EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 380
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.
Military Financial Regulations 61, 62, 71 and 179 provide for the payment of a gratuity or bounty to certain Army members for service rendered in the Permanent Military Forces. The Statutory Rules repeal Divisions 8 and 15 of Part II which contain those regulations and which have been replaced by Determination 0709, Medical Officers and Dental Officers - Bounty payable on appointment to a Permanent or Short Service Commission, and Determination 0710, Medical Officers and Dental Officers - Gratuity Payable on Completion of Appointment to a Short Service Commission, being determinations made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Military Financial Regulation 200A provides for the payment of a gratuity to a medical officer or dental officer of the Army Reserve who renders continuous full-time service. The Statutory Rules repeal regulation 200A which has been replaced by Determination 0711, Reserve Medical Officers and Dental Officers - Gratuity for Continuous Full-time Service made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
The date of effect is the date of making of Determinations 0709, 0710 and 0711.