Statutory Rules
1978 No. 226
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903.
Dated this sixteenth day of November 1978.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. E. McLEAY
Minister of State for Construction for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence
AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS†
Commencement
1. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19 November 1976.
2. Regulation 149 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:
Insurance of household effects (including furniture)
“ 149. (1) Subject to this regulation, a member posted on duty oversea shall be reimbursed the cost of effecting reasonable insurance cover in respect of his household effects (including furniture) —
(a) during their transportation—
(i) from Australia to that oversea post;
(ii) within the country of that oversea post; or
(iii) from that oversea post to Australia or another oversea post;
(b) during their storage in Australia or at that oversea post; or
(c) during their use at that oversea post.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 November 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1966 No. 25 as amended to date. For previous amendments see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1978 No. 22 and see also Statutory Rules 1978 Nos. 22, 60, 69, 76, 87, 207 and 224.
“ (2) In the case of a member posted oversea on short term duty, the amount of reimbursement under sub-regulation (1) shall not exceed the premium for insurance cover of $1,000.
“ (3) In the case of a member posted oversea on long term duty, the amount of reimbursement under sub-regulation (1) shall not exceed—
(a) the premium for insurance cover of $15,000; or
(b) an amount calculated at a premium rate of 2 per cent of the amount of insurance cover effected.”.