad on duty shall be provided with passages as under:—

Officers and warrant officers Class Ia.—First class.

Other warrant officers and non-commissioned officers—Second class.

The route and grade of accommodation within classes shall be as approved by the Military Board from time to time.

(ii) Subject to the approval of the Military Board, an officer, warrant officer, or non-commissioned officer may elect to travel by a route or class other than that prescribed by sub-regulation (i) of this regulation, provided that if the cost of passages selected exceeds the cost of passages by the normal route or class, the member concerned shall pay such excess cost. Provided further that if the member is not entitled by sub-regulation (iii) of this regulation to passages for his wife and children, and desires to be accompanied by them, the amount by which the cost of passages selected by him is less than the cost of passages by normal route or class may be applied toward the cost of passages for his wife and children.

(iii) In the case of an officer, warrant or non-commissioned officer, who will be detained on duty or instruction abroad for a period of two years or over, he shall be granted passages as set out in (i) for his wife, and children under sixteen years of age, and his unmarried daughters dependent upon him.

Allowances.

90. (i) Subject to the conditions of this regulation, the following allowances shall be paid to members of the Permanent Forces while abroad on duty:—

(ii) Officers who, while in England occupy quarters for which no charge is made by the British Government, shall have the allowance for which they are eligible under this regulation reduced for the period of such free occupation of quarters by the amount of lodging allowance appropriate under British Army Regulations or practice for a British officer of similar rank for the station concerned.

(iii) A member of the Forces required to perform duty abroad which is not provided for herein shall be paid allowances at such rates and under such conditions as may be approved by the Minister.

(iv) While on the voyage from and to Australia, the member may be paid an allowance at one-quarter of the daily rate for other than capital cities as authorized for the member’s rank in regulation 65.

(v) Officers on completion of the Staff College course at Camberley or Quetta shall, if practicable, remain in England or in India respectively for a further period of twelve months—

(a) for attachment to the Staff at Army Head-quarters or in commands for practical experience in staff work; or

(b) for such other instructional duties as may be authorized for them during that period.

The allowance to such officers shall be as prescribed for officers undergoing courses of instruction at the Staff Colleges, Camberley and Quetta respectively.

(vi) The allowances prescribed by sub-regulations (i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation shall cover—

(a) Cab hire and all expenses other than rail, steamer or coach fares.

(b) Removal and/or storage of furniture and personal effects excepting that upon embarkation and disembarkation in Australia, carriage of necessary luggage to and from the steamer may be allowed.

Travelling allowances on duty in India to be authorized by Minister.

91. While travelling on official duty in India, officers of the Permanent and Militia Forces may draw such allowances as may be authorized by the Minister.

Outfit allowance.

92. A grant for outfit may be paid at the rates shown hereunder before embarkation and without production of vouchers, to personnel selected for courses of instruction, or other duty abroad:—

Part X—Furlough, Leave, etc.

(1) Furlough.

Amount due to be vested in Trustees.

93. Where payment of a sum of money to the dependents of a member of the Permanent Forces has been authorized under Australian Military Regulation 478 or 479, the amount so authorized to be paid may be distributed to the dependents in such proportions and in such manner as the Minister directs and for that purpose may be vested in trustees upon such trusts as are approved by the Minister.

(2) Leave.

Pay for Sundays and holidays on extended leave.

94. When extended leave is granted other than on full pay, the rate paid for Sundays and holidays shall be the same as that allowed for the period of leave.

Part XI—Medical Attendance.

Hospital Treatment.

Entitlement.

95. A member of the Permanent Military Forces shall be granted hospital treatment under the regulations and conditions hereinafter defined.

Hospital treatment.

96. Hospital treatment means treatment at a public or departmental hospital or reception station or in special cases such other hospital as may be approved by the Director-General of Medical Services.

Private hospitals.

97. Members of the Permanent Military Forces may be treated in a private hospital, but the Department will only be liable for payment of fees which would have been charged had the patient been treated in a public or departmental hospital, except under special circumstances, such as serious injury in the performance of military duty necessitating immediate admission to a hospital. The circumstances surrounding the admission of a member to a private hospital under the special circumstances herein referred to, or any other cases which in the opinion of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services require special consideration, should be immediately reported to Army Head-quarters.

Deductions while in hospital.

98. Members of the Permanent Military Forces who are admitted to hospital as provided for in these Regulations shall be subject to such deductions in pay as may be prescribed by the Military Board, but in no case shall the deduction exceed the rates prescribed in regulations 44 and 45.

Hospital treatment after discharge.

99. Discharged members who, on account of illness, are unable to proceed to their homes may be retained in hospital at the discretion of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services. In such cases it will not be necessary to cancel the member’s discharge.

Ambulance service.

100. Where departmental transport is not available, the cost of ambulance service to transport a member requiring immediate treatment in hospital may be paid from public funds in cases where the Deputy Director of Medical Services certifies that ambulance transportation is necessary.

Domiciliary Treatment.

Definition of domiciliary treatment.

101. A member of the Permanent Military Forces shall be granted domiciliary treatment under the regulations and conditions hereinafter defined. Domiciliary treatment means the professional advice and care, during sickness or injury of members who are not in-patients of a hospital or reception station, by medical officers appointed for the duty and the supply of medicines and dressings prescribed by the medical officer in charge of the case, and includes surgical operations of a minor nature which do not involve the administration of an anaesthetic.

Limited to two mile radius.

102. Domiciliary treatment shall be provided as under:—

(a) Within a radius of two miles of District Base Head-quarters—in accordance with such arrangements as may be approved by the Military Board;

(b) Within a radius of two miles of sub-district stations—by a military medical officer or civilian practitioner appointed as officer in medical charge of permanent troops, at a rate approved by the Military Board;

(c) At other localities within a radius of two miles from the Area Medical Officer’s residence—by the Area Medical Officer.

(d) Members of the Permanent Forces who reside outside the radius of two miles from District Base Head-quarters, sub-district stations, or the Area Medical Officer’s residence may be paid half-yearly in arrear an allowance at such rate as may be approved by the Minister for the purpose of making their own arrangements for domiciliary treatment for themselves and their wives and such of their children as are not more than 14 years of age.

Wives and children.

103. The wife and children (the latter up to fourteen years of age) of a member of the Permanent Military Forces may receive such outpatient treatment from the medical officer appointed by the department for attendance upon the member himself as is within the duties of such medical officer as defined by the conditions of his appointment.

104. Medical attendance cannot be claimed for confinements or miscarriages.

Medicines and dressings.

105. Medicines and dressings prescribed by the medical officer in charge of the case under regulation 101 for members of the Permanent Military Forces and their wives and children (the latter up to 14 years of age) shall be obtained either from a military dispensary or dispensary controlled by the Department of Repatriation but in cases where, in the opinion of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services this is not desirable, the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services may arrange for supply of medicines and dressings at rates not exceeding the following scale, payable half-yearly in arrear, or failing such arrangements the amount authorized may be paid direct to the member:—

General.

Members on leave without pay.

106. Members who are on leave of absence without pay (other than sick leave) shall not be entitled to medical attendance for themselves or their wives and children.

Scale of Allowances Payable to Officers of the Australian Army Medical Service.

107. (i) Subject to those regulations, allowances may be paid to officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps (whether on the Active List or in the Reserve of Officers) for duties performed by them according to the following scale:—

(ii) No officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps who holds an appointment for which he is paid otherwise than under this regulation shall be entitled to receive any allowance referred to in this regulation if the duties corresponding to such allowance form part of the duties of his appointment.

(iii) (a) When an officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps is not available to perform any duty referred to in sub-regulation (i) of this regulation (except attendance at camps, schools or courses of instruction) a qualified civilian practitioner may be employed to perform the duty, and may be paid the allowance authorized by that sub-regulation, or at such higher rate as may be approved by the District Finance Officer upon the recommendation of the Deputy Director of Medical Services, having regard to the particular circumstances of each case.

(b) When an officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps is not available to attend any camp, school, or course of instruction, and the attendance of a medical officer is necessary, a qualified civilian

practitioner may be employed to perform the duty and may be paid the allowance authorized by sub-regulation (i) (d) of this regulation, together with field allowance as prescribed in regulation 186 if he is subsisted in an officers’ mess, as if he held the rank of captain.

108. (i) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations where a member of the Permanent Military Forces who has been granted medical attendance under this regulation recovers or receives damages from a third party, the Military Board may require the member to pay to the Secretary, Department of Defence, either in a lump sum or in such instalments as the Board directs, the whole or any portion of the cost of the medical attendance granted under this regulation, and thereupon the amount so directed to be paid shall be a debt due to the Commonwealth.

(ii) If any member—

(a) fails or refuses to pay the amount directed by the Military Board to be paid in pursuance of paragraph (i) of this regulation; or

(b) requests that the amount be deducted from any moneys from time to time becoming due to him as a member of the Permanent Military Forces,

the Board may direct that the amount be deducted, in a lump sum or by instalments, from any moneys from time to time becoming due to the member, or may cause such other action to be taken for the recovery of the amount as to the Board seems fit.

Militia Forces.

Medical attendance.

109. Medical attendance on members of the Militia Forces may be provided in accordance with instructions issued by the Military Board. A member may be required by the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services to go into a departmental or public hospital for treatment. Should such member refuse to do so, the medical expenses otherwise incurred shall not be defrayed by the Government.

Treatment in a private hospital.

110. Members of the Militia Forces may be treated in a private hospital on the distinct understanding that the Department shall not be liable for the payment of fees in excess of those which would have been charged had the patient been treated in a departmental or approved general hospital, except under very special circumstances, in which the Minister’s approval may be given for such payment.

Part XII.—Dental Attendance.

111. Members of the Permanent Forces will be afforded dental treatment in accordance with the conditions specified below:—

(a) Treatment necessary to maintain dental efficiency will be allowed at the public expense, and will be mainly directed towards the preservation of teeth and the prevention of the necessity of artificial dentures. The treatment will be limited to—

Dental treatment.

(i) Extraction.

(ii) Prophylaxis.

(iii) Fillings (root, and amalgam and cement).

(iv) Porcelain crowns which may, subject to the approval of the senior dental officer, be fitted in suitable cases of fracture or extensive decay of incisor or canine teeth, except in cases where the loss of teeth necessitates the provision of artificial denture.

(v) Dentures—vulcanite—as prescribed in paragraph (b).

Dentures.

(b) Dentures will be supplied only under the following conditions:—

(i) A member of the Permanent Forces who, with not less than five years continuous service, incurs such loss of teeth as would cause his discharge as an invalid, may be provided with an initial supply of artificial dentures at the public expense if, in the opinion of the senior dental officer, he will thereby be rendered efficient. Except as indicated below, any renewals or repairs which may subsequently become necessary will be provided at the member’s own expense.

(ii) A member who, as the result of—

(i) injury received whilst on duty, otherwise than through his own fault, or

(ii) disease directly attributable to military service,

incurs loss of teeth, may be provided at the public expense with artificial teeth and such subsequent renewals or repairs thereto as may be necessary. Where, however, the damage to or loss of a denture originally supplied to such a member from public funds is due to culpable neglect on his part, he will be placed under stoppages for the cost of repairs or of the new denture with which it is necessary to supply him.

(c) Dental treatment does not include the supply of precious metals at public expense.

(d) Dental treatment specified herein will be provided by officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve (Dental Service), in accordance with scale of fees approved by the Military Board, provided that the Military Board may approve of a dental centre being established wherever practicable.

(e) In localities where no dental officer is available civilian practitioners may be employed on the recommendation of the senior dental officer and approval of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services in accordance with scale of fees applicable to dental officers.

Part XIII.—Compensation for Injuries Received or Disease Contracted on Duty.

Incidence of Superannuation Act.

112. All amounts payable under this part shall be calculated in accordance with the regulations therein, but no amount in excess of £750 shall be paid in respect of any member who is a contributor to the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund.

Permanent Forces.

Compensation for Permanent Military Forces.

113. (i) The rate at which provision shall be made under section 57 of the Defence Act for a member of the Permanent Military Forces or his widow and family, when the member is killed on war service or on duty or dies or becomes incapacitated from earning his living from wounds or disease contracted on war service or on duty shall be—

(a) If he is killed or dies while a member—a sum of money equivalent to the maximum amount; or

(b) If he is retired or discharged on account of wounds or disease a sum of money:—

(i) which, if he is, in the opinion of the Military Board, totally incapacitated from earning his living, is equivalent to the maximum amount, or

(ii) which, if he is, in the opinion of the Military Board, not totally incapacitated from earning his living, is equivalent to so much of the maximum amount as, in the opinion of that board, is proportionate to the degree to which he is so incapacitated.

(ii) Subject to regulation 112, the maximum amount mentioned in this regulation shall be three years’ pay—

(a) in the case of the death of a member—at the rate of pay which he received immediately prior to his death, and

(b) in the case of a member who is retired or discharged—at the rate of pay which the member received immediately prior to the date of his retirement or discharge.

Militia Forces.

Militia Forces compensation during temporary incapacity

114. A member of the Militia Forces who becomes temporarily incapacitated from earning his living from wounds or disease contracted on duty shall be paid a sum of money equivalent to the amount lost by him in salary or wages during such incapacity. Provided that—

(a) no amount in excess of 14s. 2d. per diem in the case of an officer and 11s. 8d. per diem in the case of a soldier, and, in either case, 7s. 6d. per week in respect of each child under the age of fourteen years who is dependent upon the member, shall be paid; and

(b) no payment shall be made under this regulation in respect of any period exceeding six months.

Limitation of period during which compensation is payable.

115. Compensation shall be limited to the period during which the officer or man shall be shown to have been wholly unable to follow his occupation, and shall not be issuable for the day of the accident or any Sunday, or for any period during which, he shall have been in camp, and have drawn pay of his rank.

Member unable to resume duty after six months.

116. In cases in which an officer or soldier has not recovered from his injury sufficiently to enable him to resume his ordinary occupation within the period of six months as provided in regulation 114, and has not been permanently disabled, compensation at the rates prescribed in regulation 114 may be continued for such further period as may be approved by the Military Board.

Militia Forces compensation for death or permanent incapacity

117. (i) The rate at which provision shall be made under section 57 of the Act for a member of the Militia Forces or his widow and family when the member is killed on war service or on duty or dies or becomes incapacitated from earning his living from wounds or disease contracted on war service or on duty shall be—

(a) if he is killed or dies while a member a sum of money equivalent to the maximum amount; or

(b) if he is permanently incapacitated from earning his living a sum of money—

(i) which if he is in the opinion of the Military Board totally incapacitated from earning his living, is equivalent to the maximum amount; or

(ii) which if he is in the opinion of the Military Board not totally incapacitated from earning his living is equivalent to so much of the maximum amount as, in the opinion of that Board, is proportionate to the degree to which he is so incapacitated.

(ii) Subject to regulation 112 of these Regulations, the maximum amount mentioned in this regulation shall be three years’ pay at the rate of the pay of a member of his rank in a corresponding branch of the Permanent Forces, or if there is no corresponding branch of those Forces, at the rate of pay of his rank or of an equivalent rank in the Royal Australian Artillery Regiment.

General Conditions.

Fees for certificates.

118. Payment shall not be made for any fees for certificates necessary to support claims for compensation under these Regulations.

Not payable while proceeding from and to home and duty.

119. Compensation shall not be allowed to a member in respect of any injury sustained by him whilst proceeding between his home and the place of assembly or duty or whilst returning home after dismissal from duty.

Application to be made within twelve months.

120. No claim for compensation for the widow and family of a member of the Military Forces who is killed on war service or on duty or dies from wounds or disease contracted on war service or on duty shall be considered unless it be made within twelve months after the death of the member.

Distribution of compensation in case of death.

121. The amount of compensation payable in respect of the death of a member of the Permanent or Militia Forces shall be distributed to the widow and family in such proportion and in such manner as the Military Board determine having due regard to the circumstances of the widow and family. The compensation apportioned in respect of an infant child may be paid on behalf of the child to the widow or such other person as the Military Board directs. The receipt of the person to whom payment is made on behalf of an infant child shall constitute an absolute discharge to the Commonwealth in respect of any compensation payable to the child under this regulation.

Compensation to minors.

122. Compensation payable in respect of any injury received or disease contracted by a member of the Permanent or Militia Forces who is under the age of twenty-one years may, in the discretion of the Military Board, be paid either to a member himself, or, on his behalf, to a person or persons approved by the Military Board, and the receipt of the person to whom payment is made shall constitute an absolute discharge to the Commonwealth in respect of any compensation so payable.

Reduction of compensation in certain circumstances.

123. Notwithstanding anything contained in this part, where the death of or injury to a member in respect of which compensation is payable under these Regulations was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the Commonwealth to pay damages in respect thereof, the following provisions shall apply:—

(a) The member, or the widow and family of the member in case of his death, shall not be debarred from making a claim under these Regulations by reason of the fact that damages are paid by a third party, but the amount of damages so paid shall be taken into account in assessing the amount of compensation payable under these Regulations in the following manner:—

(i) Where the amount of damages paid by a third party is less than the amount of compensation payable under these Regulations, there may be paid to the member, or the widow and family of the member in the case of his death, the difference between the amount of damages so paid and the compensation payable under these Regulations; and

(ii) Where the amount of damages paid by a third party is equivalent to, or in excess of the amount of compensation payable under these Regulations, there shall not be payable to the member, or the widow and family of the member in the case of his death, any compensation under these Regulations;

(b) The Minister may request a member, or the widow and family of a member in the case of his death, to prefer a claim for damages against the person alleged to be

responsible for the injury or death and in such case the proceedings in relation to the claim shall be conducted on the claimant’s behalf at the expense of the Commonwealth; and

(c) In the event of a member, or the widow and family of a member in the case of his death, preferring a claim for damages against the person alleged to be responsible for the injury or death, before the Minister has considered the case, the claimant’s legal expenses or any part thereof shall not be paid by the Commonwealth, but the amount of any damages obtained shall be taken into account in the manner prescribed in paragraph (a) of this regulation.

Part XIV.—Compensation for Injury to or Loss of Horse.

Amount and conditions.

124. Compensation not exceeding £35 may on the approval of the District Finance Officer 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 Militia 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 125, 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 an amount equal to 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.

Not payable in certain cases.

125. 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, osteoporosis, quitter, corn, thrush, canker, seedy toe, navicular disease, defective hoof, or the recurrence of old sprains;

(c) Loss resulting from disease 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 Militia 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 service of a horse will be entertained except under very special circumstances which may be approved by the Military Board.

Special cases.

126. 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.

Engagement of civilian veterinary surgeon.

127. 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 by the Assistant Director of Veterinary Services in conference with the District Finance Officer, and that their award must be considered as final.

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.

Privately-owned horses.

128. 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.

Part XV.—Funerals.

Funeral of members of Permanent Forces.

129. An expenditure not exceeding £10 may be authorized by the District Finance Officer for funerals of members of the Permanent Military Forces. Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Military Board that the actual necessary expenses incurred by the Department on the burial were in excess of £10, the Military Board may approve of payment of such further sums as may be considered reasonable. The relatives may have the body conveyed at their own expense from the place of death to the deceased’s home for burial or may be issued with two second-class railway warrants at government expense to enable

the nearest relative and one other to proceed to and return home from the military funeral, providing that the journey between the place of interment and the home of the relatives will occupy not more than 24 hours.

Part XVI.—Militia and Volunteer Forces—Pay and Allowances.

Australian Army Nursing Service—Pay and allowances.

130. Subject to provision being made by Parliament, the pay and allowances for the Australian Army Nursing Services shall be at the following rates:—

(a) A capitation allowance of £1 per annum to each efficient member during the financial year in which the payment is made.

(b) When employed on continuous military duty with approval of the Military Board—

(ii) Quarters with fuel and light may be provided, or where such are not available, an allowance of 1s. per diem may be payable in lieu.

(iii) Rations shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part XXIII. of these Regulations, but when rations are not available a commuted allowance approved by the District Finance Officer, based on the local contract price of the ration, may be drawn.

(iv) A clothing maintenance allowance may be paid at the rate of 2s. per week.

(c) When employed with the approval of the Military Board on administrative duties not entailing continuous attendance, a full day’s pay for attendance exceeding three hours in any one day and a half day’s pay for attendance less than three hours in any one day may be paid at the rates provided in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of this regulation, but no allowances shall be payable in addition. The total amount payable under this sub-paragraph in any financial year shall not exceed the equivalent of eight days’ pay according to grade.

Voluntary aid detachments

131. Subject to provision being made by Parliament, a grant of One shilling per annum for each enrolled efficient member within the establishments approved by the Department of Defence may be paid to State Joint Councils of Voluntary Aid Detachments towards expenses connected with the registration of members and other administrative expenses.

Militia Officers.

Militia staff officer’s rates of pay.

132. (i) The rates of pay for officers of the Militia Forces holding staff appointments as shown hereunder shall be—

Certificates as to satisfactory performance of duties

(ii) The pay of the above officers shall be issued subject to—

(a) In the cases of divisional and mixed brigade commanders—the issue of a certificate by the Chief of the General Staff that the duties of the appointment have been efficiently performed for the period claimed for.

(b) In the cases of brigade commanders and divisional artillery commanders—the issue of a certificate by the formation, &c. commander that the duties of the appointment have been efficiently performed for the period claimed for.

(c) In the case of the Judge Advocate General and Deputy Judge Advocate General—the issue of a certificate by the Adjutant-General that the duties allotted or required to be performed during the period claimed for have been satisfactorily performed.

(d) In the case of officers holding the other appointments referred to in sub-paragraph (i)—

Maintenance of diary.

(i) the maintenance of a diary setting forth the hours of employment, the place, and the nature of the duty.

(ii) a certificate from their immediate commander that they have efficiently performed the duties allotted to them and are entitled to pay for the periods named;

(iii) approval of the formation, &c. commander concerned.

(e) In the case of District Bandmasters—the issue of a certificate by the District Base Commandant that the duties of the appointment have been efficiently performed for the period claimed for.

Legal officers.

(iii) (a) Officers of the Australian Army Legal Department holding appointments on the staff of a formation or other command shall be paid at the following rates, irrespective of rank, according to the grade, notified in Australian Army Orders, of the appointment to which they are allotted and on the certificate of the officer commanding the formation or command to the staff of which they are attached that they are entitled to pay for the period claimed for:—

(b) Officers of the Australian Army Legal Department who are not appointed to the staff of a formation or command will receive the pay of their substantive rank when required to perform duty.

Period of training.

(iv) The periods laid down in this regulation include any camp training attended, but the provisions of Regulations 140 and 141 shall not have application to officers referred to herein. Payment shall be made quarterly in arrear in the months of September, December, March, and June.

Quarterly payments.

(v) Members who are on leave of absence for more than one month shall have a proportionate part of their annual pay deducted for the period of such absence, computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual rate of pay for each month of absence, provided that a deduction shall not be made in respect of the first month of absence except when payment for that month is made to another member for performing the duties of the member on leave.

Chaplains.

133. (i) A Chaplain who is detailed for duty at a Camp of Continuous Training shall be paid at the rate of £1 (One pound) per diem, irrespective of classification, for each day of his authorized attendance at the camp.

(ii) The number of days in any year for which pay may be paid to a Chaplain under sub-paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation shall not exceed the number of days of camp training authorized for that year.

(iii) A Chaplain shall not be paid for attendance at more than one Camp of Continuous Training in a financial year; provided that where, in exceptional circumstances, the District Base Commandant approves of a Chaplain’s attendance during two camps in a financial year, payment (not exceeding, in all, the maximum amount which would have been paid under sub-paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation if one camp only had been attended) may be made in respect of each day’s attendance so approved.

Militia rate of pay.

134. The rates of pay for personnel of the Militia Forces other than those holding the appointments mentioned in regulation 132 shall be as under:—

135. The higher rates of pay allotted to officers, warrant and non-commissioned officers, although calculated on the number of parades attended, are intended to include remuneration for the duties of the rank, varying from year to year, in connexion with attendance at schools of instruction, staff or regimental tours, classes, and administrative work of units.

Military Board may approve additional periods of pay.

136. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Military Board may approve of payment of Militia pay for any number of days in excess of the number prescribed in regulation 134, at the daily rates specified therein, subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament.

Staff of Militia units—conditions of pay.

137. (i) The pay, other than for camps of continuous training, of members of Militia staffs, excluding those holding the appointments referred to in regulation 132, shall be issued subject to—

(a) A certificate from their commanding officers that their duties have been efficiently performed, and that they are entitled to pay for the period claimed.

(b) Approval of the formation, &c. commander concerned.

Certain C.O.’s to receive sixteen days’ pay per annum.

(ii) The total pay for each member for any year shall be limited to the total number of days’ training authorized for the year excepting that pay may be issued for a total of sixteen days for the year to officers who are—

(a) Regimental, battalion or artillery brigade commanders.

(b) Commanding officers of divisional engineers, divisional signals, divisional army service corps, or Head-quarters Army Ordnance Corps, whose command consists of more than one squadron or company or more than the equivalent in numbers of one squadron or company.

(c) Commanding officer, Australian Garrison Artillery, whose command consists of two or more batteries.

Leave of absence.

(iii) Members who are on leave of absence for more than one month shall have a proportionate part of their annual pay deducted for a period of such absence computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual rate of pay for each month of absence, provided that the pay allocated for the period of continuous training shall first be deducted, and that a deduction shall not be made in respect of the first month of absence except when payment for that month is made to another member for performing the duties of the member on leave.

Dental Staff, &c.

138. An officer holding an appointment shown in the following table may, notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 140, be paid for each day of his attendance certified to by the Deputy Director of Medical Services the pay of his rank for one whole day, if the period of his attendance is three hours or more, and for one half-day if the period of his attendance is less than three hours, but shall not, except with the approval of the Military Board, be entitled to receive pay in

any one year ending the 30th day of June in respect of a period exceeding the number of whole days shown in that table opposite the appointment:—

Service overseas.

139. An officer of the Militia Forces who, with the approval of the Military Board, proceeds abroad to undergo a course of military instruction or training, or a member of any unit or of the Unattached List of the Militia Forces who, while temporarily absent abroad is permitted to attend for training with other units of the British Dominions, as arranged by the Military Board, may be granted for each day during which he undergoes such training but not exceeding the maximum period prescribed in regulation 134:—

(a) the daily pay of his rank under regulation 134;

(b) Field allowance of rank under regulation 186;

(c) Rations under the scale in force for the unit with which he undergoes training,

provided that field allowances and rations shall be authorized only when such are drawn by members of the unit with which the member is training.

Provision for camp pay.

140. (i) Except as provided in these Regulations, the pay for the number of days prescribed for the annual camp of continuous training shall be set aside from the total amount provided, and shall not be available for any parade or drill other than continuous training. This amount shall be issuable only for attendance at the camp of training for the unit to which the member belongs, or for attendance at another camp within the year to make good absence with leave from the ordinary camp, and shall not be issuable for any camp attended to make good absence without leave.

Provision for home-training pay.

(ii) The remaining portion of the total amount shall be available for attendance at home training drills except schools or courses of instruction for which allowances are paid under regulation 193, church parades and funerals.

Payment in arrear of camp and home-training pay.

141. Except as provided in these Regulations the amount due for the pay of members of the Militia Forces shall be made available in arrear as follows:—

(a) On the last day of camp of continuous training, the amount of pay earned at such camp, provided that payment may be made either in camp or on return to stations, at the discretion of the formation, &c. commander, and in the month of June the remainder of the pay earned during the financial year.

(b) In any year in which as a financial emergency measure bivouacs are authorized for general application as substitutes for the normal annual camps of continuous training payment of pay and allowances for each such bivouac may be made as soon as practicable after its completion.

Army Service Corps.

142. In the case of the Army Service Corps allotted for duty with artillery and engineer units, vide section 127 of the Defence Act, payment may be made at the rates prescribed by regulation 134 for 25 days per annum, of which not less than 17 days shall be in camps of continuous training.

142a. Regulations 140 and 141 shall not apply to a regimental tailor who may be paid for a period not exceeding sixteen days per annum at the rate prescribed for his rank or appointment in regulation 134. Payment of a regimental tailor shall be made quarterly in arrear in the months of September, December, March and June and shall be subject to the issue of a certificate by his commanding officer that he has performed efficiently the duties allotted to him and is entitled to pay for the period for which it is claimed.

Duration of parades to count for pay.

143. Payment for attendance at parades of members whose rates of pay are shown in regulation 134 shall be made in accordance with the respective designations of the parades in the unit’s programme of parades and with the following:—

(a) For a parade designated as a half-day parade—a half-day’s pay irrespective of the hours of day or night in which the parade is held;

(b) (i) For a parade designated a night parade and of a minimum duration of one and a half hours—one-quarter of a day’s pay;

(ii) For a parade designated a night parade and of a minimum duration of two hours—one-third of a day’s pay.

Equivalent additional training.

144. (i) Subject to this regulation no pay or allowances shall be payable to any person in respect of any equivalent additional training required of him under the provisions of section 133 of the Act and the regulations made thereunder.

(ii) An allowance at the rates prescribed by sub-paragraph (i) of regulation 156 may be paid to a person in respect of each whole day of equivalent additional training referred to in sub-regulation (i) of this regulation performed at a camp of continuous training.

Provided that the dependants shall only be such as are provided for in sub-paragraphs (i) to (v) inclusive of regulation 156 and subject to the conditions laid down in sub-paragraph (vii) of the same regulation.

Provided further that the total allowance payable to any person under this regulation shall not exceed 8s. per day.

No allowance shall be granted under this regulation to any person who has not completed the whole period of continuous training which he was called upon to attend for the purpose of performing the equivalent training required of him.

Detention.

145. No pay shall be granted to members for periods during which they are detained under section 135 of the Act.

Militia Adjutants.

146. (i) The pay of Militia Force officers holding appointments as Militia Adjutants shall be at the rate of £60 per annum, beyond which rate no further militia pay shall be drawn by such officers.

(ii) An officer of the Militia Forces holding appointment of Militia Adjutant who attends a school of instruction for which an allowance may be granted under regulation 103 may, subject to the conditions of such regulation, be paid the allowance prescribed therein according to his rank. Provided that during any period for which such allowance is drawn, adjutant’s pay prescribed in sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation shall not be payable.

(iii) The rate of pay prescribed by sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation shall include horse allowance and all other allowances except travelling and field or camp allowance.

(iv) The pay of Militia Force officers holding appointment as Militia Adjutants shall be issued quarterly in arrear in the months of September, December, March, and June, and shall be subject to the certificate of commanding officers that their duties have been efficiently performed and to the approval of the formation, &c. commander.

Establishments.

147. (i) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (iii) and notwithstanding the issue of any “Establishments” of units, all members of the Militia Forces may be paid according to their rank in cases where such establishment is exceeded, but, in the case of ranks higher than that of private, no further promotion to such rank shall be made until such supernumeraries are absorbed, and if the excess be:—

Officers.

Warrant and non-commissioned officers.

(ii) Subject to sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation, officers and others in excess of the authorized number of any rank may be carried on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks, and that the total establishment will not be exceeded.

Acting Ranks and Temporary appointments.

(iii) Acting or temporary ranks and acting or temporary appointments shall not carry any increase of pay, except in the case of militia adjutants, for whom a special rate is provided in regulation 146. Lance ranks shall not carry an increase in pay unless such are authorized as “paid lance ranks” in the “annual training establishments.”

Supernumerary officers of A.A.M.C.

148. 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.

Officers provisionally appointed.

149. Any person provisionally appointed to commissioned rank in the Militia Forces other than to the rank of lieutenant or any officer provisionally promoted in commissioned rank in the Militia Forces shall (with the exception of officers of the Australian Army Legal Department), be granted only the pay prescribed for the next lower rank until he passes the final examination for the rank to which he has been provisionally appointed or promoted. From that date if it occurs within the current financial year (failing which it shall begin on the first day of the current financial year) he shall be eligible for the pay of the higher rank after notification of the confirmation of his provisional rank has appeared in the Gazette.

Officers—unattached list.

150. Officers on the Unattached List when called upon in accordance with Australian Military Regulations to perform training, may receive the pay and allowances of their rank, but the total number of days for which pay and allowances may be drawn shall not exceed the period of training prescribed in the approved syllabus of training for the financial year.

Reserve of officers.

151. Officers on the Reserve of Officers who may be called upon in accordance with the Australian Military Regulations to do duty in camps of continuous training may receive the pay of their rank at the rates prescribed for the active Militia Forces for the period of their attendance at camps, but not exceeding the period of continuous training prescribed in the approved syllabus of training for the financial year.

Veterinary officers.

152. (i) An officer of the A.A.V.C. (Militia), when called up for casual duties, may receive pay therefor in accordance with the following scale independently of and in addition to the pay earned by him in the performance of the ordinary duties of his militia appointment:—

Provided that in cases where the total distance required to be travelled is in excess of twenty miles, and in the opinion of the Military Board the rate of pay herein authorized would not adequately remunerate the officer for the services required of him, payment of an amount not exceeding £2 2s. may be authorized by the Military Board.

(ii) When an officer of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps is not available to perform the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation, qualified civilians may be employed and paid under the conditions therein stipulated at the rate prescribed for Captain.

Medical and veterinary attendance at camps.

153. A medical or veterinary officer in civil practice may be paid an allowance of £1 for each day of his attendance at a camp of continuous training or a bivouac for which—

(a) he is eligible to receive pay under regulation 132 or 134, or

(b) the issue to him of pay has been authorized under regulation 136.

This allowance is intended to meet part of the cost of providing a locum tenens and it is to be additional to the ordinary pay and allowance of rank. Before payment of this allowance is made a certificate shall be furnished, by the officer claiming the allowance, to the effect that a locum tenens was employed by him during his absence at camp or bivouac.

Specialists’ pay.

154. Specialists’ pay of £2 per annum may be paid—

(a) To each qualified signaller below the rank of corporal borne on the authorized establishment of a signal unit, or as regimental signaller of light horse and infantry units.

(b) To each qualified specialist of the field or garrison artillery below the rank of bombardier in accordance with the numbers in the authorized establishments.

Provided that the soldier to whom the payment is made in respect of any financial year has, in that financial year, attended collective training in camp and been classified as “efficient”.

Special duty pay—Cooks

155. (i) A soldier below the rank of corporal or bombardier who is borne as a cook upon the authorized establishment of a unit may be granted special duty pay at the rate of Six shillings for each day upon which he is actually engaged in cooking at a camp of continuous

training, or school, or course of instruction, &c., provided that his commanding officer certifies that his duties have been efficiently performed, and provided also that he has either qualified at a course of cookery or has passed tests in cooking conducted by direction of the formation commander by an instructor qualified in cooking.

(ii) A soldier below the rank of corporal or bombardier who is borne as a cook upon the authorized establishment of a unit but who has not qualified at a course of cookery or has not passed tests caused by the formation commander to be conducted for the classification of cooks may be granted special duty pay at the rate of Three shillings for each day upon which he is actually engaged in cooking at a camp of continuous training, or school, or course of instruction, &c., provided that his commanding officer certifies that his duties have been efficiently performed.

Waiters

(iii) A soldier below the rank of corporal or bombardier who is employed as a waiter in an officers’ or sergeants’ mess at a camp of continuous training may be granted special duty pay at the rate of Three shillings for each day upon which he is so employed.

Separation Allowance—Rates and conditions.

153. (i) An additional allowance may be paid to a married member receiving less than 8s. per diem for each day’s attendance at the annual camp of training as follows:—

(ii) A similar allowance as in (a) may be paid to a soldier who is the sole support of a widowed mother or of a mother who is entirely dependent upon his earnings, provided that the allowance shall not be payable in respect of more than one adult dependent.

(iii) The allowance under (b) shall be limited to each child under fourteen years of age who is dependent upon his father for support.

(iv) Separation allowance at the rate of 1s. per diem shall also be payable to a soldier for each brother and sister under fourteen years of age solely dependent on him for support.

(v) The allowance prescribed by this regulation shall only be payable for wives, children, and the other approved dependants who are resident within the Commonwealth.

(vi) The allowances provided for in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) inclusive of this regulation shall not be granted to a soldier who does not complete the period of continuous training as prescribed in the approved syllabus of training for the financial year, provided that payment may be made for each day of attendance at a camp of continuous training to a member who is granted leave by the proper authority on account of illness or urgent business to be absent for the other days of the period of the camp.

(vii) A declaration setting out the facts establishing eligibility for separation allowance under this regulation shall be furnished with each claim made for the allowance. The declaration shall be made and signed by the claimant before a commissioned officer of the unit to which the claimant is attached and shall be endorsed by the officer commanding the unit in camp.

(viii) The total separation allowance payable under this regulation shall not exceed—

In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 4s.—4s. per day.

In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 5s.—3s. per day.

Use of motor vehicle, motor cycle and bicycles.

157. (i) Allowances as prescribed by this regulation, may be paid for the provision and use, for the purposes of authorized training, of privately-owned motor lorries, motor cars, commercial tractors, motor cycles or bicycles, which are borne on the establishment of a militia unit.

(ii) For each day on which the motor lorry, commercial tractor, motor car, motor cycle or bicycle is used for the purposes of approved training the member who provides such vehicle or machine may be paid allowances in accordance with the following scale:—

(iii) The number of vehicles or machines in respect of which allowances may be paid under this regulation shall be as shown in the Training Establishments for the current year, and allowances shall not be paid for any vehicles or machines which are not included in such Training Establishments.

(iv) The Department shall not be liable for the payment of any claim for any damage occasioned to a privately-owned vehicle or machine as a result of its use for the purposes of approved training; provided that in exceptional circumstances where a vehicle or machine is damaged while under military control and where such damage is directly caused by accident occurring during, and is directly attributable to, military operations, the Military Board may approve of payment of such amount as, in the opinion of the Military Board, is reasonably necessary to enable repairs to be effected.

(v) A member to whom an allowance is payable under this regulation shall be responsible that the vehicle or machine in respect of which the allowance is payable is maintained in good order and is available and fit for service at all times.

(vi) Free issues of petrol or lubricants shall not be made to any member in respect of the use of a motor vehicle or motor cycle for any occasion on which he is eligible for allowances as prescribed by this regulation.

Allowance for flying duties.

158. Members of the Militia Forces who as part of duty approved military duty are detailed to perform flying duties for instructional or other purposes may be granted for each day of actual ascent an allowance equivalent to one-half of the militia pay of their substantive rank.

Messing will be a charge against the department.

Allowance to cable guards, &c

159. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Military Board may approve of payment not exceeding £1 per annum to each member of an approved cable guard or wireless telegraph guard, subject to necessary provision being made by Parliament and to the provisions of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations.

Allowance for attendance as member of Court martial Committees, &c.

160. (i) An allowance in accordance with the provisions of this regulation may be made to a member of the Militia Forces for services herein referred to, provided that no allowance shall be drawn for such duties when the member is in attendance with his unit at a parade or encampment:—

(ii) A member with substantive rank higher than that of colonel may be paid an allowance not exceeding £2 10s. per diem of £1 5s. per half day.

(iii) Travelling allowance shall not be payable in addition to the allowance authorized in sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation.

(iv) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of this regulation, the Minister may, in special cases, approve of special rates of payment.

Allowances to witnesses at Courts Martial or Courts of Inquiry.

161. Witnesses who are summoned or ordered to attend at a court martial or to attend at a court of inquiry at the request of the department or by order, may receive remuneration for such attendance as follows:—

For Civilians.—In accordance with the rates payable (in the State in which the court martial or court of inquiry is held) to witnesses attending the Supreme Court of that State in its criminal jurisdiction.

For Members of Forces not Permanently Employed.—The daily rate of travelling allowances as prescribed by regulations 64 and 65, provided that Militia adjutants shall not be so entitled.

For Members of Forces Permanently Employed.—Their usual rate of travelling allowance if so entitled by the clause of the regulation authorizing such allowances.

Guards of Honour, &c.

162. Payment in addition to the period of training prescribed for the year in the approved syllabus of training may be made as under for the firing of salutes for attendance at guards of honour or escorts for the Governor-General or for the Governor of a State, or in connexion with the opening or prorogation of Parliament:—

(a) For duty of less than three hours in any one day—Half day’s pay of rank:

Provided that a member who is entitled to pay at a rate less than Ten shillings per diem may be paid a full day’s pay or Five shillings whichever is the lesser.

(b) For duty of three hours or more in any one day—One day’s pay of rank.

Militia bands.

163. When the voluntary services of members of a Militia band have been authorized by the Military Board for special occasions upon which no other part of the Militia unit to which they belong or of any other Militia unit is paraded, payment may be made for such services at the rate ruling locally for musicians.

Horse Allowance—Militia Forces.

Rates—Members of Light Horse Units

164. Horse allowance as under may be issued to members of the Militia Forces in consideration of their providing horses suitable for the Service:—

(i) Members of light horse units may be granted on the basis of mounted parades attended horse allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem provided that the total amount paid to an officer or soldier in any one year shall not exceed £4, except on the approval of the Military Board when annual training exceeds sixteen days, provided further that nothing in this regulation shall prevent a member of a light horse unit receiving an additional allowance in respect of a pack horse or pack horses supplied by him.

(ii) A member of a light horse unit may be granted an allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem for each pack horse provided by him for each parade for which pack horses are ordered within the authorized establishment.

(iii) Horse allowance for light horse units shall be paid at the same time as Militia pay and shall be subject to the same conditions and calculated in the same manner as prescribed for Militia pay.

Members of other than Light Horse units.

(iv) 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.

(v) If Government horses are not available an officer of the Militia Forces (but not officers of the 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 sixteen days.

Part XVII.—Militia Pay-Sheets.

Home Training Pay-Sheets.

Unclaimed militia pay.

165. All unclaimed militia pay left in the hands of a commanding officer shall, after a period of three months, be forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys, together with a statement showing the full names, ranks, and numbers of the persons to whom the amounts are due. The sums so returned shall be repaid to the credit of the Militia Pay Vote, and refunds may be made therefrom when claimed on properly certified voucher.

Part XVIII.—Financial Administration—Militia Units.

Responsibility of Commanding Officer.

166. The financial administration and accounting of a unit is a responsibility of the commanding officer, who will ensure by supervision and check, that any accounting work performed on his behalf is correctly done. Sections 42 and 43 of the Audit Act 1901-1934 govern the surcharging of accounting officers and the recovery of the amount of surcharges.

Banking arrangements.

167. (i) All public moneys, except where otherwise stated (e.g., camp pay payable in camp, vide regulation 141), shall be immediately paid into one banking account to the credit of the regiment or corps, in such banks as may be approved by the Secretary as Deputy for the Treasurer, on the recommendation of the District Finance Officer. Any change in signatures to cheques on accounts so opened is to be approved by the District Finance Officer, who will notify the bank concerned.

(ii) No moneys other than public moneys shall be dealt with under such account.

(iii) The account shall be operated on by the respective commanding officers, and under no circumstances is it to be overdrawn.

(iv) If a commanding officer considers that, in the interests of the Service, a subsidiary banking account is necessary for any squadron, troop, battery, company or outlying detachment, he shall apply in the usual way for authority to open same, and state his reasons for so doing. The responsibility of the commanding officer of the regiment or corps as regards the funds of the regiment or corps as a whole shall remain unaffected.

Payments to be made by cheque

168. (i) Payments shall in all cases be made by cheque signed by the commanding officer, the regiment or corps, and countersigned by the second in command, or by the adjutant or other member approved by the District Finance Officer.

(ii) Cheques shall be drawn only for specific amounts in respect of certified accounts authorized for payment. The counter-signature may then be affixed, but cheques shall not be signed by the signing officer until the claimants apply or cheque is to be posted or delivered. Neither signature nor counter-signature shall be affixed on any blank cheque forms,

Fines and stoppages

169. Fines and stoppages against members or payments in respect of damage or deterioration or loss of Government property and any public moneys received other than pay shall be forwarded not later than one month from date of receipt of same to the Receiver of Public Moneys for payment into revenue.

Disbandment of unit.

170. In the case of the disbandment of a unit, any balance of the commanding officer’s petty cash advance or any other public money shall be forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys to be paid to the credit of the vote or to revenue, as the case may be.

Moneys other than public moneys.

171. (i) All moneys which may come into the possession of a commanding officer and which do not belong to the Public Moneys Account as laid down in these Regulations, shall be paid into a separate banking account under arrangements to be made by the commanding officer, who shall advise the bank concerned of the names of the officers authorized to operate on such account, and shall at the same time furnish the bank with the necessary specimen signatures.

(ii) In connexion with the certification of accounts and the obtaining of proper acquittances, the commanding officer shall be guided by the regulations and instructions governing payment from the ordinary Public Moneys Account.

(iii) The commanding officer shall arrange for the separate account referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation to be audited at least once annually.

(iv) Any bank charges or other expenses in connexion with the separate account referred to in this regulation, shall be defrayed from the funds contained in such account.

(v) When the audit of unit accounts is being made in accordance with regulation 172, 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.

Audit by Auditor-General or District Finance Officer

172. The audit of all official accounts of commanding officers or other persons in military employ shall be carried out periodically by such officers as may be appointed for the purpose by the Auditor-General; except where the Auditor-General arranges for the audit to be made by one of his officers, the audit will be conducted by the District Finance Officer or his representative.

Production of books and accounts.

173. All books and accounts shall be produced by commanding officers when required at inspections or for purpose of audit.

174. When requested to do so, a commanding officer of a militia unit shall forward to the District Finance Officer each financial year, for audit, his cash book, bank pass book, cheque book, and butts of official receipt books.

Corps Contingent Allowance Entitlement

175. (i) Subject to provision being made by Parliament, Corps Contingent Allowance may be credited in the District Accounts Office to commanding officers of militia regiments or corps (excluding formation staffs and head-quarters of light horse and infantry brigades) at the following rates or such less amounts as may be approved by the Minister:—

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

(b) In the case of units having many detachments or for other reasons specially recommended by the Military Board, such allowance may be increased, subject to the necessity for such increase being proved to the satisfaction of the Minister.

(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.

(ii) District Finance Officers shall deduct from the Corps Contingent Allowance due to a regiment or corps the amount of any claims for damages to, or for loss or deterioration of, stores, equipment, or Government property of any kind, which have been approved by the competent authority to be a charge against such regiment or corps.

Chargeable expenditure.

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

(a) Items as under incurred in respect of both Militia 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 Militia 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 Militia Force units only.

(iv) Payments in special cases, to members of the Militia 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 65 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.

Notwithstanding anything contained in regulations 175 and 176 the Military Board may approve of any other services or supplies being charged to “Corps Contingent Allowance” upon the recommendation of the commanding officer, endorsed by the formation, &c., commander.

Responsibility of Commanding Officer for expenditure incurred.

177. Commanding officers of regiments or corps shall be held responsible that the expenditure of the Corps Contingent Allowance is strictly in accordance with the conditions provided in regulation 176. No advance for personal purposes, i.e., purchase of uniform, &c., shall be made from regimental or corps funds.

Grants and band allowance to be approved by Military Board.

178. Commanding officers shall be held personally responsible for any liabilities in excess of Corps Contingent Allowance.

179. The payment of grants and band allowance shall be subject to the approval of the Military Board and provision being made by Parliament.

Payment for hire of motor cars.

180. 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.

Certification of vouchers by Commanding Officer

181. 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.

Clothing remains Government property.

182. Military clothing shall remain government property and not become the property of the soldier at any time. Any member who fails to return on demand any article of clothing or equipment shall be required to pay the value thereof. Stoppages on this account may be made from any money due to the soldier, or action may be taken under section 79 of the Defence Act.

Part XIX.—Senior Cadets.

Officers’ allowance.

183. (i) Subject to provision being made by Parliament an allowance at the rate of £3 per annum may be paid to officers of the Senior Cadets, other than officers allotted from Citizen Force units, within the authorized establishment.

(ii) A pro rata amount, based on each complete month of service rendered, may be paid to officers within the authorized establishment who serve for portion of the year only.

(iii) Payments which will be made—

(a) on and after the month of February, of claims accruing during period of six months ending 31st January, preceding;

(b) on and after the 1st August, of claims accruing during period of the six months ending the 31st July, preceding;

shall be dependent on the approval of the formation, &c. commander and the certificate of the battalion commander that the duties of such officers have been efficiently carried out.

Personnel attending schools or courses of instruction of Militia Forces.

184. (i) Personnel of regimental detachments of Senior Cadets affiliated with Militia units who are selected to attend continuous courses of instruction or a school or course of instruction which is held in conjunction with or as part of a school or course for officers or for warrant and non-commissioned officers of the Militia Forces may be granted—

(a) transport to and from the course or school and meal allowance whilst so travelling on the same scale as prescribed in regulation 217;

(b) tentage or quarters and subsistence whilst attending the course or school.

(ii) In cases in which the attendance of personnel of regimental detachments of Senior Cadets affiliated with Militia units at unit courses or classes, either in camp or bivouac, has been approved by formation, &c. commanders, allowances as prescribed in regulation 203 may be granted for the Senior Cadet personnel so attending.

Pay for attendance at a militia unit camp.

185. Senior Cadet officers who are authorized to attend camp with a Militia unit for a period of not less than eight days may be paid the field allowance of their rank, as prescribed for officers of the Militia Forces, and shall also be granted free rations.

Part XX.—Camps.

Field allowances.

186. (i) When in camp or bivouac, or when travelling with troops by road, officers and warrant officers, Class I., of the Military Forces may be allowed the undermentioned Camp and Field Allowances:—

(ii) Officers below the rank of major (including quartermasters of the Permanent Military Forces) attached to Command Headquarters may be paid Camp or Field Allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem instead of at the rate of 3s. 6d. per diem.

(iii) Officers of the Permanent Forces holding temporary rank and in receipt of rate of pay prescribed for corresponding substantive rank, may receive Camp or Field Allowance at the rate provided for that rank.

(iv) Except where otherwise provided in this regulation Camp or Field Allowance shall be at the rate prescribed for the substantive rank.

(v) Warrant officers of the Permanent Forces who have held commissioned rank in the Australian Imperial Force and have been granted the honorary rank of lieutenant in the Australian Military Forces may

be paid the rate of field allowance as prescribed by this regulation for lieutenant for such periods as they are employed in camps or schools and mess in the officers’ mess under circumstances which, involve the payment of Field Allowance to substantive officers.

(vi) A chaplain detailed for duty at a camp of continuous training may be granted, irrespective of his classification—

(a) Field Allowance at the rate of 3s. 6d. per diem, and rations, for each day of his authorized attendance at camp; provided that when a chaplain is attached to a Divisional or Command Head-quarters mess he may be paid Field Allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem for each day of his authorized attendance at camp.

(b) Travelling Allowance at the rate of £1 per diem, whilst proceeding to and from camp, except when accompanying troops who are rationed.

Mess allowance

187. An allowance of 1s. per diem may be granted for each—

Warrant officer,

Sergeant, paid lance-sergeant and acting or unpaid lance-sergeant provided the establishment of sergeants and paid lance-sergeants is not exceeded,

Corporal of engineers or Corps of Signals.

in sergeants’ mess, when a sergeants’ mess of not less than four members is formed. The amount shall be paid to the mess secretary as it is intended that the allowance shall go to cover mess expenses, and shall not be paid to individuals.

188. The allowance referred to in regulations 186 and 187 shall not be drawn by members of the Cadet Forces, except as prescribed by regulation 185 for officers of Senior Cadets selected to attend camps of continuous training with the Militia Forces.

Advanced and Rear Parties.

189. (i) Payment may be made to members of the Militia Forces included in advanced and rear parties at camps of continuous training of an allowance at the daily rate of pay of their respective ranks, for each day on which they are so employed provided that the allowance shall not be payable to any day for which ordinary militia pay is drawn.

(ii) The strength of advanced and rear parties, as well as the number of days of such employment, shall be as approved by the Military Board.

Civilian labour

190. (i) Civilian labour may be employed at camps of continuous training in accordance with such scales and under such conditions as may be approved by the Military Board.

(ii) The most economical arrangements possible shall be made as regards obtaining the services of the required number of cooks and waiters and shall be subject to the approval of the formation, &c. commander.

Batmen.

191. Civilian labour may be approved by the formation, &c. commander for attendance on officers of the Permanent Forces and chaplains at camps of continuous training, in the proportion of one batman to every two officers. A batman may also be employed where one officer only is in attendance at the camp.

Part XXI.—Schools and Courses of Instruction.

Approval of Military Board

192. Schools or courses of instruction may be held from time to time as may be approved by the Military Board provided that the necessary funds are available.

Allowances

193. (i) A member of the Militia Forces who attends a voluntary school or course of instruction other than those referred to in regulation 195 for not less than ten working days and obtains a satisfactory report shall, in addition to being provided with meals and tentage or quarters under these Regulations, be granted an allowance equivalent to one-half of the Militia pay of his substantive rank for each day’s attendance, provided that payment shall not be made for any number of working days in excess of those approved by the Military Board for the school or course of instruction.

A cook of the Militia Forces or a private of the Militia Forces who is being trained for appointment as cook who attends a course of cookery for not less than ten working days and obtains a satisfactory report shall in addition to receiving the allowance above referred to and in addition to being provided with meals and tentage or quarters under these Regulations be granted an allowance equivalent to one-half of the special duty pay allowable to Militia cooks under regulation 155 for each day’s attendance provided that payment shall not be made for any number of working days in excess of those approved by the Military Board for the school or course of instruction.

(ii) The allowance referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall not be payable to any member for attendance at more than two schools in any financial year, except in exceptional circumstances, when the approval of the Military Board may be granted for payment for attendance at an additional school or schools.

Travelling allowance not payable to members adversely reported on.

(iii) Members of the Militia Forces attending schools or courses of instruction whose diligence is adversely reported on shall not be granted travelling or other allowance other than subsistence allowance, which may be paid in accordance with the provisions of regulation 199 when messing is not provided.

Schools and courses held at week-ends.

194. When a formation, &c. commander has approved of the time allotted to a school or course of instruction being divided into week-ends, whole days not being continuous, afternoons or nights, the allowance authorized in this regulation shall only be granted when the formation, &c. commander concerned certifies that it was necessary for the school or course to be so divided and that attendance for the equivalent number of days authorized by the Military Board for the school or course of instruction has been carried out. For the purpose of calculating allowances under this sub-paragraph one day shall consist of not less than six working hours.

Schools under section 21a of Defence Act.

195. An officer of the Militia Forces required to attend a compulsory school of instruction under section 21a of the Defence Act for not less than six working days, who obtains a satisfactory report, shall in addition to being provided with meals (or subsistence allowance in lieu) and tentage or quarters, be granted an allowance equivalent to half the Militia pay of his substantive rank for each day’s attendance.

Member becoming ill during attendance.

196. Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations a member who becomes ill during attendance at a school or course and is thus prevented from completing the ten working days prescribed may be paid the allowance or allowances prescribed for the actual number of working days attended subject to the production of a satisfactory medical certificate and of a satisfactory report by the chief instructor as to the member’s work.

Travelling allowance.

197. (i) A member of the Military Forces who attends a school, course of instruction, or tactical course or exercise, may be paid travelling allowance in accordance with regulation 203 for the periods of his journeys to and from the locality in which the school, course, or exercise is held. For the period of his attendance at the school, course, or exercise the Department will provide or arrange for his accommodation and meals, except in the following cases when, travelling allowance in accordance with regulation 65 may be paid for the period of attendance in lieu of the provision of accommodation and meals:—

(a) When the payment of travelling allowance involves a lesser expenditure than the provision of accommodation and meals, provided that travelling allowance shall not be paid to any member below the rank of Lance-Sergeant.

(b) In the case of officers attending compulsory courses.

(ii) A member of the Permanent Forces who is detailed for duty at a tactical course or exercise at which his accommodation and meals are provided by the Department may be paid travelling allowance for the period of his attendance at the course or exercise at one-quarter of the rate prescribed for his rank by regulation 65.

Messing and quarters.

198. (i) Except as hereinafter provided in these Regulations all members attending schools and courses of instruction shall be supplied with meals either by the Department or by a caterer, whichever arrangement is the more economical to the Department.

(ii) When messing is supplied by a caterer the caterer will supply labour, provisions, and necessaries required for cooking, and serving of same.

(iii) When messing is supplied by the Department provisions according to the scale authorized by the Military Board will be indented for in the usual way, and the necessary cooks and waiters according to the authorized scale may be engaged for the cooking and serving of same.

(iv) Tentage or quarters shall be supplied by the Department.

(v) No allowance other than those prescribed in regulations 193 to 197 shall be granted.

(vi) This regulation shall be applicable to inspecting officers and other officers officially visiting the school or course of instruction.

(vii) Members of the Permanent Forces shall be liable to deductions from pay for messing supplied, in accordance with sub-paragraph (i) of regulation 44.

Subsistence allowance.

199. A member of the Military Forces who attends a school or course of instruction authorized by a formation, &c. commander to be held either continuously or at intervals for an equivalent duration may, if messing and accommodation for sleeping are not provided and the member is required to incur expense for meals, be paid an allowance for meals at the rate of—

(a) 3s. 6d. in the case of an officer and 2s. 6d. in the case of a soldier for each day of his attendance of not less than six working hours, and

(b) 2s. 6d. in the case of an officer, 2s. 3d. in the case of a warrant officer, and 2s. in the case of a non-commissioned officer or private soldier for each day on which he attends during the evening only, and for a period of not less than three working hours.

Mounted schools of courses—forage

200. Forage for one horse may be drawn in accordance with the scale laid down in regulation 232 for each officer, warrant and non-commissioned officer who is required to be mounted at a mounted school or course of instruction, &c., but where it is uneconomical for the Department to supply forage, a daily allowance of 5s. may be paid to each officer and other rank, not below the rank of lance-sergeant, who by proper authority attends mounted at such school, course of instruction, &c.

School of artillery—allowances.

201. Married members of the Permanent Forces attending courses of instruction at the School of Artillery, Sydney, when unable to return to their quarters at night, shall be provided with tentage or quarters and rations, for which no deduction shall be made.

In addition the following allowances may be paid:—

An allowance in lieu of rations shall not be payable to a member when rations are not availed of.

Batmen

202. Subject to the approval of the formation, &c. commander civilians may be employed as batmen on the following scale for schools and courses of instruction which occupy whole and continuous days when members attending are required to be absent from their usual place of residence overnight:—

At Schools or Courses of Instruction for Mounted Services.—One to every two officers.

At Schools or Courses of Instruction for Dismounted Services.—One to every six officers.

Provided that an additional batman may be employed where the number of officers is in excess of six, or a multiple of six, provided further that a batman may be employed at a dismounted school if less than six officers are in attendance or at a mounted school if one officer only is in attendance.

Provided further that where government remounts are used at schools or courses for mounted services, and such remounts are cared for by the personnel provided for the purpose, or at schools or courses of instruction for mounted services where horses are not used for instructional purpose, the civilian labour employed shall be as for a school or course for dismounted services.

Voluntary Courses—Bivouacs.

Per capita allowance

203. When courses or classes for all ranks are carried out by a unit either in camp or bivouac, the normal ration entitlement will not be applicable, but an expenditure not exceeding the rate of 2s. per diem for each member attending the course may be allowed to cover all expenses except those which the Military Board may direct to be provided otherwise. No allowance other than the allowance herein referred to shall be issuable. Such course or class shall not be carried out without the authority of the formation, &c. commander who shall first satisfy himself that funds are available.

Provided that such courses of instruction where horses are required, expenditure on forage not exceeding the rate of 1s. 6d. for each horse may also be allowed.

A senior cadet of the detachment of senior cadets affiliated with a militia unit shall be deemed to be a member of such unit for the purposes of this regulation.

General

204. When any of the allowance provided in regulations 197 to 203 inclusive are drawn, no further allowance under Parts vi. and xx. of these Regulations shall be issuable.

Part XXII.—Prizes for Artillery, Musketry and Skill-at-Arms.

Permanent Forces.

Provision of prizes in accordance with Military Board Instructions.

205. Subject to provision by Parliament of funds for the purpose skill-at-arms prizes for units of the Permanent Forces may be provided in accordance with instructions issued by the Military Board.

Militia Forces.

Allowance for provision of prizes.

206. Subject to the provision by Parliament of funds for the purpose and to the conditions of these Regulations each unit of the Militia Forces may be credited in the District Accounts Office for each financial year with an allowance at the rate of Two shillings for each member upon the strength of the unit but not exceeding the establishment of the unit. The allowance thus arrived at shall be applied as may be approved by formation, &c. commanders in accordance with general instructions from Army head-quarters to the provision for prizes for artillery, musketry and skill-at-arms and to the payment of entrance fees for teams in Service matches at State Rifle Association and Militia Forces Rifle Clubs’ Union meetings provided that such entrance fees shall not absorb more than 20 per cent. of the respective credits.

Reduction of unit allowance.

207. A unit’s allowance in any financial year shall be reduced by the value of—

(a) any prizes not competed for and awarded before 31st May in that year, and

(b) any prizes which though competed for and awarded before 31st May in a previous financial year were not claimed for by the unit before 23rd June in such previous financial year.

Part XXIII.—Rations and Forage.

Rations.

Entitlement to rations.

208. (i) In units of the Permanent Forces where regimental arrangements are made for the issue of rations, the issue may be made as under except as otherwise stated in these Regulations;—

(a) One ration daily for each officer and soldier on the effective strength of a unit;

(b) One ration for a recruit for each day before attestation for which pay is admissable;

provided that for a ration so issued, a deduction from the member’s pay shall, unless otherwise prescribed, be made under regulation 44.

(ii) At camps of training, bivouacs, schools of instruction or on war service, under conditions necessitating the issue of rations, a ration may be issued daily as under except as otherwise stated in these Regulations:—

(a) One ration for each officer, soldier and member of the Australian Army Nursing Service on the effective strength of the Australian Military Forces;

(b) One ration for each civilian officer and employee of the Defence Department, representative of the Young Men’s Christian Association, officer’s servant and civilian chauffeur in authorized attendance;

(c) One ration for each civilian groom or driver connected with hired transport when the conditions under which the transport is provided contain a clause to that effect.

Issue and accounting.

209. The mode of issue and accounting for rations shall be as directed by the Military Board from time to time.

Commuted value of ration scale.

210. (i) At the discretion of the Military Board the peace ration scales prescribed in these regulations may be commuted to a cash allowance, which, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (ii) of this regulation, shall constitute the equivalent entitlement of the issue in kind. This cash allowance shall be utilized only for the purchase of provisions so as to provide a ration varied from the standard ration scale. The method of computing the commuted ration allowance and its utilization for messing purposes shall be as laid down by the Military Board.

(ii) In the case of units of the Permanent Military Forces the commuted ration allowance shall at the discretion of the Military Board be either an amount not exceeding sixteenpence halfpenny or an amount calculated in accordance with sub-regulation (i) of this regulation, whichever is the greater, provided that this sub-regulation shall not apply to members of the Permanent Forces when they are in Militia or Volunteer Force camps, bivouacs, or the like, when regulation 220 will apply.

Rations for first and last days in camp.

211. A full day’s ration may be allowed, at the discretion of commanding officers, for the first and last days in camp, irrespective of the hours of arrival and departure therefrom, provided that the route allowance under regulation 217 is not drawn.

Allowances at schools in addition to ration scale.

212. (i) At schools of instruction, when rations are supplied by the Department in accordance with regulation 196, the scale of rations issuable shall be that prescribed by regulation 220. In addition, a maximum further expenditure as under may be made in respect of each officer, soldier, or employee in attendance at the school of instruction and entitled to rations:—