STATUTORY RULES
1965 No. 65
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1964.
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1964.
Dated this 27th
day of May, 1965.
HENRY ABEL SMITH
Administrator.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Army.
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Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations†
Parts.
1. Regulation 4 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—
“Division 6.—Members attached to the Permanent Military Forces (Regulation 199).”
the words—
“Part IIIa.—Judge Advocate General (Regulations 199a-199b).”.
Survey party allowance.
2.—(1.) Regulation 32 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) the words “Two shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Three shillings and threepence”; and
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2.) the words “Four shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Five shillings and threepence”.
(2.) The rates of survey party allowance specified in regulation 32 of the Military Financial Regulations as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation apply in relation to a member who served or serves with a survey party, and was or is required to camp out in the course of his duties, on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1964, or on any subsequent day.
District allowance.
3. Regulation 35 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—
“(16.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation and to such conditions as the Military Board determines, where a member is posted from an isolated district and is, at the conclusion of his service in that
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3 June, 1965.
† Statutory Rules 1961, No. 39, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Military Financial Regulations, see Statutory Rules 1965, No. , and see also Statutory Rules
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district, granted recreation leave or leave because he is sick, district allowance continues to be payable for the period of recreation leave or absence while sick.
“(17.) District allowance is not payable under the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) for any period of absence while sick that exceeds the period of recreation leave due to the member at the completion of his service in the district; or
(b) unless the absence on recreation leave or leave because he is sick commences immediately upon the completion of his service in the district.”.
4.—(1.) Regulations 36 and 37 of the Military Financial Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—
Woomera allowance.
“36.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, an allowance, called ‘Woomera allowance’, is payable to—
(a) a member who is posted for service at the Weapons Research Establishment, Woomera; and
(b) a member who, not having been so posted, serves at that Establishment for a continuous period of not less than thirty days.
“(2.) Woomera allowance is payable at such rate or rates, for such period, and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines.
“(3.) The Military Board may determine different rates of Woomera allowance according to different facts and circumstances specified in the determination.
Maralinga allowance.
“37.—(1.) An allowance, called ‘Maralinga allowance’, is payable to—
(a) a member who is posted for service at the army establishment at Maralinga; and
(b) a member who, not having been so posted, serves at that establishment for a continuous period of not less than thirty days.
“(2.) Maralinga allowance is payable at such rate or rates, for such period and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines.
“(3.) The Military Board may determine different rates of Maralinga allowance according to different facts and circumstances specified in the determination.”.
(2.) The first determination made by the Military Board after the commencement of these Regulations in respect of an allowance provided for in a regulation inserted in the Military Financial Regulations by the last preceding sub-regulation may determine rates of the allowance, according to different facts and circumstances specified in the determination, in relation to a period or periods included in the period from and including the twenty-fifth day of June, 1963, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations.
(3.) Where the Military Board has, under the last preceding sub-regulation, determined rates of an allowance in respect of a period, the allowance is payable to a member in respect of service during that period at the appropriate rate so determined or at the appropriate rate specified in regulation 36 or 37, whichever is applicable, of the Military Financial
Regulations as in force during that period, whichever is the higher rate, but otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Military Financial Regulations as so in force.
Continuation of allowances on re-posting.
5. Regulation 39 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed.
Leave travel.
6. Regulation 76 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulations (2.) and (3.), after the word “locality”, the words “or a member who is an army apprentice”; and
(b) by inserting in sub-regulation (4.), after the word “locality”, the words “, or of an army apprentice,”.
Senior appointments.
7.—(1.) Regulation 171 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Eight hundred and twenty pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Eight hundred and forty pounds”.
(2.) The allowance provided for by sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 171 of the Military Financial Regulations is payable at the rate specified in that sub-regulation as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation in respect of service as Secretary to the Conference of Chaplains-General on and after the first day of July, 1964.
8.—(1.) After Part III. of the Military Financial Regulations the following Part is inserted:—
“Part IIIa.—Judge Advocate General.
Rate of pay.
“199a. The rate of pay payable to the Judge Advocate General is One thousand five hundred pounds per year.
Allowances.
“199b.—(1.) Where the Judge Advocate General makes a journey in the course of his duties, travelling allowance, meal allowance and mileage allowance are payable to him as if he was a member holding the rank of Major-General and was travelling in the course of his duties as such a member.
“(2.) In the application of these Regulations to and in relation to the Judge Advocate General for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, references to the normal place of duty of the Judge Advocate General shall be read as references to the place determined by the Military Board to be the normal place of duty of the Judge Advocate General.”.
(2.) The regulations inserted in the Military Financial Regulations by the last preceding sub-regulation apply in relation to service in the office of Judge Advocate General on and after the fifteenth day of May, 1964.
Third Schedule.
9.—(1.) The Third Schedule to the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting Table 1 and inserting in its stead the following Table:—
Table 1—Senior Appointments
Appointment | Rule per annum |
| £ |
Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board....................... | 1,015 |
Divisional Commander or Commander of a Communication Zone............... | 1,015 |
Deputy Divisional Commander...................................... | 755 |
Commander, Northern Command Troops............................... | 755 |
Commander, Royal Artillery........................................ | 755 |
Table 1—Senior Appointments—continued.
Appointment | Rate per annum |
| £ |
Deputy Director-General of Medical Services............................ | 755 |
Deputy Director of Medical Services— |
|
Northern Command............................................ | 1,120 |
Eastern Command............................................. | 1,415 |
Southern Command............................................ | 1,415 |
Central Command............................................. | 915 |
Western Command............................................ | 835 |
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Tasmania Command.................. | 535 |
Director of Dental Services........................................ | 780 |
Assistant Director of Dental Services— |
|
Northern Command............................................ | 555 |
Eastern Command............................................. | 710 |
Southern Command............................................ | 710 |
Central Command............................................. | 455 |
Western Command............................................ | 420 |
Deputy Assistant Director of Dental Services, Tasmania Command.............. | 270 |
Chaplain-General— |
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Church of England............................................ | 1,040 |
Roman Catholic.............................................. | 815 |
Presbyterian................................................. | 815 |
Methodist.................................................. | 815 |
United Churches.............................................. | 815 |
Senior Jewish Chaplain........................................... | 450 |
(2.) A rate of pay specified in the Schedule inserted in the Military Financial Regulations by the last preceding sub-regulation (other than the rates specified in relation to the appointments of Assistant Director of Medical Services, Tasmania Command, and Assistant Director of Dental Services, Tasmania Command) applies to and in relation to service on and after the first day of July, 1964, in the appointment in relation to which it is so specified.
(3.) The rate of pay that would, but for this sub-regulation, be the rate of pay for a member of the Citizen Military Forces serving in an appointment specified in the first column of the following table in respect of service in that appointment during the period specified in the second column of that table opposite to that appointment is, by force of this sub-regulation, increased to the rate specified in the third column of that table opposite to that appointment:—
First column | Second column Period | Third column | |
Appointment | From and including— | To and including— | Rate of pay |
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| £ |
Citizen Force Member of the Military Board | 1st January, 1964..... | 30th June, 1964...... | 930 |
Divisional Commander or Commander of a Communication Zone | 1st January, 1964..... | 30th June, 1964...... | 930 |
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Royal Tasmania Regiment | 1st July, 1964....... | 31st December, 1964.. | 535 |
Deputy Assistant Director of Dental Services, Royal Tasmania Regiment | 1st July, 1964....... | 31st December, 1964.. | 270 |
Director of Legal Services........ | 1st July, 1964....... | 30th September, 1964.. | 1,140 |
Fourth Schedule.
10.—(1.) The Fourth Schedule to the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the Table the words and figures—
“Colonel......................................................370”
and inserting in their stead the words and figures—
“Brigadier.....................................................515
Colonel.......................................................370”.
(2.) The amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Military Financial Regulations effected by the last preceding sub-regulation applies in relation to service in the rank of Brigadier on and after the third day of December, 1964.
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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.