EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO. 225
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 128 of the Military Financial Regulations (MFR) provides for the payment of a rental allowance to a member of the Defence Force or, where a member dies, to a member of his family, in certain circumstances where the member occupies premises other than married quarters.
The rate of the allowance is the difference between the amount the Minister considers to be a fair and reasonable rent for the premises and the rent the member would be required to pay under MFR 253 if he were allocated married quarters.
From 17 November 1983, an additional interim rent scale has been introduced to apply to certain new married quarters built to interim scales and standards. It is therefore necessary to specify which of the two scales approved under MFR 253 is to apply in the calculation of rental allowance under MFR 128.
This Interim Determination makes the necessary amendment to MFR 128 and is effective on and from 17 November 1983.