EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO. 73
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 provides that the Minister may make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulation 108 of the Military Financial Regulations provides for the payment of Vehicle Allowance to a member who is given approval to travel on duty in his own vehicle, in a vehicle that has been lent to him or in a hired vehicle.
These Statutory Rules amend regulation 108 by increasing the rates at which the allowance is payable to accord with similar increases granted to members of the Australian Public Service with effect from 4 December 1981.
These Statutory Rules also amend regulation 163 of the Military Financial Regulations to provide, with effect from the date of gazettal, for the payment of Oversea Rental Allowance to members posted overseas on intermediate term duty.