Military Financial Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1935. No. 123.

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 December, 1935.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ARCHDALE PARKHILL

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of Military Financial Regulations.†

1. Regulation 61 of the Military Financial Regulation is amended in sub‑regulation (i) by inserting the words “Topographical Sections of the” before the words “Australian Survey Corps”.

2. Regulation 117 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by inserting at the end of sub‑regulation (i) the following proviso:—

“Provided that payments made under Regulations 114 and 116 of these Regulations shall be deducted from the amount ascertained in accordance with this sub‑regulation if death or permanent incapacitation results from the same injury or disease in respect of which such payments were made.”

3. Regulation 132 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by—

(a) inserting in sub‑regulation, (i), next after the words “Deputy Judge‑Advocate‑General” and the particulars relating there to, the following words and figures:—

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

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 88 as amended by Statutory Rules 1935 No, 102.

5375.—Price 3d.

(b) inserting in sub‑regulation (ii) the following paragraph (f):—

“(f) In the case of the Inspector of Dental Services and the Staff Officer Pharmaceutical Services at Army Head‑quarters—the issue of a certificate by the Director‑General of Medical Services that they have efficiently performed the duties allotted to them and are entitled to pay for the number of days for which claim is made.”

4. Regulation 150 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Officer on Unattached List or Reserve of Officers.

“150. Officers on the “Unattached List or of the Reserve of Officers, when called upon in accordance with the 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.”

5. Regulation 151 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed.

6. Regulation 187 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the words “provided the establishment of sergeants and paid lance‑sergeants is not exceeded”.

7. Regulation 259 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended in sub‑regulation (ii) by omitting from paragraph, (a) (in) the word “quartermaster” and inserting in its stead the words “Commanding Officer”.

8. Regulation 280 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by—

(a) Omitting in sub‑regulation (ii) the sentence “In the case of loans to other Government Departments, the lodging of a deposit and the furnishing of an undertaking will not be required”; and

(b) Omitting sub‑regulation (iii) and inserting in its stead the following sub‑regulation:—

“(iii). Stores, if urgently required for other Government purposes, may be lent to Government Departments or bodies (Commonwealth or State), subject to the conditions approved by the Military Board.”

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.