EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 212
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 allows the Minister to make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulation 47 of the Military Financial Regulations provides for the Minister to determine a Special Area Allowance for members of the Defence Force serving in a remote area in Australia. The only allowance determined under this regulation is Bindoon Allowance and, as part of the consolidation of legislation covering conditions of service for members of the Defence Force, Bindoon Allowance is now given legal effect by Determination 0307, Bindoon Allowance, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
These Statutory Rules therefore repeal regulation 47 of the Military Financial Regulations.